Hey guys!
I'd like to add a partial second level to my 75 gallon tank, which currently houses my 9 month old Hermanns Littlefoot. He seems like he is getting a bit bored with his current setup, and I'd like to give him a bit more space.
I'm not an especially handy person, but think I can manage a project like this with some help.
Since this isn't like a table where I can just nail everything together, I'd like some ideas on design, so that it's nice and sturdy and safe. Not sure how much it being semi-buried in substrate would help with that. Also, suggestions for products (type of wood, sealers, etc.) are appreciated. We would like to do this fairly inexpensively.
I'm also thinking of possibly planting the top level with something that can trail downwards over the edge to make underneath a hide-like area, so suggestions on that are welcome too. I'd like to do this on the "cool" end of the enclosure where his water dish is, and was thinking of somehow building his water dish into the bottom, surrounding it with pebble tiling/flooring to help keep the water clean.
My other idea is maybe a bit more than I can handle, but I'd appreciate input on both building and practicality. This would be going along the short end of the tank. I thought about having the traditional ramp/upper level setup, but having a wall go all along underneath (or even the whole height) that was covered in a pebbley tiling and making a sort of water feature. Water comes out the top, trickles down the wall into a shallow pool at the bottom (drinking area), and pumps up to the top. Is this feasible? Do I need to worry about it clogging with dirt or poo? Could it be done relatively inexpensively? He just never has seemed interested in his water unless I'm filling it up, so I thought this might work to get him to drink more.
Thanks guys!
I'd like to add a partial second level to my 75 gallon tank, which currently houses my 9 month old Hermanns Littlefoot. He seems like he is getting a bit bored with his current setup, and I'd like to give him a bit more space.
I'm not an especially handy person, but think I can manage a project like this with some help.
Since this isn't like a table where I can just nail everything together, I'd like some ideas on design, so that it's nice and sturdy and safe. Not sure how much it being semi-buried in substrate would help with that. Also, suggestions for products (type of wood, sealers, etc.) are appreciated. We would like to do this fairly inexpensively.
I'm also thinking of possibly planting the top level with something that can trail downwards over the edge to make underneath a hide-like area, so suggestions on that are welcome too. I'd like to do this on the "cool" end of the enclosure where his water dish is, and was thinking of somehow building his water dish into the bottom, surrounding it with pebble tiling/flooring to help keep the water clean.
My other idea is maybe a bit more than I can handle, but I'd appreciate input on both building and practicality. This would be going along the short end of the tank. I thought about having the traditional ramp/upper level setup, but having a wall go all along underneath (or even the whole height) that was covered in a pebbley tiling and making a sort of water feature. Water comes out the top, trickles down the wall into a shallow pool at the bottom (drinking area), and pumps up to the top. Is this feasible? Do I need to worry about it clogging with dirt or poo? Could it be done relatively inexpensively? He just never has seemed interested in his water unless I'm filling it up, so I thought this might work to get him to drink more.
Thanks guys!