Couple of Custom Builds Progress

[volly]

That looks absolutely Fantastic mate!!!

The only thing that I would say is I once saw a post on here about NOT putting hides in vivs for beardies because apparently they have been known to go in and hide forever - therefore getting NO UV from the bulb and consequently dying.

I'm no expert and not sure how true this is but I just thought I'd let you know.

I'll try and find the link to it and post it on here for you.

Anyway, back to your build - it really does look amazing - WELL DONE, it's a cracking job. Wish I had the time and patience to do something similar for my Reps.

[emilia]

the vivs look great but i have to ask- is the top of the cham viv wood or mesh? chams need loads of ventilation and mesh is great but wood can cause problems for you

are you getting some plants in there as they do need them to climb on

the beardie viv is gonna look great you done a good job

[parkiboy]

Originally Posted by volly

That looks absolutely Fantastic mate!!!

The only thing that I would say is I once saw a post on here about NOT putting hides in vivs for beardies because apparently they have been known to go in and hide forever - therefore getting NO UV from the bulb and consequently dying.

I'm no expert and not sure how true this is but I just thought I'd let you know.

I'll try and find the link to it and post it on here for you.

Anyway, back to your build - it really does look amazing - WELL DONE, it's a cracking job. Wish I had the time and patience to do something similar for my Reps.

ahhhhh thats not good news i havent heard that one before!! ill give it a try and if i find it to be a problem i guess ill be forced to remove it
, thanks for letting me know tho, i know what to look out for.

the vivs look great but i have to ask- is the top of the cham viv wood or mesh? chams need loads of ventilation and mesh is great but wood can cause problems for you

are you getting some plants in there as they do need them to climb on

its wood but it is going to be well ventilated ive seen people have good sucess with wooden vivs altho i do know mesh vivs are more ideallistic. its going to have 2 live plants, lots of fake plants and a few branches/vines and that for it to climb on! the poly build is more for show tbh so it looks like a nice feature in my bedroom.

[parkiboy]

well i'm getting there

should just be about ready minus the glass tomorrow night!! The Chams poly build is waiting on 1 more coat of yacht varnish and then its ready to go in the viv!

Here is how they look now

Bearded Dragon:




Chameleon:

[parkiboy]

Another update for the day

Lighting now installed and chams polly build now in the ViV





Im really pleased of how they are turning out Just need to put the dimmer stats in now!!! trying to decide where to put them... any idea's??

[parkiboy]

bump

want to get the thermostat rigged up today, wheres best place to put the sensors in each viv??

cheers

[haunted-havoc]

under the spot bulbs on the floor for the beardie, not too sure for the cham though

[parkiboy]

i cant put it under the spot bulb as the stat only reads 92F and then need 110F

[parkiboy]

beardie viv pretty much done just a bit of cable tidying and decorating to do now!!



Chameleon viv is on hold for now tho until my screen mesh arrives!!

cheers