Rack questions

[Elsa]

Firstly ... sorry for starting another thread with questions that have been asked to death! BUT... the search function doesn't allow "50L" or "RUB" to be searched so my search sort of failed.

Basically its my birthday in a couple of weeks, i know i'll get $200 dollars from my aunt in USA (about £120 at the mo) and maybe a few other bits and pieces from relatives, so i thought a good plan would be to build myself a rack and buy rubs with this money (i'm thinking i'll have about £150 overall to spend).
so the questions...
In the rack i will want to have space for...
2 corns when adult (08's at the moment)
2 nelsons milks (already in 50L rubs)
2 female Leos (living together but with enough room for male to join them during breeding)
1 male Leo (by himself)

1. are 50L rubs ok for adult corns?
2. what size RUBs will the Leo's need?

would 50L rubs be ok for all of them?

also whats the best material to make a rack out of?

thanks,
Elsa

[Josh-sama]

RUB sizes are fine from what else I've read, maybe a 64litre for height?
Contiboard for the material?

[messengermatt]

Yup best to create a home made one as commercial ones are like £2000

[oakelm]

50L's are fine for corns, and fine for everything listed. The head room in a 50 will barely get used so no need to go any taller. Your heating and stats are going to cost you the most and for a guess you already have those. So on that budget you should be fine. Plan what size you want and get b&q to pre cut the sizes for you, saves a lot of hassle.

[adsclarke]

My adult corns are kept in 50L RUBs and are in home made racks. I used 12mm MDF for most of them as it is cheap.

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[nogatsira]

Stupid question but .. what are RUBs?

[woodrott]

Originally Posted by nogatsira

Stupid question but .. what are RUBs?

if im wrong im shaw some one will soon put me wright

rubs is short for rubber maid

i think thay were the first to make plastic containers in the usa????

[DazedLewis]

RUB = Really Useful Box

[Elsa]

nope its short for really useful box
Go Shopping - Really Useful Boxes - 50 litre Really Useful Box

thanks for all the help guys

[ozyshane]

Originally Posted by nogatsira

Stupid question but .. what are RUBs?

R= really U=useful B=box. really useful box is the company name. like woodrott will someone correct me if im wrong.

50l. rubs will be fine for what you have planned. if housing different species, remember that heat requirement might need to be different for each rub.