I recently adopted another redfoot (Thanks, jrcrist!), so since I made the decision that my juvenile sulcata can remain outside more or less permanently now, I am going to work towards re-doing my 130-gallon tank as larger accommodations for both of my juvenile redfoots.
This was the previous set-up for Kobe the sulcata. Mainly just soil and mulch directly on the tank's bottom with lights above an open-top.
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Some of you may have remembered previous threads of mine where I talked about constructing a new closed top for this tank, and I still definitely plan on doing that. I was working on a really cool 3-D model mock-up of what I was envisioning, but I am lazy and I can draw a lot faster than I can create 3-D models in Maya. Here is a rough idea of what I plan to do. I need to return the porcelain light socket I purchased and exchange it for something for outdoor lighting because someone suggested it would last longer and hold up to high humidity better.
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Right now though, I plan on working from the ground up for now, because I want to get the little guys moved over to more spacious living conditions as soon as possible because the tub is now a little crowded. Although my tank isn't quite as large, I am going for what Chris has illustrated out so well in this thread, with the heat rope underneath the substrate.
So this is what I got so far. An empty tank with tarp material on the bottom.
I believe my grandpa has some hardware cloth in his carport somewhere, so I'll be rummaging around there to look for it sometime this week. Waiting for some extra money to pop up so I can order the heat rope from Big Apple and then I'll be able to get things rollin'.
This was the previous set-up for Kobe the sulcata. Mainly just soil and mulch directly on the tank's bottom with lights above an open-top.
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Some of you may have remembered previous threads of mine where I talked about constructing a new closed top for this tank, and I still definitely plan on doing that. I was working on a really cool 3-D model mock-up of what I was envisioning, but I am lazy and I can draw a lot faster than I can create 3-D models in Maya. Here is a rough idea of what I plan to do. I need to return the porcelain light socket I purchased and exchange it for something for outdoor lighting because someone suggested it would last longer and hold up to high humidity better.
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Right now though, I plan on working from the ground up for now, because I want to get the little guys moved over to more spacious living conditions as soon as possible because the tub is now a little crowded. Although my tank isn't quite as large, I am going for what Chris has illustrated out so well in this thread, with the heat rope underneath the substrate.
So this is what I got so far. An empty tank with tarp material on the bottom.
I believe my grandpa has some hardware cloth in his carport somewhere, so I'll be rummaging around there to look for it sometime this week. Waiting for some extra money to pop up so I can order the heat rope from Big Apple and then I'll be able to get things rollin'.