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What cage is everyone using for the arboreals?



I had to build one out of acrylic too. Those TNS cages were too awesome not to have, but I was too cheap to buy one.
 
Building with acrylic isn't as difficult as it looks. I did some reading and found some really good/helpful sites related specifically to acrylic aquarium construction.

This thread here that CraigC of Gems of the Rainforest started was very helpful in directing me to good info sites.

http://www.badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/acrylic/acrylic1.html
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_acrylic_aquarium.php

were also very helpful reads.


I built this one cage for a little over $150, but I bought about $60 or more in startup supplies, such as Weld-On #4 (solvent cement for acrylic), a couple framing clamps, etc. I simply score cut the 1/4" acrlyic and snapped it at the score lines and then cleaned up the joint edges with a router table. I wish I had the table saw and the right blade because it was not a quick process to score cut that many pieces. It took many hours to just simply get the pieces rough cut before they went to be routered. I believe that a table saw with the right blade may make good enough edges to skip the router step as well. After that, assembly is almost a breeze if you've got help. You set it up dry and syringe the cement into the gaps of the joint. The cement is water-thin so capillary action draws it into the joint and then it is clamped tight to dry. The cement sets in seconds and is very strong in under 5 minutes, so you'd better have it in the right place when the cement is applied.
 
Cheap cage

A very cheap build.

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