New vivarium Design

[Repti-racks]

Well after 2 days straight at the shop myself and poohmac put our heads together and tested some new vivarium designs out as we spoke about in another post. We came up with an adjustable venting design that you can at anytime and at any vent remove the adjustable cover plate and easily place an cooling fan in its place still being tested. also tested out different venting designs and placments as well, using thicker front panels and doors along with different locking hardware. Were also designing a first offered all PVC and gLass vivarium will be coming soon.

[PoohMac]

I went to Repti-Rack this weekend and I showed him the size design that I wanted with more ventilations and options we could come up with. After seeing what goes into making one of this Vivarium, the time, the details etc; the price is well worth it.

I designed a viv that would fit perfectly on a metal rack system (from Sams 48L x 18W x 72H) The lenght is really 45L minus the space the poles take up and the width is really 17 3/8W because of the metal trim.

I wanted to fit 4 acrylic vivs per shelf so I came up with the size of 11 1/4L X 17 3/8 X 15H. I wanted plenty of air space between the shop light and the tank. The length of the tank makes up for the width.

I got one done and three more to go.

pics coming soon.

[wax32]

Pretty Sweet!!

[Lancejr]

Looks good guys. You may want to consider a small (1/2") hole in the top for a mister nozzle and a hole in the bottom for a drain fitting. Other than that looks like my setup only I've been drilling glass. Let's see a pic when you get it set up.

[PoohMac]

Originally Posted by Lancejr

Looks good guys. You may want to consider a small (1/2") hole in the top for a mister nozzle and a hole in the bottom for a drain fitting. Other than that looks like my setup only I've been drilling glass. Let's see a pic when you get it set up.

I'm going to to buy a Pro - Mist system from Steve once I get my additional 3 vivs complete. I currently have 3 acrylic vivs complete. So, I'll drill the holes last, when you drill acrylic its like butter, very fast and smooth. I'll update with pics once I get my next viv completed. I'm trying something different on every viv I get from Repti-Racks. The next one will have a glass door.

[droseraman]

looks like a nice design

[frogcal]

Good job, if I was you I would add extra 8 acrylic block at eight corner to prevent warping. Also you would need to apply extra silicon seal around the bottom edges to prevent water leaking. my 2 cents.
Ben

[defaced]

Making them just thin enough to fit four on a 48" wire rack is an incredibly smart move.

[Repti-racks]

Originally Posted by frogcal

Good job, if I was you I would add extra 8 acrylic block at eight corner to prevent warping. Also you would need to apply extra silicon seal around the bottom edges to prevent water leaking. my 2 cents.
Ben

Each cage we design is 3/8" thick acrylic material doors and have wide trimimng as a door stop, all of our caging is custom built for each customer and are sealed for a water tight construction. misting hole are only drilled per request from customers. cause if you dont use a misting nozzel youll have an 1/4" hole to cover up. Those pic are just a new venting design i came up with to add too our vivariums to our customers

[Repti-racks]

Originally Posted by Lancejr

Looks good guys. You may want to consider a small (1/2") hole in the top for a mister nozzle and a hole in the bottom for a drain fitting. Other than that looks like my setup only I've been drilling glass. Let's see a pic when you get it set up.

All our vivariums and caging are custom if customers request bulkheads we put them in for them the pic shown just shows our new venting concept that vivarium is still in process for poohmac . We dont offer bulkheads as standed cause most customers dont want them go figure ?