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I have heard that they are kind of hard to see through and a pain in the but unizipping all the time. What are your guys experiences with these? Any pics of your set ups?
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SliK JiM
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Here's mine. Mine has worked really well for me. It's a little unsightly compared to other enclosures, but it's great for the chams so they're pretty good! The zip is pretty annoying, and my cham doesn't like it when the enclosure shakes when unzipping/zipping up, but I just have to do it a slowly as possible:
p.s - I built the bottom and top!
p.s - I built the bottom and top!
Goggles
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I use a Zoo med repti breeze. No zipper but instaed a top and bottom door.
comes in these sizes Medium - 16" x 16" x 30"H
Large - 18" x 18" x 36" H
X-Large - 24" x 24" x 48"H
I believe they have a small - 16" x 16" x 20"H.
This has worked well for me and I find them a bit more sturdy than the zipper one.
Terry
comes in these sizes Medium - 16" x 16" x 30"H
Large - 18" x 18" x 36" H
X-Large - 24" x 24" x 48"H
I believe they have a small - 16" x 16" x 20"H.
This has worked well for me and I find them a bit more sturdy than the zipper one.
Terry
Jerm
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I use them as my outdoor enclosures that I move my panthers to on nice days. The screen is supposed to allow more UVA and UVB through than normal screening. Not sure if this is true but I have used them for years now without problems. I like them because they are easy to tear down and move around.
Jerm
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Silk Jim and Jerm sound like they are countering each other. One says you lose 60% of light and the other says you get more of it.
Actually, I did some research on the Reptarium and it says that it will filter out 40% to 60% of the rays which I didn't realize. I was going off of what i heard years ago when I first purchased mine. They were comparing it to normal screen when they said it wouldn't filter out as much. The only way to tell for sure is to purchase a UV meter and test one.
SliK JiM
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My apologies for not understanding. IF you use a reptarium, do you want a reflective hooded light or not?
What happens with too much UVB?
Silk Jim and Jerm sound like they are countering each other. One says you lose 60% of light and the other says you get more of it.
It depends on the source and the intensity of it. When they came out they were significantly better than others on the market for allowing UV penetration when used outside (as the sun is an immense source of UV) but when used inside they can cut out up to 60% of UV produced by a tube. So we were both right!
There are newer meshes now that are better though.In severe cases this can happen: http://uvguide.co.uk/phototherapyphosphor.htm which is very unpleasant and can result in death.
And yes, you do want a reflector/
