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Who sells the most affordable racks???

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I am looking to add a rack to house my up and coming females, and another to house this years hatchlings. I currently have two AP adult racks and an old school DIY rack that I absolutely hate. I am looking for something that is easy to clean, holds easily found tubs, and is well priced.

Any suggestions please let me know.

Thanks

Shawn
 
It depends, I bought a 10 tier Vision Rack a couple years ago and its still good. It holds 10 28qt tubs, and was 400 shipped.

Pros: Good amount of rack space for the price, easy enough to put together and take apart, comes with locking wheels, and its all made out of hard plastic and some steel.

Cons: Uses Heat tape for heating, is an open design so not ideal unless you have stable room temps, and on mine there is at least one tub that sticks a bit but not much
 
Dbz4246 said:
Cons: Uses Heat tape for heating, is an open design so not ideal unless you have stable room temps, and on mine there is at least one tub that sticks a bit but not much
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It was supposed to say Heat Rope, not tape. Sorry about that. Heat tape good
 
As far as truly affordable, I think it'd be tough to beat AP's economy series. If your room temps are on the cool side, you'll need to insulate them though. If you get the sterilite 15/32s, you can use them for juveniles or some adults, making them good multitaskers. Just make sure you buy more tubs than you need, since sterilite is good about changing tubs regularly.
 
Honestly just make your own. Its not difficult plus you save tons of cash.

Just look up some diy's on it. Google is your best friend
 
I build my own and I made a rack that holds 24 6qt bins and one that holds 15 12qt bins out of melamine for around $120 each including the heat tape. They are easy and once you know what you're doing take less than 30 minutes to complete.
 
Yea but melamine is so heavy, spend about $100 more and buy XPVC and you are still saving about $200 vs a rack you buy
 
It is heavy but sturdy as well. I couldn't find XPVC near here either. They do have regular PVC board but the cost was $1300 for an 8x4 foot 3/4" board, the same size melamine boards are under $40 each.
 
Then buy wood thats got some moisture protection. Ur still savin lots of money.
Otherwise just buy an ars open air rack if u dont feel like building anything. Which takes no time at all.
 
XPVC and PVC board 4x8 1/2" are $70-$96 here where I live..I have bought them from the plastics company a few times..am currently building two racks for someone now and ordered some more. Just look up any plastics company in your area and they will have XPVC, shouldn't be more than $100 but max I've seen is $125.
 
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