Hey everybody. im new to the forum from canada. i have a 6 month old male vield and he is getting to the stage he needs a new cage. i have a 38 gal exoterra flexarium right now. i wanted to get a 100 gal reptarium. i like the way the flexarium is except that it is too small for him now. does anyone have an opinion on these apogee reptariums
Apogee reptariums
- Thread starter Phillip
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Zoey
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Personally I like them. But some people would recommend aluminum screen cages.
My Female Veiled is in a 100 gallon reptarium.
Zoey
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My 100 gallon does. I always keep one hand on the cage while unzipping it, to keep it in place. But it might also move less because I have over 50 pounds of sand in there for her :|
Jordan
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Phillip, sometimes when you put these together the frame poles can get off a bit causing a lope sided cage. May not be that noticable to the eye but if it is shaking when you unzipping it I bet it is off a little bit.
When you are putting one together I find it best to attach some vines in a "X" to all four corners when you just have the frame put together. You can then shake it around and mess with it a little bit to see if you are off and then recheck once the mesh cover is on. You want these branches/vines to be firm but not to tight. It kind of acts like an anchor or support beam to all sides. It keeps them from shifting when you put the mesh on and acts like a support beam to keep them from shifting later on.
I always wash my mesh covers as soon as I get a new reptarium. I like to take them out of the wash (not to wet after the spin cycle) and strech them. I then let them dry out on there own. The first reptarium I got had really tight mesh when I first tried to assemble it and I did the above, it slide on rather easy after that. I have did it everytime I got a new reptarium and have not had the issue again.
I guess I should add the only zipper problem I have had all together was on a cage that got lope sided on me. Not really the cages fault as I had some very heavy real branches and they all where leaning to the right side.
When you are putting one together I find it best to attach some vines in a "X" to all four corners when you just have the frame put together. You can then shake it around and mess with it a little bit to see if you are off and then recheck once the mesh cover is on. You want these branches/vines to be firm but not to tight. It kind of acts like an anchor or support beam to all sides. It keeps them from shifting when you put the mesh on and acts like a support beam to keep them from shifting later on.
I always wash my mesh covers as soon as I get a new reptarium. I like to take them out of the wash (not to wet after the spin cycle) and strech them. I then let them dry out on there own. The first reptarium I got had really tight mesh when I first tried to assemble it and I did the above, it slide on rather easy after that. I have did it everytime I got a new reptarium and have not had the issue again.
I guess I should add the only zipper problem I have had all together was on a cage that got lope sided on me. Not really the cages fault as I had some very heavy real branches and they all where leaning to the right side.
mcghee26
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I have a couple of these reptariums that I don't use anymore. I think that they are fine for the cheap price, but I think they have their problems too. They are very shaky, and the screen does not let you see in as well as an aluminum screen cage. With that I don't think that the uvb light can penetrate as well either. I would rather design my own cage or purchase a better cage with aluminum screen. I think that the look better, can see more and are better with the lighting. But this is just my humble opinion and I am sure there are some that will disagree with me.
