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09-11-12, 08:47 AM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Pirarucu: What lucky creature will be getting a house that big? My opinion on the Galvanized is this. You can buy water troughs that are meant for cattle to be used for human consumption, so the leaching of zinc if any must be minimal. You can find astounding amounts of information on the internet about galvanized products. The reason it is not used in human food preparation is because the acids in human food cause rapid deterioration of the zinc coating, and other weird(in my mind cool) chemical reactions. As long as you use a non acidic substrate in theory you should be ok but then again you may need to have your substrate tested for PH level every so often to be sure the waste, decaying food and decomposing wood does not add acidity. I suppose the PH of the water you use may be a concern as well but I would think not.
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09-11-12, 03:04 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
The big guys. Waters, niles, albigs, etc. For the less water inclined species such as the albigs, I would just fill both of the circulars with dirt, and put a smaller trough of water inside one of them. I am a firm believer in extra large caging for monitors... LOL.
For now though, I'm aiming for a group of ackies like you are.
Thank you, that's good to know. Overall, I'll probably go with the plastic ones now that I know they're available in big enough sizes. Partly just because they'd only be half the weight. I'm in Texas luckily, so I should be able to just pick them up myself when I start up, no need for shipping.
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09-11-12, 06:52 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Day two progress...
Sides on frame of bottom half.
Tub inside frame. A great fit as well!
Checking to be sure my top fits, and it did like a glove.
Corner braces for the plywood that separates the two halves.
Silicone to help create seal between tub and plywood.
Forgot to take pictures during a few steps. But I attached the plywood to tub and corner braces. then covered it all in silicone to waterproof and fill in around screws to prevent water seepage and the possibility of them rusting.
Again forgot some steps... finished up the top half framed out where the 3/8th glass will be.
Sooooo... I took off tomorrow so I can build the fully removable top and paint/waterproof the inside of the top half. Then I will be able to move it to the permanant place in the house finish assembly, put trim on and paint the outside.
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09-11-12, 07:47 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
love it..
May I use those photos??
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09-11-12, 08:19 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Yes, of course you may. Do you mind if I ask what for?
I'm super excited about my progress, and can hardy wait to build another. Deciding what species will take a while though because I still am so focused on the ackies and will no way be done reading on them soon.
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09-11-12, 10:05 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aanayab1
Yes, of course you may. Do you mind if I ask what for?.
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Hmmm.
savannahmonitor.net, savannahmonitor.co, varanus.us, varanid.us, varanuspark.com...
I am working on a page to guide people in building cages suitable for varanids.
this is A. simple, B. practical & C. cost effective.
I also think it would be great for apartment dwellers.
your design is sound, and I am impressed by it.
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09-11-12, 09:10 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Looking good Antino. You got a lot done today.
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09-12-12, 06:36 AM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Awesome, That is quite the complement to me, Thank you very much Infernalis.
Well my neighbors should love me this morning because I'm on my way out to finish up all I can today... Power tools Plus 8am never makes anyone happy.... well oher than the person using them haha
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09-12-12, 01:51 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Got the lids put together, two coats of primer on the inside, framed out what will hold the glass in place. Now I'm off to lowes to pick up light bulbs, trim and corner molding. Then walnart to get light fixtures. I will get some more pictures up later tonight.
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09-12-12, 02:30 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Looking awesome!
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09-12-12, 05:35 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
What kind of door setup are you doing?
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09-12-12, 07:55 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
So I got a bit frustrated getting the supplies I mentioned earlier. By the time I got home I just wanted to eat dinner and relax so here is what got done, didn't take any of the primed inside but I'll get one or two before I paint tomorrow.
Bottom of lid left side.
Bottom of both lids.
Lid on and I couldn't ask for a better fit.
Seam where the two lids meet in center. A piece of trim will cover the 1/8" gap you see.
More random shots of how the lid is assembled and fits.
I decided to go with this two piece, completely removable lid for a few well thought out reasons.
1) Because from working under the hood of cars my whole life I have come to hate hinged lids. It seems like no matter how hard you try to avoid it the brace holding it open always gets in the way, knocked out so the hood slams down on you or the place you need to get to would be a lot easier to get to if the hood itself was not in the way.
2) I can open only the side I need to access and in theory keep a little more heat from escaping compared to propping the whole thing open(key word was THEORY lol).
3) I'm not tall enough or have a long enough reach to grab an ackie who thinks it is gonna make a run for it 53" away but I may have a chance if the crazed sprinter is only 30" away.
4) Half sized lid is half the weight.
5) If warping does come into play it should not be as drastic on the smaller halves as it would be on one larger lid.
As an added bonus I just thought of I will be able to put things on the lid that is in place so I have both hands free to work with and not be attempting to balance things on the corners.
The lid will be held in place at all four corners of each half with the stud and cotter pins you see on race car hoods(they are aluminum so no issues with rust).
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09-12-12, 09:39 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
lighting ideas
I like these. Dual fixture
duals
bank lights (several porclein fxtures mounted to 2x4). Dome light is also in pic but mainly for heating dirt for nesting.
banks
sunlight 
Many ways to skin a cat. Most people like banks of lights, some like domes, some screw porclein fixtures into cage, etc. I have found the outside dual lights to be very efficient. They can be adjusted to point in different angles and built to run two bulbs. Some are weather tight and built to handle moisture.
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09-15-12, 08:06 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
Okay........ so I hate caulk/silicone!!! but it is all done where need be and I began painting the outside today. I wont have the chance to pain the rest for a few days but I will get pictures up asap.
This is the glass silicone in place and trimmed out. Cant paint though until the silicone dries dang it!
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09-15-12, 11:46 PM
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Re: Getting Ackies Need Advise and Suggestions
looking good
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A whole bunch of critter!!!
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