Pics of Talyn's Terrarium

**BlackJack** · 02-18-2006, 04:23 AM

We've re-done Talyn's terrarium. I was frustrated by the extra height. It made the whole thing difficult to heat and since she's only semi-arboreal, it wasn't worth all the trouble.
We had 16" cut off the glass sides and cut the same off the back and installed new front sliding glass doors. I painted a piece of styrofoam and placed it on the left side of the tank (outside) to help insulate the cage further and give her more privacy.
Now the cage is being heated by a 150 Watt Ceramic Heat Emitter on the right. We have a timer controlled thermostat (with probe) controlling max/min temps and day/night temps. And a timer for the lights (these can be seen in the first pic outside the terrarium on the table.)
We also have a thermometer/hygrometer with probe on the warm side, hide box, moist (moss) box, water dish and fake plants. On the cool side we have another water dish, another hide box and another thermometer. The substrate is terrarium soil (humus bricks)
I painted the back wall and added fake plants and branches for decoration.

The terrarium:

Warm side:

Cool side:

Thanks for looking!

**Moshpitrockchick** · 02-18-2006, 04:35 AM

It looks great...now we need some pictures of Talyn enjoying it

**BlackJack** · 02-18-2006, 05:51 AM

Talyn isn't showing herself much these days: she may be gravid and is pretty much holed up in her warm hide all the time.

**zaroba** · 02-18-2006, 06:30 AM

looks nice.

**Rich** · 02-18-2006, 08:04 AM

Hello,

That looks great! How much does that enclosure weigh?

**steel rip** · 02-18-2006, 08:10 AM

Looks great as ever Andrea...great pics

does look real heavy lol.

**mshrmheadcharge** · 02-18-2006, 08:22 AM

Great pics and great looking enclosure!

**BlackJack** · 02-18-2006, 09:14 AM

Hi Rich
I have no idea how much it weighs: lighter than wood: the white parts are hardfoam PVC board (13mm) The glass is all 6mm.
It weighs a lot less than before, but it's still extremely heavy. Fortunately, the whole thing comes apart: the doors can be lifted out, the top lifted off and the sides and back lifted out of the bottom part. Each piece is light enough for one person to carry. So it's relatively easy to move and transport, but heavy when it's all together.
I'm going to be making some new terrariums which should be really light-weight. I'll take pics of the process and post them when that project is underway.