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Re: I've Had Enough!!!
So I was inspired by some pictures Franks posted on the thread titled "Bio-active Water Bowl?" Of some cages he made with large fishtanks as a base full of water for swimming, and a tall frame up around it for perches/ground area stuff. I was curious about if this would work for my rudi? I could use a 125 gal aquarium as the base and have it as a swimming area for him as he loves to swim. I could build a tall frame around 5-6ft tall with light-weight material and tons of climbing space. The frame would also have a greater width of around at least 3ft expanded from the fishtank for plenty of surface area, making the width of the enclosure 4ft 6 inches. A quarter of the tank itself could be walled off with something for a small area full of soil/sand for digging (he doesn't do much digging). He could have a hide there, as well as two more, one right off the water, and one up high on a shelf.
There would be on shelf about 4ft, and another 5ft up. One would be set with UV. Logs would criss-cross the tank for access from the water and all the way up the platforms. One log may be for basking of 130 F, or maybe a platform. The 3rd hide would be hanging of the back up high for an elevated resting area. The background would be latticework so he can hang off it and for aesthetics. The big thing is being able to move both halves of this cage separate for transport. I wont be living with parents for more than 2 years hopefully and I wouldn't want to have to rebuild an entire cage all over. I am also curious about filtration and draining of the water. Also curious as to light weight but sturdy wood one could use for the 3 sides (sliding doors would be used for the top half, and swinging for the bottom half of the front.
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