Everyone has been asking for pics of my set up....
We just bought this new house in September so the room is still kind of in transition. I'll be posting updates as I organize it all. This is an extra bedroom/office in the center of the ground floor so it's the most stable room in the house as far as temperature .There is very minimal infuence from the weather outside since there are no windows. It's about 9ft X 7ft with an open closet that's 4ft X 6ft.
1st up was to install an adjustable wall rack. You can buy each individual peice at Home Depot. The main support is the top rail that all of the vertical hangers hang from. Every other mounting hole has a 3" deck screw into the studs, the alternating holes between have 3/8" drywall anchors. Each of the vertical hangers also use either 3" screws or anchors depending on where they fall along the wall. I use 3/4" premium pine cut 14" deep and about 7ft long, there's a groove for the heat cable running 4" from the back for belly heat. With this set up I can alternate between Sterilite 3.5qt fresh hatchling tubs, 6qt hatchling/subs, and even 15qt sub adult and young adult tubs. The best thing about this wall is that it changes with my season depending on what size and how many hatchlings I have.
This cabinet I built out of an old TV cabinet I had for years. Just gutted the old shelving that was in it, cut new mdf shelves and ran a groove in the back for heat cable, also added a 1/4 plywood back on it and made a new 4" base for it all to sit on. This currently houses my breeder females in Rubbermaid 16qt blue tubs.
These three smaller racks are currently being used as a desk for the comp and incubator. There are two racks that hold 4 16qt Rubbermaid tubs that house my breeder males. The taller one holds 7 of the 6qt Sterilite tubs for hatchlings/subadults and also 2 15qt Sterilites on the bottom. My incubator is a converted wine cooler.
And the far wall...
We just bought this new house in September so the room is still kind of in transition. I'll be posting updates as I organize it all. This is an extra bedroom/office in the center of the ground floor so it's the most stable room in the house as far as temperature .There is very minimal infuence from the weather outside since there are no windows. It's about 9ft X 7ft with an open closet that's 4ft X 6ft.
1st up was to install an adjustable wall rack. You can buy each individual peice at Home Depot. The main support is the top rail that all of the vertical hangers hang from. Every other mounting hole has a 3" deck screw into the studs, the alternating holes between have 3/8" drywall anchors. Each of the vertical hangers also use either 3" screws or anchors depending on where they fall along the wall. I use 3/4" premium pine cut 14" deep and about 7ft long, there's a groove for the heat cable running 4" from the back for belly heat. With this set up I can alternate between Sterilite 3.5qt fresh hatchling tubs, 6qt hatchling/subs, and even 15qt sub adult and young adult tubs. The best thing about this wall is that it changes with my season depending on what size and how many hatchlings I have.
This cabinet I built out of an old TV cabinet I had for years. Just gutted the old shelving that was in it, cut new mdf shelves and ran a groove in the back for heat cable, also added a 1/4 plywood back on it and made a new 4" base for it all to sit on. This currently houses my breeder females in Rubbermaid 16qt blue tubs.
These three smaller racks are currently being used as a desk for the comp and incubator. There are two racks that hold 4 16qt Rubbermaid tubs that house my breeder males. The taller one holds 7 of the 6qt Sterilite tubs for hatchlings/subadults and also 2 15qt Sterilites on the bottom. My incubator is a converted wine cooler.
And the far wall...
