My first cage is done !

[jeff martin]

Ok ! I got it fixed already, I just drilled a hole in the middle of the plastic and glued in a tube with waterproof epoxy, Poured a half gallon water in cage for a test and all the water headed for the drain and ended up below in a bucket. Should work great ! Glad to get all these bugs worked out "No Pun" before he gets home, so not to disturb him !

 

[Minihuey]

You were looking at it Jeff. Those rubermaid tubs beneath the cages. That is the most economical drainage you can get. I know it doesnt look pretty, but thats the easiest way to do it. Empty the bins every few days and thats about it. If you have the cages on a wire rack as many do, you can pin up a sheet or shower curtian to act as a skirt to hid the drainage bins. It is a bit more appealing to the eye that way.

Good luck Jeff, the cage looks great.

-Jay

shower curtain is a damn good idea! I shall use that.

 

[jeff martin]

My future cage will have a custom drain field in it also, I am going to build a custom cage out of oak and birch, I would like to have a little larger wire for when the baby grows up. Then i can use the 2'x2'x4' cage for suning. Would really like to build one with multi temp basking areas,

 

[chequepoint]

Standard mistking nozzles run at .7gph theoretically, if you're running two nozzles in the cage, my schedule is about a total of 20 minutes a day, that's ~.46 gallons of water daily. Of that some will be evaporated, absorbed by plants, consumed, etc. I'd say you could plan on seeing anywhere from a .25 to .33 gallons of water in your collection bucket daily. I use a 5 gallon fresh water bucket, and a 5 gallon drainage bucket. I end up having to empty my drainage once for ever two times that I fill up the fresh water. I run 3 nozzles, counting for evaporation and such I have to fill my water bucket every 5 days.

 

[jeff martin]

Excellent thank you for the info !!!