Modded some more enclosures

[NickOC]

I keep all of my adult inverts in 27qt sterilites with vents cut into the sides. They work great as they are stackable, and have locking latches. I just bought some more and cut the vents into them. I use heavy duty "pet screen) which is a fiberglass window sreen with a coating of some sort of hard polyurasomthinorother.
They are about 13"x12"x13". I like the idea of giving them some are to climb around, as my adult reg. makes full use of all the grapewood and her back wall. Im going to grab some heat cable to run a bit on the corner of each tank, linked to a habistat. You guys think this is necessary in the summer? I live in norcal and my office/critter room stays in the low-high 80's until about October. I didnt think about it until today but I may get shorter enclosures for the leos. This way I can make a rack and use heat cable so i can have a more contraolled heat gradient, agian is thsi necessary or would 80's be okay? Any input is appreciated, thanks.

(ignore the random swill on the floor = P )


Nick

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Looks good. What are housed in those again? This may be a dumb question but, what are inverts? What inverts are housed in those things?

Emma

 

[Tanner505Geckos]

Inverts are spiders bugs

 

[NickOC]

Inverts is short hand for invertebrate, like scorpions, centipedes, and tarantulas. I keep tarantulas in those ones, the top has a new colony of latteralis roaches.

 

[Halley]

I can't tell you what the temp should be for them. I know I have inverts that live in my house (spiders, bug, other house pests) as everybody does to some extent, that seem to be fine, at room temp. I guess you should look up a care page on the net, and see what temps, they are supposed to be at. Sorry I’m no real help.

 

[NickOC]

I re-read the post and realized that I wasnt clear. The new enclosure I modded were for my leos. The ones in the pic were to show what they look like. I was asking about the heat for my leos. Lets just say im "proficient" in tarantulas and scorps.
im asking if the whole room stays in the 80's if i would need heat cable 9or some form of spot heating for the enclosures) If so, Ill probably be building a rack system of some sort. Sorry, I was not very clear about my question.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Oh, now I got yeah. Thanks.

 

[Halley]

I keep my Leos at a 90 degree hot spot, which is about 1/3 of their cage. So yeah, I would get heat cable (heat cable seems to work better for me, has a more even heat, and there is a lesser chance of fire, that using heat tape, as well as being pre-wired) if they don't have proper temps for to long, they might not be able to digest food. Although some geckos will be cooled for 2 months. So just build the rack system, and put the tubs in it.

 

[NickOC]

Rodger that. Ill goto our local superstore and see what they have that I can fiddle with. Im sure they have a sterilite rack that I can work with.