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03-14-2010, 04:47 PM
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Lighting with Glass tops
Hello everyone, a pet shop in the town i live in just recently closed. The owner was selling all his old tanks for very very cheap so i had to buy them lol. So i bought three tanks from him. the largest is 30x10x20 the second largest is 24x12x12 the last is 20x10x13 (lxwxh inches) So if i put them all on their sides bam i have three new tall tanks for phelsuma. My only problem is that if i put them on their sides the screen would be in front. What kind of lighting could i use on top of these tanks which would be glass to provide proper heat, uv, and lighting? I really do not want to mutilate these tank and put screen on the top, i'd love to keep them as is I know that UV does not penetrate glass well and a regular heat lamp would make it very very hit through the glass but i know this has been done ive seen pictures on here im sure. Any help and suggestions would be awsome!! Thanks guys!!!!
Last edited by Jmeyer; 03-14-2010 at 04:52 PM..
Reason: forgot certain detail
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03-15-2010, 10:17 AM
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Sorry, you're out of luck. As you already know, UVB does not penetrate glass well, so you cannot put a UVB light on top of the glass and expect it to benefit the animals. It is also not advised to arrange lights on the side, as this is an unnatural angle--the animals' heads are designed to provide some shade for their eyes when light comes from above. This protects their eyes from excessive UV exposure, which can damage them.
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03-15-2010, 01:42 PM
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Dang...wasnt sure if it could be done or not. Guess i will have to either change the tanks or use them as is, well anywho. Thanks for the replies guys!
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03-15-2010, 03:38 PM
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glass tops
hey, one thing you can do, and its what i have done in the past and it worked really well is this : bust the top pane of glass out, very carefully. make sure you saw the black liner off on both sides, atleast the very top where the horizontal piece meets the verticle piece. you can then make a screen window with one of the inexpensive kits available at home depot, get them to cut you two pieces of glass that fit in the front with a henge between the two and put a latch on the top piece. ill post some pictures tonight of what i have done.
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03-16-2010, 02:03 AM
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sweet thank you i would love to see some pictures!
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03-18-2010, 07:32 AM
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The spam is getting increasingly cryptic. lol
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03-19-2010, 04:09 PM
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heres the picture i am talking about. let me know if i can be of any other assistance.
@ windwolfpoison, what sort of spam are you talking about?
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03-19-2010, 08:25 PM
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That will work well for anything short of baby geckos,I would think.
(the spam was deleted, of course, it was just remarkable, lol).
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03-22-2010, 03:29 AM
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that looks really good!! Now i just need to figure out how to make that with a sliding screen top lol. I might just keep it on its normal side but i do wanna accommodate the geckos as much as possible with a tall tank, well who knows we'll see what happens i guess!! Thanks guys!
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