I went to a local gift shop yesterday and he ad these display cases for sale for $100.(can't really beat it. They are glass on 3 sides and open in the back) They are 56 inches long 15 inches wide and I'm not sure how tall but about 48 inches maybe. We will be combining them together and putting on sliding glass doors. I want to make them into a double viv for the dragons. My question is, how would I put in the basking light for the bottom viv? Does the light have to be in a dome? Or is there some sort of other fixture I can use that plugs in and doesn't need to be wired.(I'm not an electrian nor is my hubby) Also what would be a good wood to use to make the divider/floor in between the vivs?
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building a new viv.
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It's been done before, not sure how... Perhaps a picture of those would help ?
they sell this at homedepot/lows and u can get them as ceramic so u can use basking/heat bulbs, very easy to install. guess u just have to put some plywood up on the top of the bottom one, maybe take the glass off the top and replace it with the wood, wont even be able to tell if they are stacked.
This worries me that they may get burnt. Do they sell a wire mesh cover or something like that to cover the bulb? Hopefully I can get this project rolling over the weekend. I'm also going to need to put sliding doors on it. I want to use glass for the doors what would I need to make this work?
Hey Corrine!
Yeah, they make wire mesh guards to put over bulbs. I don't have a link to one right now, but I know they're out there.
I used some plastic track I bought online for my sliding glass doors....and it's been working great for about three years, now. Here's the link for where I got it. Cheap, too!
Yeah, they make wire mesh guards to put over bulbs. I don't have a link to one right now, but I know they're out there.
I used some plastic track I bought online for my sliding glass doors....and it's been working great for about three years, now. Here's the link for where I got it. Cheap, too!
Look what I found! <----click link. 
grimm said:
Honestly, I don't know. It would be cool if they did (I shop those places a LOT). I think I looked when I was building mine, but couldn't find it, either. So I ended up ordering it online. Maybe I was just looking in all the wrong places. Might be worth your time to take a print out of the product to either place and ask somebody that works there if they sell it. And if so, report back and let us know.
. plus most scratches on plexi can be buffed out fairly easy, at least in my experience, but idk how bad a dragon will scratch it up.I'd personally use glass, too. I used 1/8" thick tempered glass that I had cut at a local glass factory.
No need for me to measure. Here's the link for the plastic track product specs. They tell you how to plan dimensionally for the track, the track's size, as well as how tall you should make the sliding door so you can insert the door into the track properly.
You want product spec P2413 if you're going with 1/8" doors.
No need for me to measure. Here's the link for the plastic track product specs. They tell you how to plan dimensionally for the track, the track's size, as well as how tall you should make the sliding door so you can insert the door into the track properly.
You want product spec P2413 if you're going with 1/8" doors.
u just have to match the wattage of the bulb to the flood lights correct? also right now im using a 150 watt bulb to make my basking temp 105-110 right now in my current viv, but i dont think ill need that much in the custom one im going to build, what wattage are u using?
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It all depends on the ambient temperature of your home, honestly. You just have to play with watts until you get the correct temps.
hope this helps.
hope this helps.
