Plastic Egg Crates

[John]

In the US it is sold in the lighting department at Home Depot - the folks at home depot usually don't know what you mean when you say egg crate. It's not cheap. I was originally going to build all my dart frog tanks with it but frankly it's rather unsightly and I ended up just using it for temporary housing and for raising dart frog tadpoles and such. I much prefer LECA and other similar materials (like featherlite which Black Jungle sells). However, the plastic egg crate is the lightest material of all of these so there is a trade off. If you can find black plastic egg crate, that would be ideal but it's very hard to come by and HD doesn't sell it in black, just white.

[SludgeMunkey]

It can be found in any Do It Yourself store and online. To make your search easier, the trade name of the product is "flourescent lighting diffuser" and "drop ceiling diffuser". More often than not it is on the shelves where drop ceilling tiles and hardware are kept. ( That's that white board they use in office blocks and the like.)
Do not use the chromed version, it is toxic to amphibians.

[froghobbiest]

thanks guys. I really didnt know any other name it would be under and im just tryin to price everything for my project ya know. Thanks alot!

[Tropicok]

Maybe it would be easier to use needlepoint mesh available in art and craft stores. It is a finer mesh and you may not need the mesh screening.

[John]

For mesh I use the fiberglass mesh sold for window screens. I always put a layer of coconut husk on top of that.

[SludgeMunkey]

I cheat and use the "thin" version of the egg crate (half as thick as the standard, not for use with heavy rocks or really deep substrate) for support and then cover it with the needle point mesh.

[Pop Alexandra]

I cheat and use the "thin" version of the egg crate (half as thick as the standard, not for use with heavy rocks or really deep substrate) for support and then cover it with the needle point mesh.

That's a really good idea.
I'll definitely try out this trick.
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Alexandra from Artys Transit