TylototritonGuy
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Hi all,
I thought I would kick start my build thread for my New Racking system that I am building. The equipment and tanks I will be using will be housing only 9 out of the 19 species I have in my collection, So I will be having to make another Racking after I have made this one (However might not have to do the second one for a while as this single rack will be freeing up a lot of space!).
Here is a Picture of the Drawing I made on paint (Can't seem to convert the Auto-Cad file to a JPEG)
It will contain 9 E.N.T style terrariums in total which include;
Instead of using the Aluminum Profiles and Connectors that most people tend to use (Really wanted to use this method aswell but it's not cheap!! lol) I am using this really nice MFC (Melamine Faced Chipboard) also known as Chocolate Oak Board which is incredibly sturdy, strong and will most definitely take the weight of the Terrariums.
There are 3 Main pieces that will stand horizontally (measuring roughly just over 6ft 4 inches - This allows a bit of space between each row for the Lighting System and also a bit of space between the Floor and the underside of the Bottom shelf for storage) and 8 pieces that will go vertically for each shelf and 12 elongated supports.
I shall get the exact measurements later on and upload them :happy:
Some of the 12 pieces of Wooden Supports I would need.
Photo showing how thick each piece of the MFC is.
Anyway, I am currently sorting out getting the E.N.T Terrariums now from Richie, just have to wait a little while! I did look into making my own, I asked several Glass Merchants all of which refused to attempt it due to previous failures with other people, one of the Glass Merchants was so rude that he cut my off halfway through my sentence and basically asked me to leave
I hopefully will begin this build in the next few weeks, so the rest of my posts may take until then to show more of my build but anyway I would appreciate any help or advice!!
I thought I would kick start my build thread for my New Racking system that I am building. The equipment and tanks I will be using will be housing only 9 out of the 19 species I have in my collection, So I will be having to make another Racking after I have made this one (However might not have to do the second one for a while as this single rack will be freeing up a lot of space!).
Here is a Picture of the Drawing I made on paint (Can't seem to convert the Auto-Cad file to a JPEG)
It will contain 9 E.N.T style terrariums in total which include;
- x3 - 800 x 400 x 400mm (80 x 40 x 40cm) Terrariums and will be laid out with 1 of them being on each row (As you're looking at the photo - 1 Top left, 1 Middle Left and 1 Bottom Left.)
- x6 - 400 x 400 x 400mm (40 x 40 x 40cm) Terrariums and will be laid out with 2 being on each row (As you're looking at the photo - 2 Top Right, 2 Middle Right and 2 Bottom Right.)
- Top Row (Random) - Ambystoma tigrinum (80 x 40 x 40cm), Ambystoma opacum (40 x 40 x 40cm) Kaloula pulchra (40 x 40 x 40cm - this will more than likely change to a smaller species though)
- Middle Row (Malagasy) - Mantella aurantiaca (80 x 40 x 40cm - shall be getting about 4 new individuals for a wider breeding project), Scaphiophyrne marmorata (40 x 40 x 40cm), Scaphiophyrne gottlebei (40 x 40 x 40cm - This will be a Reconstruction of a natural habitat, like a Limestone Canyon with Seasonal Rock Pools)
- Bottom Row (Tylototriton species) - Tylototriton yangi (80 x 40 x 40cm - This will also allow for breeding too with a Water Section) Tylototriton wenxianensis (40 x 40 x 40cm - This is while they are still juvenile so they will have a larger enclosure when they are fully adult), Last one I am trying to decide on (40 x 40 x 40cm - This enclosure is for a species while it's still juvenile so they will have a larger enclosure when they are fully adult)
Instead of using the Aluminum Profiles and Connectors that most people tend to use (Really wanted to use this method aswell but it's not cheap!! lol) I am using this really nice MFC (Melamine Faced Chipboard) also known as Chocolate Oak Board which is incredibly sturdy, strong and will most definitely take the weight of the Terrariums.
There are 3 Main pieces that will stand horizontally (measuring roughly just over 6ft 4 inches - This allows a bit of space between each row for the Lighting System and also a bit of space between the Floor and the underside of the Bottom shelf for storage) and 8 pieces that will go vertically for each shelf and 12 elongated supports.
I shall get the exact measurements later on and upload them :happy:
Some of the 12 pieces of Wooden Supports I would need.
Photo showing how thick each piece of the MFC is.
Anyway, I am currently sorting out getting the E.N.T Terrariums now from Richie, just have to wait a little while! I did look into making my own, I asked several Glass Merchants all of which refused to attempt it due to previous failures with other people, one of the Glass Merchants was so rude that he cut my off halfway through my sentence and basically asked me to leave
I hopefully will begin this build in the next few weeks, so the rest of my posts may take until then to show more of my build but anyway I would appreciate any help or advice!!