HeavyW 18x18x24 FIRST build

[froggsong]

Looks great! I LOVE that wood.... The BG turned out really well.

[beckdg]

coming along nicely. might want to touch up those bare spots... shouldn't take much and will keep you from staring at them in discontent later. altogether, looks fantastic so far.

[HeavyW]

thank you

I am happy with it for sure. With just the foam I was starting to question my ability to do this, haha, but the end product turned out okay.

Yeah that wood is sick. Will give the crested lots of stuff to run around on.

[HeavyW]

Originally Posted by beckdg

coming along nicely. might want to touch up those bare spots... shouldn't take much and will keep you from staring at them in discontent later. altogether, looks fantastic so far.

Yeah I definitely am going to. I was running out of silicone so kind spread it out a bit further then I should. Ill of touch them up later on tonight maybe, but your right, it shouldn't take much.

Appreciate the good comments, motivates me to make this thing really nice.

Quick question for you folks as well.

I am about to get some lights and a temperature/humidity gauge

Which lights should I go with, the crested only needs to be in the mid 70s I believe, but my plants need some light as well. I have the exo terra lid with 2 spots for bulbs.

Good tips on which gauge?

Appreciate the help

[beckdg]

what's the temp in the room they'll be in normally? in the winter? in the summer?

might be a good idea to have a light that doesn't sit right on top of the cage... little gap for air.

my favorite gauge so far is a ~$10 cheapy that does temp and humidity from home depot. it's a grey rectangle with a probe for outside temp (used for applications in a home normally).

t5ho is a good option if you really want to get into it. if the fixture you have now uses screw-ins i'd get ge daylight 6500k spiral cfl's from walmart and call it a day. if the temp gets too high put something under the corners of the fixture to get it off the top of the viv.

cresteds really don't need special lighting so you'd go by the requirements of your plants. full sun plants would probably be a bad idea though. would be aweful bright and probably too hot before you could supply that for them.

[HeavyW]

Im unsure of the temp down here, but its in the basement and it always feels like the AC is on ,lol summer or winter.

A gap for air is a good idea.

bulbs from walmart sound like it might be a cheap option which is good. The crested still needs UV though doesn't it? I dont want to go to elaborate yet in terms of lighting, but I want to make sure the crested and the plants will be in a good environment.

[beckdg]

i don't think they do need uv actually. if it's pretty cool down there you may not need that gap... judge your temps once it's setup.

[HeavyW]

allright thanks

the ge daylight 6500ks will grow my plants well you think?

[beckdg]

this is under water...

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so... yeah.

[HeavyW]

lol enough said...I will be going to buy 2 ge daylight 6500ks tomorrow..I can start my plant shopping as well..EXCITING!

I want to paint my terrarium like demonic did. I should have painted it first, makes my job twice as hard now, lol.