Water can do a real number on natural wood. Although I think this can be mostly attributed to the generous application of Kennel Seal, I’m pleased nonetheless.
#Zen habitats 120 gallon tank full#
Installing a full heat lamp inside the enclosure is difficult, unattractive, and potentially dangerous to occupants.Mesh top make it difficult to maintain consistent humidity.
Acrylic substrate barrier bows outward when a deep layer of naturalistic substrate is present.Doors are made of acrylic, which is easily scratched.
#Zen habitats 120 gallon tank upgrade#
However it would be reasonably easy to upgrade this enclosure to a more enriched environment up to par with the ReptiFiles standard. ReptiFiles promotes a higher husbandry standard than this, but looking at the product you can see how it was designed to fulfill those minimum requirements. That’s a fairly minimalistic take on bearded dragon husbandry - and you can see that practice in application with the many bearded dragon keepers who have already converted to a Zen Habitat. 4’x2’x2′ is the minimum enclosure size recommended by experts for this species, additional humidity is not necessary, and standard practice is to use solid substrate. However they do tend to rattle in their track whenever we walk by.Īs a sidenote, it’s very clear that this enclosure is designed to house bearded dragons. They can also be quickly popped out of the frame for cleaning as needed. The bottom track is “genius” (per Chad) because the surface that the door weighs on is rounded, creating very little friction, and as a result making them very easy to open and close. The Zen Habitats substrate shield is a lovely 6″ tall, permitting a nice deep substrate layer while protecting the doors.Īnother feature of note is the sliding doors. Deep substrate is important for maintaining humidity and facilitating natural burrowing/digging behaviors in reptiles, but often causes problems by getting into sliding door tracks and causes a horrible squealing grinding sound. Most front-opening enclosures on the current market (if not all) don’t permit using more than a couple inches of substrate before you’re at risk of overflowing. Quite possibly my favorite aspect of this enclosure is the substrate shield. It’s big enough to take two people, but compared to our other enclosures, it’s like lifting a feather. While a little dense in the box, the final product is an impossibly lightweight enclosure.
Other measures we took for waterproofing were sealing all corners with silicone and painting the walls with a few coats of Kennel Seal. However, the materials were overall very well made and fitted. The corner connections in particular are tight and secure, but not so tight as to prevent backpedaling if you make a mistake.ĭouble-sided tape was provided to secure the substrate shield in place, but we needed something a little more waterproof for a ball python enclosure, so we installed it with silicone sealant. We also noticed that the mesh top was a little loosely fitted on its frame so the edges of the mesh poked up in some places rather than being securely fastened to the frame. My complaints are that the substrate shield’s edges were a little sharp (enough to create a draw blood on a careless human), so we had to sand that down. (It should be noted here that Chad is quite handy.) Chad actually stopped reading them about halfway through and just put the thing together based on the pieces available and what the final result should look like. As my husband put it, “A grandma could do it.” If we were being picky, the instructions were overcomplicated. The actual process of putting the enclosure together was a breeze.
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