Nice enclosure! 
New 2 story Enclosure =) LOTS OF PICS
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what are you doing for lighting ? (didnt see it in the pics)
tyguy35 said:
We used regular plywood and 1x1s just make sure u get a few good coats on it to seal the wood good and make it look good
slowpoke said:
Lighting is all set up now haha we got a mercury vapor bulb at the top and we installed a heat lamp and a plant accent light on the bottom, the heat lap will soon be replaced for a mercury vapor bulb so they get UVB upstairs and downstairs
We got a little lazy today and didn't get to take good pics, for sure tomorrow expect lots of pics of the set up
Picture Update!
Here is the pictures everyone has been asking for! haha
Here is the first day we set up the enclosure
Here it is as of today, I squeezed in a few pics of the little guys!
a close up of Leo
and Ralph!
a close up of leo again =)
Ralph again! hehe
Lighting
the first one is a plant accent light from lowes
the second is a heat lamp, this one will be changed for a mercury
vapor bulb soon
the third is a mercury vapor bulb
Going down the ramp!! =)
Hope you all like the pics!!!
got an interesting idea let me know! haha
Here is the pictures everyone has been asking for! haha
Here is the first day we set up the enclosure
Here it is as of today, I squeezed in a few pics of the little guys!
a close up of Leo
and Ralph!
a close up of leo again =)
Ralph again! hehe
Lighting
the first one is a plant accent light from lowes
the second is a heat lamp, this one will be changed for a mercury
vapor bulb soon
the third is a mercury vapor bulb
Going down the ramp!! =)
Hope you all like the pics!!!
got an interesting idea let me know! haha
Pictures are up!
Very nicely done!!!
They are in tort heaven right now.
Very nice! Ralph is very photogenic. Perhaps you only need one MVB, lighting looks pretty good!
That is a very nice enclosure! What exactly is holding the plexi in place?
I would put something on the actual ramp so they feel more secure going down. But, it's beautiful.
Nice job! The enclosure turned out great and your torts look happy!
Thanks everyone!!!! I hope my RT are happy!!!!
Mgridgaway said:
We put a groove on the wood so the plexi fits right in the middle of the wood, its literally wedged on there,
Vishnu2 said:
They currently have some grip tape but I have noticed sometimes they have some difficulties going down,
Im thinking of what im going to put to make the way down easier on them
Leo and Ralph seem to like the way down because they constantly keep going up and down, I caught leo going up and down a few times the other day seemed like he was having fun hehe
For my own knowledge, how did you put the groove in the wood? Any special tool? I'm trying to get ideas for my new enclosure and windows fronts sounds good.
Mgridgaway said:
We used a table router pretty much make the groove in the center of all your frame pieces I will get a few pics of the windows for you
looks great
very good work! what is the estimate cost? i'd like to build one my self
austinSOLO said:very good work! what is the estimate cost? i'd like to build one my self
We spent around 100 dollars I think, and we ended up with almost a full sheet of plywood left over, so just makes your cuts very accurate and your cost should be around 80
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