Shelf/Rack system finally built and done! Early bday present to myself! HEAVY on PICS

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Well, I decided I was tired of having all my animals sitting on desks and in different rooms etc taking up so much space. So I decided to just build a shelf/rack system for my snakes, frogs, and chameleons. Hope you guys like it. =)



The beginning, I should of taken a pic of the crappy "desk" thing that was in there before.



Some progress, and starting masking to paint. I decided on a semi gloss black, with the non voc paint.



The rails installed so the shelves pull out, for easy maintenance for changing water bowls, feeding, etc.



Started some painting...



The shelves actually pull out quite far.



A little more painting done...



All of the corner shelves cut and installed, also started to be painted.



Painting FINALLY done!



First tank in...



All tanks in!



Decorations and backgrounds installed.



My top pyxie tank was getting a little "smoked out there"



Pygmy chameleon setup.



Their fogger running.



Female pygmy.



Another female pygmy.



My male pyxie's tank.



My male pyxie.



My females pyxies setup, I did wet down her substrate shortly after this pic, it looks dry.



My female Pyxie. She's a good girl!



My rosy boa's tank

attached image of one of my rosy's

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beardie



My two whitewater rosy boas, both hiding.



Female albino hognose baby.



Normal female hognose baby, het for amelistic and axanthic.



male pyxies fogger running.



I'll have to get some more pics of the other animals out of their hides... Thanks for looking guys/girls =)

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Very nice personal Zoo you got there !

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Thanks, I love my animals. =) They are all trios, besides the pyxies which I do not plan to even attempt or think of breeding. I have a male pygmy cham i'm getting tomorrow. Three hognoses. Three boas. =) One bearded dragon. =)

[deranged chipmunk]

Very cool setup! Nice job!!

[Heatheranne]

It looks great! Very well done! Looks decorative and tidy . Coming from a female, it looks pretty . Love it!

[NatureLady]

I really like this and would love to have a shelf system built into my animal room to hold all of my tanks as well! LOVE LOVE LOVE your hognose's!!! I have a male and he is just the sweetest snake I own. So question...what is the largest tank you have on this and what is the heaviest?

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Thanks everyone. The heaviest would have to be the male pyxies tank. Just due to the amount of substrate he has. I'm just guessing it only weighs 50-60 pounds, purely guessing though.

[poison]

Very nice!. What species of pygmy?

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Very nice!. What species of pygmy?

They are temporalis pygmy chameleons. =)

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This is my live planted paludarium tank. Still under construction. Dart frogs are going in it

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Little overgrown atm. I need to do some trimming and going to add air plants to the back ground. Every plant in here is alive, except the moss died. Any suggestions on a moss or ground cover anyone?



This is when it was a little less overgrown.

[deranged chipmunk]

What kind of moss did you manage to murder in there? Lol

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I really like this and would love to have a shelf system built into my animal room to hold all of my tanks as well! LOVE LOVE LOVE your hognose's!!! I have a male and he is just the sweetest snake I own. So question...what is the largest tank you have on this and what is the heaviest?

Oh, I missed a part of your question, three of the tanks are 20 gallons L. I will probably upgrade the size of my male pyxies tank.

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What kind of moss did you manage to murder in there? Lol

To be honest, it was awhile ago and I can't remember what kind it was.

[deranged chipmunk]

Lol understandable. There are plenty of ground covers you can use. What's the soil like under there? Dry? Moist? Boggy?

[deranged chipmunk]

What did you use to join the end supports to the uprights? I'm looking at it and thinking oooohh that's a lot of weight on those supports.

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Three inch deck screws to the studs. The rails can take 100 pounds of weight as well, as well as using a lot of brackets.

[deranged chipmunk]

Cool. I figured you built it well. Otherwise a recent post would have been the "I just had a disaster happen post" lol I wish you had taken close up pics if the rails.

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Nope, I failed on that pic.. =\

Edit, I've been not a master carpenter, but decent for a good amount of my 30 years of life. I weigh about 175 and could prob sit on a shelf.

Or maybe I am a master carpenter now..you know jesus was a carpenter...lol.

Your inbox is full as well Bill.