Drainage hole in Zoo Med Terrarium

[MikeM670]

Another newbie question. All of you must just love us!!!!!

This question is for those whe use the Zoo Med Naturalistic Terrarium, 18in. x 18in. x 24in and removing excess water from the enclouser. Do you manually remove the water or has anyone drilled the glass to provide a access hole for a drainage line? I'm very interested in adding a drainage line since I would like to add a automatic mister.

Mike

[HatchettUK]

I may be wrong, as I too am new to all of this. But I think that this is what a 'false bottom' is for

Regards

[MikeM670]

I may be wrong, as I too am new to all of this. But I think that this is what a 'false bottom' is for

Regards

Yes there will be a false bottom but depending on the amount of misting you do that level can get too high. I just want to make it easier on myself with a drain.

[HatchettUK]

Ah i see

Well, I can't see there being any problems with installing a drain fo some sort, sounds like a good idea to be honest!

Hopefully a more experienced member will chime in

Regards

[UncleChester]

If you (or someone you know) has the tools and ability to drill glass, then I don't see a problem. You'd want to make sure the glass isn't tempered, as that's apparently much trickier to drill (I have no glass drilling experience myself).

With no drain, you can stick a short piece of pvc tubing down to the bottom layer and poking above the substrate. Then you always have easy access to put a flexible hose down to drain excess water. Put a removable cap on the pvc tube so crickets and other feeders can't go down to drown.

[MikeM670]

Yes if its tempered glass that is pretty hard to do. I can get the diamond drill bits to do the holes and have read up on it for installing bulkheads for aquarium use. Wonder if Zoo Med will provide that information.