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suprdude · 10-15-2007, 04:35 AM

I'm in the early stage of designing a large terrarium/vivarium (my first). I'm leaning towards building one from scratch as opposed to using an aquarium; mainly because of access issues. If the tank is two feet tall or more, I know I won't be able to reach items near the bottom. I know the best would be access from the front. Any ideas? I would prefer not to have a seam in the middle at all (ie, sliding glass). I'm not set on glass or plexiglass and price is not a barrier. Ideally it would flip open on a hinge attached at the top. Has anyone done this? It would probably be about 4 to 5 feet wide as you're looking at it.

10-15-2007, 04:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
suprdude Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 2	Access panel options for a large tank I'm in the early stage of designing a large terrarium/vivarium (my first). I'm leaning towards building one from scratch as opposed to using an aquarium; mainly because of access issues. If the tank is two feet tall or more, I know I won't be able to reach items near the bottom. I know the best would be access from the front. Any ideas? I would prefer not to have a seam in the middle at all (ie, sliding glass). I'm not set on glass or plexiglass and price is not a barrier. Ideally it would flip open on a hinge attached at the top. Has anyone done this? It would probably be about 4 to 5 feet wide as you're looking at it.