Full Acrylic Terrarium?

[jmwhitel]

I am looking into purchasing a male ambilobe from flchams in the near future. He will live in an acrylic/glass terrarium. I know that Exo-Terra makes pretty large ones like

However..... I really would love to find an all acrylic terrarium thats even larger. What I mean is seamless, with all drilled holes for ventilation and not plastic pieces. A custom made terrarium is looking like my only option, but wanted to see if anyone on this board knows of a company who prefabs something like this.

 

[BigTchameleons]

look at some of the fish tank makers, they use a lot of acrylic and might be able to create something for you. I have no experience with trying to get in contact any, sorry.

 

[Carlton]

I am looking into purchasing a male ambilobe from flchams in the near future. He will live in an acrylic/glass terrarium. I know that Exo-Terra makes pretty large ones like

However..... I really would love to find an all acrylic terrarium thats even larger. What I mean is seamless, with all drilled holes for ventilation and not plastic pieces. A custom made terrarium is looking like my only option, but wanted to see if anyone on this board knows of a company who prefabs something like this.

Turn the idea around....you could buy or build a larger mesh cage and get acrylic/plexiglas panels cut for the sides. You could find a larger size and simply add the solid wall aspect to it. The nice thing about that is you can design the panels so airflow could be adjusted based on season, house climate, temps, etc. I had a very large custom mesh cage built and used it for various chams over the years. When it housed a montane species that needed the higher humidity and fogging, I attached the acrylic with storm window toggles. When it was a lowland species I removed some or all of them. It was a great cage.

There was a company designing something similar to what you are looking for, but I'm not sure they survived. And I seem to remember their cages were extremely expensive as they were all custom.

 

[CHScrusader]

That enclosure is perfectly fine, as long as one of the doors is open for Atleast an hour a day to get fresh air in and out.. For fluctuation

 

[jmwhitel]

I would never put a cham into a tank without proper ventilation. My baby chams are housed in the smaller Exo Terra's with great success. I just wanted the look of an all acrylic terrarium. I guess I will start designing my custom build and getting quotes. Thx for the input

 

[showjet95]

Acrylic=scratches galore. I own an aquarium company, and I HATE acrylic. Glass is the way to go.

 

[Trillian]

I'd recommend reading this article: http://chameleonnews.com/10JulAndersonGlass.html which goes a long way towards explaining why the usual reaction to the suggestion of using glass vivs for chameleons is negative.

A lot depends on your local environment and the room temperature and humidity variations in your home. I completely understand anyone's reluctance to use a mesh cage, especially people used to housing reptiles in glass. Penn Plax do lovely combination enclosures, with a plexiglass front panel and mesh top, back and sides. This is the one I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IEB1CO/ and it's 24x24x48, which is the minimum size recommended for adult male Panthers.

I would add that I kept a chameleon in the above Exo-Terra (36x36x18) and she hated it, it really stressed her out, and whilst it certainly wasn't the only cause of her death, it definitely didn't help.

 

[Chadbot]

I have a solution for this that is cheap and effective. My screen cage is 24x24x48, and when I want to up the humidity/reduce airflow, I have 2 of these that I slide in to block water/retain heat depending on the season. They work great for me. No reason why you couldn't use them to fully replace the side on a cheap screen unit.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/pri...e-lighting-panel-2375-inch-x-4775-inch/924864

(In case the link doesn't load, they're the 24x48" fluorescent light covers usually found right next to the drop ceiling tiles at hardware stores. They come in under 10 bucks apiece and you can drill/cut/replace them easily)

 

[JonRich]

To the OP. Where are you located?