Glasscages.com

[Lioness]

HAS ANYONE ON HERE ORDERED FROM THEM??
IM PLANNING ON GETTING A 45GAL LONG FROM THEM..THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE BEST PRICE @ $60..

[Tyler99]

At one reptile show I went to they were sellin 1$$ a gallon.

[Lioness]

DANG..I WISH..LOL!
WHICH SHOW WAS IT..AND WHO WAS THE VENDOR?

[Lioness]

anyone????

[nguyen_inc]

ty was it the hamburg show? I saw some people selling a 30 for 20 bucks once.

[Tyler99]

yeah the hamburg show.

[peterm15]

the other day i got 3 10's for 15 bucks.... i also picked up a 48 gal octoganal for 49...

the 10's all have slight cracks in them but nothin un fixible..... im a glass guy so... lol

he was also selling a 50 gallon bow front with a crack in it for 50 bucks... ect ect....

ive gotten all my tanks at great deals... the octonagal and 2 10's i picked up at one place and the 3 10's i pcked up at another...

[Lioness]

wow peter..those were some good deals!
im gunna call the glasscages.com folks and talk to them about shipping.

[peterm15]

where abouts are you located.. shipping a fragile tank may prove to be more costly than to just buy one elsewhere.. maybe someone can narrow down where to get tanks at cheap in your area..

[Lioness]

i live in Pembroke Pines, FL
i hope i could find a decent priced one near me..

[VI Reptiles]

you probably could find a 45 gallon at a pet shop for less then buy one from them and they have to ship it which would be too expensive. I was talking to somone in the states and they said a 45 gallon was $50 U.S funds.......


VI Reptiles

[Lioness]

thats a pretty good price.
they have theirs on the site for $60..plus shipping can cost well over $100.
ur right..im gunna look around for a 45gal long in my area.
thanks!

[peterm15]

you could always build a melimine and steal the glass sliders off something you find at a garage sale... low cost and the snake would feel more secure.... you could also build it to fit where you want.. rather than having to try and find a place for it..

all you need to build it is a drill, a bit, a few screws, wood and a plan.. hardware stores will even cut it to the size you want..

[Mark]

check out the local classifieds in the newpaper. There is always someone selling tanks in the paper. much cheaper and usually closer to you then online dealers.

Mark

[Lioness]

i think im gunna build it with my father..
a friend of mine from another forum emailed me some plans and i think im going to go with those.
besides..atleast this way i can paint the outside of the cage to match my furniture..
thanks everyone

[peterm15]

its hard to paint melinime... youll have to use another wood...

[Mark]

If your looking at matching te outside of the cage to match your house I would avoid melamine as it seems not to paint the best. Sealed plywood is always a good choice and if you get the higher end plywood it stains very nice.

[Lioness]

lol..thanks for lettin me know before i went out and bought the melamine..
my furniture is a dark chocolate wood..so im gunna match it to that

[ATBlover]

if you use plywood then you would have to use a special paint for the inside as it would absorb the moisture and rot....also the pet stores around me have a 30 gallon for $211......thats not cheap so maybe the site would be better....Connor

[HumphreyBoagart]

Lioness:
you can get melamine that is different wood colours already. I'm sure there's dark ones. It's more than the white stuff, but then it's waterproof and you don't have to paint it.
Hump.

[havenbounce]

Pet shop by me has used tanks 20 gallons for $20 or $40 to get the tank and a used filter,heater and the gravel.
Ginnette

[dannyc]

Here's one I built last year. It's way bigger than you'll need for a corn. It's 4'x2'x3' high. It was originally built for a Black Rat Snake that took up residence on the back porch behind the hot tub. I never could catch it so I ended up putting 1.1 corns in it.
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2 hides, one on the hot side and one on the cool side. Water on the cool side and I put an extra water container on the hot side to keep the humidity up during the winter while the heat's on. It's quite dry in my house with the heat on. Also have a rock they can get under in the middle at the back. Thermostat probe on the wall on the hot side controlling the heat light in the ceiling with an eye ball fixture. I put a fluorescent fixture in for light but you don't really need it. The infrared light puts out plent of light. I do use it when cleaning. I also put casters on the legs to make it easy to move and clean around. The front is acrylic with hinges and aluminum angle on the outside to make it more rigid to make sure the sides are tight enough to keep the snakes in. I used screen door hooks to secure it. One thing I did I wish I didn't. I hinged it at the top cus it wasn't enough room to let it drop down. I use a 6' stick to hold it open when needed.
The one I'm building now is only 2' high so I will hing it at the bottom and just let it hang when open.
As you can see the melamine has a nice finish and won't need any painting.