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| scott1102 |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 16:18:28
Hi all, following on from my previous post regarding buying my viv things and what heat type id use etc... Here we go :)
Id like some feedback on the stuff iv bought today please as i am going on advice from various sources as i know absolutly nothing.
sorry if images are a tad big, took them on my iphone.
heres the main stuff (iv also bought decorations and vines)
here is the "special" night and day stat :)
will this sealant be suitable for my wooden viv?
And i was about to buy some LED's but the only ones in stock at two places i went too were blue lights and i didnt want blue :( i wanted clear. So i told the supposed snake expert shop owner that i want some lighting in my viv and iv already got a heat mat so dont want a heat bulb. And he said i should have this as its low wattage and wont create a lot of heat so its suitable to be used as a light for a couple of hours a day in the evening.
all advice welcome and NEEDED! lol |
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| a33272 |
Posted - 28/02/2012 : 00:02:33
if ya that concerned by one of these http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/electrical/switches-sockets/white-switches-sockets/superswitch_white_range/Batten-Lamp-Holder-Straight-9289714?icamp=recs then chop the lead of what u got an use it with this |
| a33272 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 23:53:55
if its in a cage it wont matter. as i said if ya that worried just buy a household light fixture. ya know the light pendents on ya roof..... they just hand on the wires with lamp shades on, so yours in a cage will be fine. |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 23:50:15
is it safe for the light holder/light to just be hanging there? obviously i have a guard but i thought the light had to be fixed. wont this swing with a little movement from walking past the viv or when she grows up a bit and gets more chunk lol and starts bashing around |
| a33272 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 23:40:38
its designed to be hung, its more suited for open top enclosures etc. do as i said screw a hook in top of viv an tie a knot in lead to hang it from, or just buy a normal household fixture |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 23:31:15
someone surely knows how to fit it :( without drilling a 5cm wide hole through the top of the viv. |
| a33272 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 21:51:43
tbh stuff like that i wouldnt buy rep branded anyway, if it was just for a visual light id of brought a fixture from DIY place. but is u have that now best way would be get a screw in ring thing pass lead through an tie a nknot it in to set height |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 21:42:05
yeah just a plug on a lead :( i dunno what i expected to be honest but i thought with it being a reptile product it would be a little more "clip this to that, screw on" type deal. not a "heres a plug on a lead, now use your imagination and lets see what you come up with"
im ranting i know :( but i was really in to setting up my new viv until this problem arose, now im just sat here doing nothing |
| a33272 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 21:35:32
the screw fixing is refering to the bulb. is it just a plug on a lead?? |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 27/02/2012 : 21:23:31
ok now its starting to annoy me. can someone please inform me how in gods name you install one of those bulb holders into a viv?!
iv got a wodden vivexotic one and its the bulb holder thats in the picture in the first post. i have no clue how to install it, it says on the box "screw fitting" but then comes with no instructions, no screws and the holder has no screw holes......wtf?!
edit: ok i guess it means screw fitting for the bulb but the question still stands. how do i install this? |
| ScalySituation |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 18:03:34
Doesn't matter to me :)
Probs wont have it on that much anyways |
| Mamma |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 17:54:47
quote:
Originally posted by ScalySituation
imma just use them stick on LED spotlighte when i get the viv sorted lol
if its the battery operated ones you are on about they are an actual nightmare. I used them in mine and although they are rechargable batteries I used, they didnt last long at all  |
| ScalySituation |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 17:43:01
imma just use them stick on LED spotlighte when i get the viv sorted lol |
| madmartyn |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 16:59:42
quote:
Originally posted by nickyff
quote:
Originally posted by madmartyn
888 reptiles do the 3d backgrounds brought one for one of my vivs and made one for another much more enjoyment then just sticking one on
you made a 3D background? how? pics pls... maybe even a thread in the DIY section???
