how to build a lid

[eric048]

I have an exo terra 24x18x24 I bought a replacement lid off of amazon and it doesn't fit, they sent me an older model of the exo terra lids, I have a bunch of fiberglass screen, how do I make a lid for this tank? what additional materials can I use? please help

[eric048]

so i figured it out, it costs about $15 at lowes, buy screen frame material, the little tool with two wheels, some black wire thing to connect the wire to the frame, it is super easy and well worth it for tanks with unconventional dimensions

[J Teezy]

yep not much to it.

How you liking that 24x18x24? What you keeping in it? Post some pics!

I almost walked out of the reptile show today with one because the guy had it for $150. I should have bought it, maybe next month though

[eric048]

im going to move my red eye into it, he is in a 12x12x18, its got an tetrafauna filter and some plastic plants, with the exo terra I am going to put some live plants (dwarf elephant ears) moss, bromeliads, etc and a waterfall/misting system, my iphone won't let me upload pictures but I have some on there of my finished lid, and false bottom, and misting system. took me about 3 hours to do, now I need the weed block, add the substrate and plants, and let them grow for awhile before I add him, I plan on getting a female in a few months, i had no luck at the herp show today, no red eyes only the common stuff... lots of snakes and beardies but like 3 people had frogs

[J Teezy]

24x18x24 is a big tank imo. Never saw one in person until today. Soon as i saw it i had all kinds of ideas going through my head for a crazy dart frog setup. I think if i went RETF for a tank that size I'd have to put at least 3 in it. But i'm thinking my 10 gallon project is going to house an RETF if i can get the humidity right on it and if so then the next tank will most likely be the 24x18x24 exo terra for some PDFs with drip wall, stream, pond and all kinds of crazyness.

One guy at the show here had about 10 RETFs, about a dozen Leucs, couple D. Azureus, and some black and green ones(not sure the name of them). Nice prices on them too. Think his RETFs were like $30 and his PDFs were $35 if i remember correctly.

As far as uploading pics off your iPhone, the way I do pics is i take them with my cell phone and then put them on computer. From there i just upload my pics to photobucket. Really simple since i can send the pics from my cell phone to my laptop via bluetooth

[Odica]

Be careful the screen or any other metal clamps you use don't rust or anything like that from watering misting and humidity. You may just end up making your own and then still having to get the exo terra one.
Good luck let us know how it turns out

[eric048]

i used window materials, so its rust/humidity proof, the screen is fiberglass