[Sharing] Show Off Your Enclosures

haha I did tell you how you could do it I'll send again.

Just moist coco in there, you using a sand/coco mix? Won't take a min to change that later if you are because it's working for you.

Enclosures from here mate. Wish I had the skills to make 'em myself like Pluto's fine work but just don't have the time.

House of Spiders

nah i did set it up and have commented n a few of yours but today i tried and it said in the main bit it was connected to messenger but it wasnt letting me post?? i dunno why??

and yeah its up to you but we use a coco fiber sand mix with more sand about 70/30 as the way i see it they live in a wall they have no contact with soil or anything that perticularly holds humidity atall so am scared of putting them to close to moisture, i know that the E.flavs from other places may be burrowers and stuff but ours deffo are not lol you should get down there sometime and see for yourself

not one of ours has ever burrowed and tend to prefer sitting on whatever rock/brick piece/bark there is in the enclosure.

what are yours doing we have one that will go under the brick but hang upside down so they are not touching the substrate at all...

JamieLawrence wrote:

Enclosures from here mate. Wish I had the skills to make 'em myself like Pluto's fine work but just don't have the time.

House of Spiders

i know.. i'm in envy of pluto's arboreal T vivs
thx for the link

I didnt know we had a thread for this kind of stuff lol.

Why thank you, Tom. It is just a bit of work, but not too hard. Even I can do it.
Although having the right tools helps.

They are nowhere near the quality of bought enclosures, but I need to make them custom made to fit into my cabin. Otherwise I would go buy some too.

They glue it together with CHCl3, makes for neat seams.
Dressing the enclosure up is completely your imagination, mate. I am sure you will have some for it.

i'm looking into getting a large glass aquarium and seperating it, with glass.
it's worth having a go at what you did or similar.. my dad's a carpenter, so i imagine he might help.
how much did they cost to make pluto?

Ohh 7 euro sealant and 15 euro plexiglass...

that's good, if you want a more specific fit than the fauns.. like you said.
they also look far nicer, you did a great job. are you going to refine the design at all?
you could change the lock type thing, i would never have thought of doing that myself

Well, Im no real detail addict so no I just keep making them like this. But in different dimensions.

The lock thing is no more than a rubber spun between the lid and the walls and a hinge on the other side.
I am not planning on changing that. It is supereasy and superfast. Rubber off, rubber on, done with it.

It is safe. Let me tell you, if a scorpion or spider can get that open, I do not want to meet it

As I'm not really a fan of glueing acrylic parts to acrylic enclosures (it breaks easily imho) I keep using nuts and bolts lol

pluto wrote:

Well, Im no real detail addict so no I just keep making them like this. But in different dimensions.

The lock thing is no more than a rubber spun between the lid and the walls and a hinge on the other side.
I am not planning on changing that. It is supereasy and superfast. Rubber off, rubber on, done with it.

It is safe. Let me tell you, if a scorpion or spider can get that open, I do not want to meet it

As I'm not really a fan of glueing acrylic parts to acrylic enclosures (it breaks easily imho) I keep using nuts and bolts lol

right.
i do like the design anyway.

i would never be able to do it though. i made a couple of plastic models (like the tamiya plastic kits) i almost threw it at my cat, i have really big clumsy hands, so little fiddly bits of plastic are not for me lol

Most women like brawny hands mate! There is more important stuff. Besides, it has more to do with your temper than your hands

Hi guys,
This is the home of my 3 transvaalicus

Wow that's pretty awesome!! What's holding the stones though??would be scared of them falling and squishing a scorp

*~BEX~* wrote:

Wow that's pretty awesome!! What's holding the stones though??would be scared of them falling and squishing a scorp

Glad you like it. Actually the stones are set together with cement.

Ah that's even cooler then lol

Assum tank, Italy much? :-)

Thats freakin cool

Thank you

awesome idd!

Thank you

what's going in it bex?

not sure yet

perfect tank for lychas

DolbyR wrote:

perfect tank for lychas

oh yeah lolz so it is