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Old 05-21-12, 03:21 PM   #16
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Re: What Viv for my BRB?

You both are 100% correct that it is possible to seal a wooden viv. It just requires an extra step...if people are willing to put in the work, go for it!

Other than humidity, my concerns with wood are weight, and being able to thoroughly disinfect the viv if you ever need to (due to all the little ridges). Most sources I have read always say to toss a wooden viv in a disease situation, whereas a plastic or glass tank you can treat.
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You both are 100% correct that it is possible to seal a wooden viv. It just requires an extra step...if people are willing to put in the work, go for it!

Other than humidity, my concerns with wood are weight, and being able to thoroughly disinfect the viv if you ever need to (due to all the little ridges). Most sources I have read always say to toss a wooden viv in a disease situation, whereas a plastic or glass tank you can treat.
If you sand and seal the wood properly you could disinfect it just as well as you could plastic. I used a 2 part epoxy on the floor of all my vivs and it dries like glass.. easily disinfected. I have thought about doing the entire inside of the viv in it but due to cost and weight I passed.
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Re: What Viv for my BRB?

In the process of building a viv now and what I am using for the bottom of viv is a thick piece of white chemcast gp acrylic. I used this so I wouldnt have to worry about the floor getting moldie since BRB requier higher humidity and easy to clean. the rest of the viv is pressuer treated wood so it will hold up to humidity for a long time and still going to seal it all up once I have everything set.

Here is the link to my post so you can check it out.

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/enclo...w-viv-brb.html
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Re: What Viv for my BRB?

Hey guys,

As promised here's a couple of pics of the new viv. Temps are holding at 74 cool side to 82 hot side and humidity between 80-88.

The viv is 3ft wide, 2ft tall and 1ft deep.







Open to comments and criticisms!!

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Old 05-25-12, 02:17 PM   #20
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Looks great, Brian! How does the new resident like it? ;-)
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Hey guys,

Just a quick question about viv material.

I currently have a BRB housed in a glass viv (pic below). I find this great for humidity and can manage my temps.

Considering some advice from snakesitter on another furum i have been thinking about her viv size. Due to her now being around 2 1/2ft and the viv being only 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 I wanted to up her to a three ft viv.

I Have been looking at the exo terra 45x60x90 which looks good although just wanted opinions from anyone who uses a wooden viv about humidity. It would also be of use if anyone does use wood if they could advise what wood they use, I'm worried about both humidity and warp.

Here's her current viv!





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Looks great, Brian! How does the new resident like it? ;-)
Hey,

Difficult to tell as she spent most of the last week in the various hides only exploring once where I've seen her but I reckon with a bit of time to settle she will really enjoy it!

I've deliberately put lists of hanging plants (fake) as she seems to enjoy climbing them and traversing them.

If I catch her out I'll try to get a picture!
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Awesome, looking forward to those picts!
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