jinin
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please feel free to point out any faults or anything as im new to pit building 8]..
Im finally starting on my new Sand Monitor pit, my sandy is about 8mnths now and is out growing his tank, the pit i have started on is roughly 3mx2m but its in a corner, it is about 3-4 times the size of his 5x2x2 Tank hes in now. This pit will be temporary, he will then move into a bigger pit with hopefully 1 or 2 others, this pit will be 5mx4m, then this pit im building now will house 4 Beardies 8]. Anyway i started off by cutting the pine to size to fit snug agains the rock and the brick wall, the pine at its longest edges measures up to be 2.4m. i then neatly(not really) paved the area with some old left over pavers we have lying around, all up i used about 60 at a guess. I then cut the drainage pipe that was allready there and placed a drainage box towards the back, the pipe also runs through the middle (under the pavers) which will soak up any water that the box doesnt get.
As a sand monitor loves to dig, they are quite good at escaping as far as iv'e heard so i have to make it 100% escape proof! i did this by Purchasing 1 bag of Quick Set Mortar, mixed it with some Sydney Sydney sand and water, i know motar isnt as strong as cement but it dries pretty hard and i doubt a sandy could dig through that.
I plugged up all the holes, nooks and cranies wit hths stuff! then i filled in around the drainage box. i left an area without pavers or anything, this will be a small pond, i will put a small submersible filter in there but im guessing because its out side it will need alot of cleaning no matter what (im cool with that though) and i plan to have a small pipe and pump and pump the water up the rockwall for it to trickle down back int othe water(Hopefully it all goes to plan). I put mortar in the bottom of the pond are so that if they pull up the pond liner he has nowhere to go, the next step is putting up the walls, glass front, door, roof, sand, heating, planting it out, adding furnishes.etc .etc then add the beast! 8] i will keep you updated on the progress. Sorry for the shabby photos, im yet to get a decent camera.
Im finally starting on my new Sand Monitor pit, my sandy is about 8mnths now and is out growing his tank, the pit i have started on is roughly 3mx2m but its in a corner, it is about 3-4 times the size of his 5x2x2 Tank hes in now. This pit will be temporary, he will then move into a bigger pit with hopefully 1 or 2 others, this pit will be 5mx4m, then this pit im building now will house 4 Beardies 8]. Anyway i started off by cutting the pine to size to fit snug agains the rock and the brick wall, the pine at its longest edges measures up to be 2.4m. i then neatly(not really) paved the area with some old left over pavers we have lying around, all up i used about 60 at a guess. I then cut the drainage pipe that was allready there and placed a drainage box towards the back, the pipe also runs through the middle (under the pavers) which will soak up any water that the box doesnt get.
As a sand monitor loves to dig, they are quite good at escaping as far as iv'e heard so i have to make it 100% escape proof! i did this by Purchasing 1 bag of Quick Set Mortar, mixed it with some Sydney Sydney sand and water, i know motar isnt as strong as cement but it dries pretty hard and i doubt a sandy could dig through that.
I plugged up all the holes, nooks and cranies wit hths stuff! then i filled in around the drainage box. i left an area without pavers or anything, this will be a small pond, i will put a small submersible filter in there but im guessing because its out side it will need alot of cleaning no matter what (im cool with that though) and i plan to have a small pipe and pump and pump the water up the rockwall for it to trickle down back int othe water(Hopefully it all goes to plan). I put mortar in the bottom of the pond are so that if they pull up the pond liner he has nowhere to go, the next step is putting up the walls, glass front, door, roof, sand, heating, planting it out, adding furnishes.etc .etc then add the beast! 8] i will keep you updated on the progress. Sorry for the shabby photos, im yet to get a decent camera.
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