i,ll coble all my pics together and do a thread over the next week if i get time |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 23:17:04
id love a 3d background. but im worried as i have a vivexotic wooden viv so id want all three wooden sides covered and my corn likes to go toilet in corners and usually whilst im asleep. so for a good few hours before i wake up in the morning a snake poop will be piled up against the polystyrene (however you spell it) and it would either damage it or me cleaning it would damage it |
| nickyff |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 22:58:22
quote:
Originally posted by madmartyn
888 reptiles do the 3d backgrounds brought one for one of my vivs and made one for another much more enjoyment then just sticking one on
you made a 3D background? how? pics pls... maybe even a thread in the DIY section??? |
| madmartyn |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 21:44:04
brought those ikea lights for my boa would of cost me more then the 5 odd quid postage to get there so didnt worry about the wait, and they are great,
888 reptiles do the 3d backgrounds brought one for one of my vivs and made one for another much more enjoyment then just sticking one on |
| scott1102 |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 21:31:06
those both look good! my local ikea is about 40miles away i think in leeds. After all the running around iv done today (3 pet shops in 3 different towns) buying everything, i think ill give it a couple of days before deciding to venture out again lol
My corn never goes out :( constantly hides! when she was a hatchling she was out and about all the time but recently just never shows her face. im hoping that will change when i get her in to her new big viv |
| nickyff |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 21:23:10
okay light pics--
this is the ikea 'ledberg' lightstrip in situ-
a close up of the strip- they're not as bright as my rubbish phone-camera makes them look- the light is quite nice- theyre also available in a multicoloured option, you can change it through I think 4 different colours, but that one's dearer, obviously,
and this is the other, smaller one i have in Sharon's viv- the housing is easier to fix in, and the lights face up towards the ceiling, so a really nice gentle light. also ikea, but this one has a separate power cable you have to buy to plug it in. Only in white lights I think. I had to switch it off to take the pic- (rubbish camera, I think I mentioned.... )Sharon likes to sit on the bracket that fixes it to the top of the viv. You can just see her up there in this pic I think...
hth
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| scott1102 |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 21:17:10
quote:
Originally posted by nickyff
quote:
Originally posted by Donnie
If to have an IKEA near to you these are good. I saw people on here recommend them and they do the job great.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90192071
I've got these in debbie's viv- theyre fab- practically zero heat, so no faff with stats or cages etc, and you can use from 1 to 4 of the bits, and make it as long or short as you want. fitting it was a pain though, cos the you have to fix on the housing first then slide the light unit into the housing, and the screws supplied are fiddly and a bit rubbish. I ended up gluing the housing up, then poking the lights in when the glue (sealant actua;ly) had set.
there's also another one at ikea which I got for sharon, can't remember the name but the fitting is better- I'll post a pic later on
ps- theres a thread somewhere atm about night/day stats, and the consensus seemed to be that they're not worth the extra dosh- because they respond to light levels they turn to 'night' if its cloudy and to 'day' ifyou turn on the light at night etc. praps you can get the shop to exchange/refund the difference for a basic mat stat? which will do the job you need
or just set both day and night to the same temp giving the same result as a normal stat :) |
| nickyff |
Posted - 25/02/2012 : 20:29:47
quote:
Originally posted by Donnie
If to have an IKEA near to you these are good. I saw people on here recommend them and they do the job great.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90192071
I've got these in debbie's viv- theyre fab- practically zero heat, so no faff with stats or cages etc, and you can use from 1 to 4 of the bits, and make it as long or short as you want. fitting it was a pain though, cos the you have to fix on the housing first then slide the light unit into the housing, and the screws supplied are fiddly and a bit rubbish. I ended up gluing the housing up, then poking the lights in when the glue (sealant actua;ly) had set.
there's also another one at ikea which I got for sharon, can't remember the name but the fitting is better- I'll post a pic later on
ps- theres a thread somewhere atm about night/day stats, and the consensus seemed to be that they're not worth the extra dosh- because they respond to light levels they turn to 'night' if its cloudy and to 'day' ifyou turn on the light at night etc. praps you can get the shop to exchange/refund the difference for a basic mat stat? which will do the job you need |
