NEW exotera Vivs!! - Page 2

ChokeOnSmoke · 02-21-05, 04:39 PM

I just saw these as well and think they would work great for cresties. Great for display.
Kind of weird on one of the packages they have a bearded dragon... and a leo on the other.....

DataRipper · 02-21-05, 05:00 PM

I think the overall idea is good ..they are cheap..and great for small herps..i have seen one at a local pet store and they seem well made..

Siretsap · 02-21-05, 05:03 PM

We received one on Saturday. They are perfect for cresties or other arboreal geckos. Exo Terra really outdone their selves on this one, and the price is very well worth it.

They are even big enough for my cat, ask Stav or Agar they seemed to like seeing my cat in the tank

havenbounce · 02-23-05, 07:58 AM

Yes they are nice looking but a big warning!! You cannot have an overhead heater touching this encloser in anyway!! It will melt the top and the background. Even having a overhead heather that hangs over it you have to make sure it's not too hot. So it's really only good for nonheat loving guys!!
Ginnette

Slannesh · 02-23-05, 09:48 AM

Yikes... double check your temps if it's melting the styrofoam!

http://www.dow.com/styrofoam/europe/...rt/bal_des.htm

Styrofoam melts at about 135 degrees celcius.

http://www.eccleston.co.uk/kmcoshh.htm
A quick search on google said that expanded polystyrene melts at 200 degrees Celcius

Needless to say that's way hotter than any herp could survive in.

havenbounce · 02-23-05, 10:34 AM

Nope not to hot. We set it up with a 50W light on it and in less that 5 minutes the background started to melt and the lid melted. The lid has mesh but it also is made with a plastic frame with a plastic piece that goes across the middle. The temp was less than 80C.. I work in the pet industry and I can tell you that they are working on this problem because of this happening. A heat lamp of no kind can be placed directly on top of the lid. It needs to hang from a good distance. Again all this melting happened in 5 minutes! So I would only put thing that don't need overhead heat. (undertanks work fine but this is designed for tree climbers so undertank may not be enough for some)
Thanks for your info though
Ginnette

gargoyle · 02-24-05, 11:42 AM

80C???? that's 176 degrees farenheit!!!! That's crazy!!! any herp will die in those temps!!!!!! I would expect it too melt! You should really check your information and setup!

havenbounce · 02-24-05, 05:12 PM

oooops should be 80F sorry. (I'm used to metric in everything and forget the temp on the tanks are not metric)
Sorry.
It's was 80F

DataRipper · 02-24-05, 05:28 PM

the pet store close to me has one on 12 hours a day 150w overhead light siting right on the screen .. With no melting what so ever..

concept3 · 02-24-05, 05:33 PM

haven bounce 80f is under 30c and no plastic or styrofoam product on earth would melt in that temp range. So theirfore your making it up or need a better way to measure your temps.

gargoyle · 02-24-05, 06:48 PM

I can't see 80F melting the plastic,,,that would mean that on a hot summer day, this enclosure should go to liquid....I've gotta second quess this information! I'd like to see some pics of the setup that melted, and what did the melting!

clint545 · 02-24-05, 06:52 PM

Yeah, If they're melting @ 80F then they've got some lousy quality control at the manufactors

"Red-eye"_Matt · 02-24-05, 06:57 PM

My fiance bought me one of monday and I am going to be setting it up for my red eyed tree frogs in the next few weeks. They look great and should make the cleaning go a lot easier.

THE best thing about having an animal/computer room is that I can adjust the temps for the whole room and therefore additional heating is not that big of an issue as it is pretty minimal.

Matt

havenbounce · 02-24-05, 07:08 PM

The inside of the enclosure was about 80F (the heat lamp was only on for 5 minutes so didn't have time to get any hotter) I have no clue how hot the heat bulb itself was! It was a 50W Heat Glo Nocturnal Infrared Heat Lamp inside a Exo Terra Incand. Metal Reflector. It melted the plastic cross bar on the lid and the top part of the foam (about an 1") I saw it and can take a pic...! here's something that I just read on their web sight
"Installing the Exo Terra Glo Light
Use the clamp the clip the Glo Light on either the left or the right side of the terrarium; do not rest the lamp’s reflector directly on the plastic parts of the screen top. Be careful not to position the light bulb directly over the plastic parts of the screen frame but position the center of the lamp over the metal screen only, at least 10 cm or 4” above the screen. Only bulbs of maximum a 100W should be used" http://www.exo-terra.com/products/gl...ums_instr.html
So please do not call me a liar (I'll leave that job to you men...lol)
Ginnette
ps the back is made from non-toxic polystyrene. Polystyrene is that not the same stuff that coffee cups and some fast food places use for their food. Yes it does keep stuff warm but will it melt it a match is put against it? Or a heat lamp touches it?

Double J · 02-24-05, 07:12 PM

I have purchased three of the 12 inch cube exo-terra tanks for some Lygodactylus kimhowelli geckos. I have found them to be well made, practical, affordable, and attractive.
I do have one concern though... has anybody else noticed a strong rubbery odour coming from the rubber splining on the lid that holds the screen in? The smell is relatively strong on my tanks, though other that I have seen set-up have lacked the smell completely. I am guessing that thoe ones I purchased were just "fresher"... meaning that perhaps they were made a relatively short time ago and possibly the rubber has not had a chance to finish off-gasing?
Either way... these tanks are great. I plan on moving a number of animals in my collection into these tanks in the near future.