Exo Terra Build (for Chondro) Opinion please

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feeds@yuku.com (milmoejoe) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:19:13 GMT

Anryn, thank you again for this.

Can you specify which light fixture you used?

I put in a heat panel today + Exo terra hood and almost all of the light is blocked out.

Thanks!!!!

Joe

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feeds@yuku.com (chondro 7) — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:09:39 GMT

Cut out a piece of quater inch glass to fit in the top. It will hold heat and humidity a lot better, plus let more light in.

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feeds@yuku.com (chondro 7) — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:06:12 GMT

Cut a piece of quater inch glass to fit into the top. Will hold heat and humidity a lot better and let more light through.

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feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:04:45 GMT

Jeff,
That is a great idea, best part is it can work. When you remove the top of your exo terra you notice in the coners that there is a way that the plexiglass can rest on the frame/top of the exo terra. I will try that for my next build. Thanks for the idea.

Anryn Malcolm

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feeds@yuku.com (Jeff Godbold) — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:26:44 GMT

Anryn,

Could you just take the top off and keep it as is (should you decide to sell them later), and replace it with a plexiglass cutout to fit in place. I was trying to get around altering the top that actually comes with the cage. Any ideas?

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feeds@yuku.com (joemerlin) — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:07:03 GMT

freakin a sweet deal
we need a how to section in this forum to hold this post in
there are gonn abe alot of people asking for this one again.
Namaste
Joe

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feeds@yuku.com (MegF42) — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:17:00 GMT

I love the desert heat panels too. I have them in all my arboreal cages now. Great looking cage, but how well does it hold heat in cooler rooms. I have trouble keeping the temps up in my extra vision cage that's in a guest room. In the winter the room stays in the 60's unlike my snake room, and the thermostat has to work extra to keep the temps up.

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feeds@yuku.com (IRONHEAD272) — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:50:27 GMT

Anryn,
That is really nice. I have one of these tanks that I abandoned because I couldn't get it to work. That looks like a very feasible solution. Thanks for this informative thread.

Bob

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feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:38:14 GMT

I am using a herpstat pro to controll these exo terra, that is the unit that also controlls my pvc 32" and 24" cages, it cost $300+ but with four outputs it was well worth it.

Anryn Malcolm

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feeds@yuku.com (PITDRAGON) — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:11:45 GMT

what kind of conrtolls are you running the heat pannel with?

Joey

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feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:29:31 GMT

Ok here it is

As you can see I used double side tape in the clear parts to adhere the heat panel/pad. I removed the black board off the top for...

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feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:12:41 GMT

The desert ray heat panels are flat and are not shown in the pictures. If you look at the fourth picture you will see the space where it was mounted next to the light. Better yet I will go upstairs and take another photo to show where it is and how it is mounted.

Anryn Malcolm

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feeds@yuku.com (Rapture) — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:56:32 GMT

Where did you install the heat panel?

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feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:54:18 GMT

Hey Aaron,

First off I must tell you again that i-herp is the shiz-nit. Anyway these desert ray panels from what I have seen are tough. They have work for me just as my Pro Product panels have, They dont get hot to the touch so they wont burn your animals and seem to be holding up very well to the humidity (which was my biggest concern). They are very thin and you dont have to attach them using screws, just some double side tape on the clear parts and they must be used with some...

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feeds@yuku.com (aaron florian) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:18:34 GMT

Anryn, talk to me about the output on these desert rays.

I'd love to stick with my exos, under cage heat is horrible. Pro Products, when buying 50 of them, is not possible.

How is the output compared to a PP?

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feeds@yuku.com (milmoejoe) — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:06:10 GMT

Anryn, very nice writeup-thank you!!! I think the exoterra cages have alot more potential than most give them credit for.

I've also seen it done where you just silicon the acrylic in place of the screen top. Also where you use a thin sheet and still put the screen top back on (this guy used the exoterra lights)

Other than that, no reason you couldn't drill and put a heat panel right above!

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feeds@yuku.com (dphhchondro) — Sun, 24 Jul 1994 11:10:42 GMT

Cool idea... why didn't I think of it??? I sold all my exo terra enclosures... so... when you going into mass production????

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feeds@yuku.com (sjm27) — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:02:27 GMT

Very good way of doing it. The only things I might have done differently myself would be to incorporate an adjustable vent opening in the plexiglass top and also to make those perch holders a bit smaller. I would probably also not bother with the light seeing as the viv is open on all sides anyway, or if I did I would locate it centrally rather than over to one side like you've done.

I will definitely be using some of your ideas so thanks for posting!

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Exo Terra Build (for Chondro) Opinion please

feeds@yuku.com (Kangley Chondro) — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:34:32 GMT

I saw a post from a while ago has resurfaced about modifying exo terra enclosures for Chondros. So being the nice guy I am I decided to share my build from last year as I took some pic along the way. Either way I know no one wants to hear me go on and on so here is the step by step.

1. Remove the screen from the exo terra top (easily done by pulling out those rubber strips) and cut the middle brace out (use a small saw dont try to break it)