Poor Man's Rack

[jsmgecko]

alright so I have absolutely no time to start building a rack nor am I going to spend hundreds of dollars on a professional rack system when I can easily "GHETTO IT". I went to Target and for $13.99 I got one of those steel-wire shelving units. Then measured and as it turns out I had enough space to fit two Men's shoe boxes from The Container Store in there. I bought 6 of them for just $21.45 and I used three old heat pads I had as heating. The entire thing came up to under $40. I am planning on buying a heat cable and a thermostat at the next reptile show. Here are the pics....

hatchling setup

george

 

[Halley]

The only things that worries me, is I only seeing heat in 2 of the tubs. Then the thing is the metal hides, I worry about those getting over heated, by the heat pads. Other than that, it is great.

 

[Tanner505Geckos]

:main_thumbsdown: I wouldnt use those cheap metal hides your gonna either fry your geckos or slice them to pieces.

 

[BEAR]

:main_thumbsdown: I wouldnt use those cheap metal hides your gonna either fry your geckos or slice them to pieces.

I agree.

Ya I almost "Ghetto'd It"

But everyone convinced me not to. I spend about 70 bucks for a 24-6qt hatchling rack.(not including the heat tape, alum tape, and thermostat)

Well worth it.

 

[jsmgecko]

how about a layer of cardboard on every shelf? I've seen racks on this forum that look like this.

 

[blizzard]

i got my tank on a metal rank i just layed a couple bath towels underneath it so that the uth would over heat against the metal

 

[downthebeatenpath]

Haha I have that same metal rack in black to put my 3 20 L tanks on it works great and it's cheap.

 

[hopingforbabies]

I got to get me a rack like that for my mealworm tubs.Walmart has some but they are $40.

 

[jsmgecko]

i got it at target for 13.99 so go there I <3 Target

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Looks good george. if I recall, I saw this same thread on RZ.

 

[ACER]

What brand are those tubs? My current rack uses Sterilite, but I'm needing another one and would like to use ones that are clearer like those.

 

[ataber]

they look like iris tubs to me, thats what i use and like them alot more then the sterilite or rubbermaid tubs

 

[ssscales]

You can also lay sheets of pegboard or another board on each shelf and tape the heat tape to the board. I modified two of those $30.00 metal racks on sale at Target in a pinch for extra rack space. Came out with a pretty decent rack for under $100 w/heat that holds 30/12qt tubs, or 40/6qt tubs, or 10/28qt tubs and 10/12qt tubs. I got the idea from another thread on this forum when I needed a quick rack and didn't want to build one and was already in target.