Where to get shelves/elevation for terrarium

[MikeNTalysDragon]

I'm going to be moving my dragon Dexter into a 55 gallon soon. It's 18" tall, 48" wide, 13" deep, it's shown in the first picture. I'm having a hard time finding shelving or other types of elevated platforms. I'm looking for things like in the next 3 pictures. Are these mostly DIY jobs, or can you buy things like this at pet stores/online?

I'm also having a hard time finding a 18x48 background to stick on the back of the glass. The wife insisted on green carpet.. no matter how much I stressed that he's a desert lizard.. so ideally I need something that's going to have some green in it. Would appreciate any links or tips.

Thanks!

 

[Canicke]

first - green carpet. your beardie wont care. you can get green reptile carpet.
background - look for a poster. or - have you "googled" desert scene tank background?
shelving - those are nice. probably hand made. there may be some links on here of how-to. if not - well, google. some larger pet stores may have them, but you can probably throw together something quick and easy. again - your beardie wont care what it looks like.

Have fun !! - enjoy the journey

 

[Hdrydr31]

1 of mine is in a 55 gal and I have a rock background plastic I got from Petco, I use a half cinder block and a long flat cork log that is her basking area, tile floor with some repti carpet..

 

[MikeNTalysDragon]

first - green carpet. your beardie wont care. you can get green reptile carpet.
background - look for a poster. or - have you "googled" desert scene tank background?
shelving - those are nice. probably hand made. there may be some links on here of how-to. if not - well, google. some larger pet stores may have them, but you can probably throw together something quick and easy. again - your beardie wont care what it looks like.

Have fun !! - enjoy the journey

I know the dragon doesn't care what it looks like, but for me it seems weird to put a Australian desert lizard in a tropical rain forest themed enclosure. Luckily I found this on Amazon, 60" x 24", double sided. One of the sides is a desert background but also has a lot of green, so it will go well with the green reptile carpet without making it all look out of place. This works out for both of us, since I wanted a desert theme and she wanted some color.

I'll probably have to come up with something DIY for the elevated platforms. I can't seem to find anything for sale. He's got his tree for now at least, and I also have a hammock, so I'll just get him set up for now and then add to it as needed.

 

[PatsyB]

You can get brown carpet too I also use a shelf liner that is tan speckled almost looks sandy. I use a wire shelf for my tanks. I have three though and need to stack them on top of each other. One thing I wanted to say about the the measurements of your tank. Height wise and length it sounds good but 13" deep might get a little to confining when he gets older. Think about the fact that an adult bearded dragon is 18-24", 13" is going to be a little tight to turn around in.

 

[MikeNTalysDragon]

The background finally came in. His habitat is good to go for now, but as Patsy pointed out it is a bit narrow, so I expect we'll have to upgrade eventually. I figure he should be fine for the next 6-9 months though. We are pretty happy with how it turned out. I was able to keep the desert theme that I wanted, and it has plenty of color too.

 

[jeb]

View attachment 14786 1 of mine is in a 55 gal and I have a rock background plastic I got from Petco, I use a half cinder block and a long flat cork log that is her basking area, tile floor with some repti carpet..

Is that two basking lights you have?

 

[MikeNTalysDragon]

Is that two basking lights you have?

Yes, but that didn't last long. He's pretty attached to his tree and doesn't care for the mesh stuff, so it wasn't worth the energy to use 2.