What do you guys think of this turtle terrarium

Greg West · 11-25-05, 01:23 PM

I am just about finished this terrarium. It is 4' X 4' X 2' with a land area and a water area. The water area will hold apx 60 gallons of water. I think it turned out pretty well. What do you guys think?

Greg West
Cornel's World Terrariums

Boakid · 11-25-05, 01:35 PM

Awesome, that must have taken a lot of work, really great tank.

Ciddian · 11-25-05, 03:31 PM

Thats a very nice one greg!! How did you seal up where the water meets the ramp there? Or am i seeing it wrong and thats wood trim?

sorry... lol i just woke up. ^^

Looks great!

Greg West · 11-25-05, 03:35 PM

It is still a glass terrarium, but the bottom has been split up into 3 pieces. The bottom piece is flat on the bottom, a piece against the ramp and then another flat piece on the top for the land area. The front and back piece of glass then had to be cut to a shape to fit over the profile I created. Hope that was easy enough to understand. Then everthing is siliconed. I will have to test it for leaks on Sunday before I deliver it, but I don't think it will be an issue.

Greg

Ciddian · 11-25-05, 03:42 PM

Oohh yes i understand now..Just had my coffee too

How long did that take you to build? I just love the wood colour too

do you have a design for a long style tank? or was this requested by the customer?

I am still saving for a coffee table style tank, of and i will need one for my HL's too! lol lots of saving

Greg West · 11-25-05, 03:47 PM

Most of the time people have an idea in their head and I guess I bring it to life. I either come up with an idea hopefully close to what I think that they are wanting and then draw it up. I haven't had a problem designing anything yet that people have wanted. This cage didn't take too long other than a few screw ups, but was actually a fairly easy one to build. The first one of any design also always take longer as all the kinks in the design have to be worked out.

Greg

by_accident · 11-28-05, 12:08 PM

Impressive

Greg West · 11-28-05, 12:50 PM

Here is the lower side view to show the sloped wall. This is before I had applied the silicone and gravel for grip. This gives you a better idea of the shape of the cage.

Greg

snappa · 11-28-05, 10:02 PM

hey thats pretty awesome man what would you charge for somethin like that?

Meltos · 11-30-05, 11:06 AM

thats so smart, i would love turtles. Or even a terrapin. We have 2 at college, they always fight. So i thought it would be a good idea if i took one of them. They only have because they were handed in.