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Old 09-30-10, 06:30 PM   #31
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Here is the enclosure and its finally painted. Three coats of black and a clear water proof coat later and me getting covered in paint lol. Its very glossy but looks good, now im getting my mate around in the next few days to wire in a couple of down lights and hook up the thermostat. Also waiting on my background to be built and the glass is being installed in the next couple of days. Its coming along but has taken me some time.
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It's looking really great so far
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Cheers i will be glad if i never ever and mean EVER have to paint again!!!
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Cheers i will be glad if i never ever and mean EVER have to paint again!!!
LOL. Looks great tho, so it did pay off in the end.
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Cheers i will be glad if i never ever and mean EVER have to paint again!!!
I hear ya, I could build stuff all day, but painting is just such a chore.....
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Old 10-14-10, 04:02 AM   #36
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Re: Big enclosure build

Haha im going to build another tank around the same size im thinking at the moment lol, but just got to see about room and decide about painting lol. I ended up getting the glass for free for this tank which is great as it saves me A LOT, i still have to tint it though.
Also completely siliconed every join in the entire tank so it will be very safe even with the pond spilling or waterfall missing it. It will be a while before the background arrives but construction has began so i cant wait!
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thats one cool looking tank for your heat seeking missiles mate

cant wait to see it full of scrub python

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Looking good!
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Well i have installed the glass and ended up going with out the one way tint, so hopefully they dont strike to bad. I have also just purchased another yearling male ( i pick him up once this enclosure is finished ) for my girl, both are around the 8 foot mark now. The background has been started and will be finished in 2 weeks or so. I cant wait to finally have this one set up and inside.
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Well my background budget has been blown big time lol. I ended up making basking shelves 500mm wide x 800mm long, there is 2 of these basking sites one under the heat and one down the bottom. This has bumped my freight up to $650 lol so now the background will cost me around $1500 in total. Im a little annoyed that i didnt think of this ealrier but it will be for their entire lives so i can justify the money that way. Im waiting on some photo's to be sent then i will post them up on here.
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Can't wait to see pics. I just started working on my snake room.
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Yeah i cant wait to have it finished! Im just starting plans for my hot room to get rid off all the seperate tanks. Im building a 12' long x 5'5" high x 2' deep enclosure rack. Each enclosure will be 4' long x 1' high x 2' deep so there will be 15 tanks across one wall and a further 10 tanks in similar set ups along the other walls. Will be nice to have a neat and tidy room instead of tanks bundled everywhere lol. Once again i am dreading the painting so i might just use melamine instead, although it will get brittle over time. Decisions decisions.
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Thats great Percy, where's the dang pics already?
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Can't wait to see pics. I just started working on my snake room.

i never realised you had a snake room chuck

your lucky

i have to wait on my 17 year old son leaving the house before i get my own room for snakes

at least he's got a girlfriend so theres hope for me yet

percy cant wait to see the finished product mate,hint,hint

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Im still waiting on the photo's damn it lol. I will start finishing the designs for the tank racks soon and hopefully start those as soon as this monster is done.
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