Its glued on the same place as the mesh was,I'm assuming you glued it to the bottom of the frame?
I used hot glue gun, I can take a pic of underside if interested
Its glued on the same place as the mesh was,I'm assuming you glued it to the bottom of the frame?
I like working with the foam aswell and it's also so forgiving,if you dont like some parts of your creation,you can carve that down and reapply the foam and it will look as nothing ever happened.I love using the expanding foam for enclosures! You can easily make neat designs with it and carve it too. just watch the hot glue with plexi it dont adhere the best to it for some reason. i usually scuff mine up for a better seam or use acrylic cement if possible. i had a 5.5 gallon where the bottom dam just kinda fell off one day when opening the door with the hot glue so i used the cement insead and havent had any issues
I've wondered about doing that. Any problems in doing this? The only reason I haven't done this is I like to keep my ExoTerra as flexible as possible, never know if I will have an aboreal T or gecko etc in it the next time. Would be nice if you could buy the lids from them.Its glued on the same place as the mesh was,
I used hot glue gun, I can take a pic of underside if interested
I've wondered about doing that. Any problems in doing this? The only reason I haven't done this is I like to keep my ExoTerra as flexible as possible, never know if I will have an aboreal T or gecko etc in it the next time. Would be nice if you could buy the lids from them.
What's the THICKNESS of that plexi, and what size drill bit did you use??
It looks good.
It looks more professional and aesthetic. Not to mention that the locking system fits perfectly as it was made toI don't understand why people are modifying their exo-terra tops instead of simply replacing them with a piece of Plexiglas or acrylic.
Just use the existing latches on the exo-terra tank. You can glue shims to the acrylic top to take up the space under the latches, or, you can adhere some weather stripping along (under) the edges of the acrylic to achieve the same effect. I don't have a light hood so I'm not sure how it attaches to the exo-terra top, but I would certainly consider ways of making it work with a piece of acrylic before I tore apart a perfectly good top.If one puts just acrylic on top, how would you keep it on the tank so that it was easily removable in the future so the original lid could be used for a different pet? I certainly wouldn't put a brick on it, it would need to be something aesthetically pleasing. Gluing it down would defeat the purpose of having both top and front access, useful for T husbandry.
That is really wierd,my tapatalk on phone is showing two posts.Double post,my bad. Deleted
Thanks,I got it from a friend as it is,I doubt it had any edges on,I'll ask thoThis looks great. Would you explain how you removed the tank's plastic that covers the edges, usually w/fish tanks it's black. Or did you glue glass plates together? Also, would you explain what you used (Legos!) to affix the Lego onto the glass. The holes look great too.