coldbloodedAL
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My thought was to use solacryl for the roof like others had suggested. By installing hardware cloth where panels are would probably defeat the purpose of the greenhouse.
Harbor Freight Greenhouses?
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clarkrw3
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WOW....spend the day cleaning cham cages, and getting some AZ sun and this thread blows up.
Good to hear from you Jon glad you mostly like the house. For the price I am not expecting it to be wonderful.
I am sure most of the issues can be addressed. Chief of which for me would be if I could keep it cool enough. Warm enough would never really be a problem here but keeping it humid and cool would be. Hooking a mist king up to it or even a line to the sprinkler system which would allow me to use some sprayers. I also thought about using one of those cool master swamp coolers to keep in humid and cool in the summer I am just not sure how cool without trying. I really think putting in some of those solacryl panels would be the ticket. Then putting some good draining gravel in the 4x4 or 4x6 frame that you would attach the house to.
What am I missing Motherlode?
I would mainly be using this for daytime outdoor time for the chams. So without UVB it would be completely useless. For many just making some outdoor enclosures would work well and be a whole lot easier but in AZ it is just too hot and too dry most of the time to have the chams out for more than a few hrs in any type of screen enclosure.
Good to hear from you Jon glad you mostly like the house. For the price I am not expecting it to be wonderful.
I am sure most of the issues can be addressed. Chief of which for me would be if I could keep it cool enough. Warm enough would never really be a problem here but keeping it humid and cool would be. Hooking a mist king up to it or even a line to the sprinkler system which would allow me to use some sprayers. I also thought about using one of those cool master swamp coolers to keep in humid and cool in the summer I am just not sure how cool without trying. I really think putting in some of those solacryl panels would be the ticket. Then putting some good draining gravel in the 4x4 or 4x6 frame that you would attach the house to.
What am I missing Motherlode?
I would mainly be using this for daytime outdoor time for the chams. So without UVB it would be completely useless. For many just making some outdoor enclosures would work well and be a whole lot easier but in AZ it is just too hot and too dry most of the time to have the chams out for more than a few hrs in any type of screen enclosure.
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suzi
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I have got a greenhouse.
Yes I have seen your's it is awesome
I did forget that you had the Parsons in it however, how did you tweak your's to let in UVB?
Motherlode Chameleon
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When I keep my chameleons in the greenhouse I normally dust all my feeders with D3 and calcium. If the chameleons are going to be in the greenhouse for an extended period I normally put supplement UV lights in the greenhouse for the Parsons and rotate everyone else to a screen cages with UV in the aquarium room. With out a reliable source of UV I never grow any of the babies up in the greenhouse. I bring them inside the aquarium room for UVB, D3, and calcium dusting.
I use the greenhouse for agriculture use and if the time comes that I expand I'm considering buying a Spartech greenhouse or something similar that lets UVB through (and UVA). I have got a metal halide that I'm still attempting to modify (for UVB) for some supplemental lighting in the greenhouse.
Over all the greenhouse even with its difficulties is great. The chameleons really respond well to it. It keeps the chameleons (feeder insects)out of the house. The chameleons are on a much more natural cycle that they would be if they are in screen cages inside a house. This shows with the chameleons thriving as they naturally bask in the morning, go to sleep naturally with a setting sun and have awesome fresh humid air, and respond by acting as I imagine chameleons would in the wild. If you have seen my Parsons Rhino when he is in the greenhouse he shows a dappled color that he never shows any where else and is a sign to me that he is thriving.
If any of you have any more question send me a PM.
I use the greenhouse for agriculture use and if the time comes that I expand I'm considering buying a Spartech greenhouse or something similar that lets UVB through (and UVA). I have got a metal halide that I'm still attempting to modify (for UVB) for some supplemental lighting in the greenhouse.
Over all the greenhouse even with its difficulties is great. The chameleons really respond well to it. It keeps the chameleons (feeder insects)out of the house. The chameleons are on a much more natural cycle that they would be if they are in screen cages inside a house. This shows with the chameleons thriving as they naturally bask in the morning, go to sleep naturally with a setting sun and have awesome fresh humid air, and respond by acting as I imagine chameleons would in the wild. If you have seen my Parsons Rhino when he is in the greenhouse he shows a dappled color that he never shows any where else and is a sign to me that he is thriving.
If any of you have any more question send me a PM.
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Motherlode Chameleon
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In Arizona your biggest problem is not going to be lighting. Your probably going to have the most difficult time with water (For drinking and cooling). If your local temperatures are over 105F for three or more months that is three or four months with the misters on and in Arizona water costs a premium.
coldbloodedAL
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Would it be better to have a concrete floor or a foundation with gravel?
clarkrw3
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A concrete foundation or block foundation would do well against termites and moisture, but I wouldn't do a concrete floor unless you had a drainage system too which I would think would cost as much or more than the house.
I would think Redwood would also be a good choice for foundation.
camimom
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These greenhouses look great! and once i buy my house, Im totally going to use them in the summer time for complete 24/7 outdoor play time. Of course going to alter them for sun to pass through. but this is great! cant wait now!
and i can just free range all the chams in them.. seperated of course.
and i can just free range all the chams in them.. seperated of course.
coldbloodedAL
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Well termites are not as big of an issue here as they are in the south and west, but my main concern was rodents(Rats specifically). I had a bunch living in my garage at the time I bought my house, theyre no longer there but im sure they are around.
Motherlode Chameleon
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If you are really going to put in a misting system to simulate a tropical rain forest you have got to have done you homework. If you put in a concrete slab as a foundation your greenhouse is going to always be a swamp puddle. I would find another way to secure the greenhouse to a foundation that allows for drainage. Your going to require even more drainage in your yards or else you could end up regularly flood irrigating your entire yard. You could end up with algae everywhere which is not the best looking arrangement.
coldbloodedAL
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Anyone gambled on one of these yet?
SSimsswiSS
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I think the girl in photo is 4' tall. To make the greenhouse look bigger.
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