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Hey guys, thought I'd post a quick update on Thor since I was able to get a weight and measurement on him while I was moving him in to his new cage this weekend. He's up to 382g and is around 10" snout to vent now. How're all his clutch mates doing?

@Beman it's their substrate tray like snitz said and I also have their drip easy pan under that to prevent any unwanted leaking. Definitely not the cheapest setup out there but the large DIY cage I was using started to leak pretty bad and needed to be replaced ASAP and Thor is getting too big...

Just got our new large clearside atrium put together and all set up this weekend. Here's a picture in case anyone wants to see how that work bench turned out. Still need to do some organizing but I think it turned out pretty nice :)

It's 24" deep by 72" long so it should fit the large atrium with the drip easy tray perfectly and still have just shy of 2' left over that I was going to use to for dusting feeders and whatnot. The shelf underneath should be tall enough to store my feeder bins and I really like that it's on...

Not exactly cheap but I plan to pick up one of these from Home Depot for my Large Clearside Atrium that's finally shipping out later this week. Normally I'd just build something but I've had next to zero free time lately and my wife liked this a lot better than the garage shelf I was originally...

Wow, you really know your stuff @nightanole. Thanks for all that info, you were a lot more help than all my Googling lol.

Thanks @nightanole. Out of curiosity do you know how many lumens the standard T5 HO bulbs put out? I've been trying to figure that out and have seen as low as 3200 lumens and as high as 5000 for the 46" bulb size I'm looking at. Same with the LED retrofits that go as low 1600 lumens and as high...

Just be careful about which 1/4" line you buy from the box stores, most of them are only rated to handle 50-60 psi like most water spouts put out and not the 125psi that the Mist King pumps can put out. I did the same thing before I knew better and had one burst and soak the room pretty good...

Yep that's the one. If you look them up on the Zoomed website they have more pictures and details and have a little product video that does a good job showing what they look like. Lots of other places sell them but Amazon had the best price so far and free next day shipping if you have Prime...

Has anybody tried using LED retrofits for the T5 plant bulbs in their fixtures? Looks like they should last twice as long and use a little less than half the electricity than a standard T5 bulb which looks promising but I wanted to see if anyone else had tried them yet and what their...

Another option are the Zoomed LED/UVB fixtures. I've used the 24" version on a 24"x24"x48" cage before and currently have the 36" version on a DIY cage and they use a standard 34" T5 bulb like the Arcadia 6% or Zoomed 5% bulbs and have a handful of LED modules with 6500k white lights, red...

@GoodKarma19 I wonder what bulb vs module they used in their test (like an 18" bulb vs 1 or 2 or however many modules)? I don't know if I totally disagree that a linear plant bulb could be better than the color module type LED's that these come with but from my experience I don't think it's a...

@SmithSe that one was a full DIY, not a cabinet conversion. I tried looking around Craigslist online and in the thrift stores but could never find anything that I liked or would be a good fit for a chameleon so I decided to try my hand at woodworking. It did a good job keeping me busy while I...

It's one I built for my Panther, Loki, a few years back when I was out from work for a while. I did a build thread on here but here's a better picture when I first finished it and I have since added and sealed some clear acrylic sheets around the bottom to add the soil for the plants/bio-active...

I've used them on a couple different setups and don't have any real complaints and really like how much it streamlined the top of the cage. I swapped to Arcadia bulbs like others suggested once the ones it came with got old.

@SmithSe Thor had a similar slow down with growing and eating but seems to be getting back to his normal self now. I haven't had a chance to get a weight or measurement in a while but I can try to do that over this coming weekend to see where he's at. He definitely looks like he's passed up the...

@SmithSe I'll try to get some more pictures and a weight for Thor this weekend to see where he's at. He did have another shed a couple weeks after his last which was a good sign but his appetite has slowed down a bit the last week or two so I'm not sure if his still growing at the same rate as...

Congrats! Hopefully it turns out to be a sweet lady friend for Boris. I'm guessing female too based on the base of the tail in the third picture. Never heard of the other methods for sexing that you mentioned? ps Boris is looking great (y)

@SmithSe, sorry about the delay been a hectic couple weeks. Boris is looking great! Thor finally started shedding last week and still has a couple spots left that are working their way off. It looks like he's finally hitting a growth spurt and weighed in at 167.5g today and is about 7" snout to...

I've used one of the ZooMed combination hoods that're really similar to that and really liked it. The only real down side is they're only made for T8 bulbs but other than that I really liked how simple/sleek it made the top of the cage.