Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
These don't only apply to DL, but any ledge type supports mounted a similar distance from the enclosure wall. (Approx. 7/8" to 1")—aluminum, wood, PVC, whatever...
I confess, I looked at the way DS suggested for getting the most from their ledges, and my first thought was,
"You gotta be kidding—there's got to be a better way."
IDK if it's "better"—I'll let history decide that—but different—and it works.
I needed a way to support my basking perch above the height DS (arbitrarily?) decided the ledges should be.
Scrounging around, I found some 1/2" PVC pipe that wasn't doing anything, so I cut some to the sizes I needed, and glued them together like this. I call them Pan Flutes because they look like... Pan Flutes.
They slide down behind the ledges near perfectly, and the short center pipe supports the basking perch at exactly the right height below the UVB & basking lights. Right now that looks like this...
It's also very easy to take "branches" down if necessary for cleaning, remodeling, whatever...
This idea is expandable to 5 pipes across between the ledge supports (if the same schedule 40 I used); if you can find some pipe with thinner walls, you can fit 6 pipes across. Heights can be whatever you need for your enclosure, support multiple "branches", and the short pieces I used for holding them up can be utilized the same way (at different heights/lengths) in a configuration with 4 to 6 pipes across. Pipes can even be extended below the ledges, leaving gaps or holes to support even more branches at different heights. IOW, ladders for supporting branches can be built this way. Zip-ties/wire not required, but advisability may depend on the stability of your configuration.
With a little thought and planning, an entire enclosure worth of "branches" can be supported with these, and if necessary, wires or zip-ties can be used on the short pieces, or small holes can be drilled through the pipes to accommodate same.
This idea should work on mesh enclosures as well, provided there's something backing the ledges, but I haven't had an opportunity to test that.
I confess, I looked at the way DS suggested for getting the most from their ledges, and my first thought was,
"You gotta be kidding—there's got to be a better way."
IDK if it's "better"—I'll let history decide that—but different—and it works.
I needed a way to support my basking perch above the height DS (arbitrarily?) decided the ledges should be.
Scrounging around, I found some 1/2" PVC pipe that wasn't doing anything, so I cut some to the sizes I needed, and glued them together like this. I call them Pan Flutes because they look like... Pan Flutes.
They slide down behind the ledges near perfectly, and the short center pipe supports the basking perch at exactly the right height below the UVB & basking lights. Right now that looks like this...
It's also very easy to take "branches" down if necessary for cleaning, remodeling, whatever...
This idea is expandable to 5 pipes across between the ledge supports (if the same schedule 40 I used); if you can find some pipe with thinner walls, you can fit 6 pipes across. Heights can be whatever you need for your enclosure, support multiple "branches", and the short pieces I used for holding them up can be utilized the same way (at different heights/lengths) in a configuration with 4 to 6 pipes across. Pipes can even be extended below the ledges, leaving gaps or holes to support even more branches at different heights. IOW, ladders for supporting branches can be built this way. Zip-ties/wire not required, but advisability may depend on the stability of your configuration.
With a little thought and planning, an entire enclosure worth of "branches" can be supported with these, and if necessary, wires or zip-ties can be used on the short pieces, or small holes can be drilled through the pipes to accommodate same.
This idea should work on mesh enclosures as well, provided there's something backing the ledges, but I haven't had an opportunity to test that.
