CAGING

this pages show how to build a big inexpensive cage:

Material

• 2 3/4 faced chipboard (or plywood, stronger) panels of 150x50cm 60"x20"

• 1 3/4 faced chipboard (or plywood) panel of 150x60cm 60"x24"

• 2 solid wood pieces (to cover or paint in the same color of panels) of 60cmx4x4 24"x1.6"x1.6"

• 2 double glass guides of 150 cm 60"

• 4 single guides of 48.2cm 19.3"

• 2 single guides of 60 cm 24"

• 1 screen mesh

• 2 1/4 glasses of 80x56cm 32"x22.5"

• 2 1/4 glasses of 60x48cm 24"x19"

• wood frames

• wood screws of 4 cm 1.6" and of 1cm 0.4", studs

Ask the man in the shop to cut so 1 panel of 150x60cm 60"x24"

Ask in the glass shop to make 3 holes big as aquarium air intake in 1 glasses of 24"x19", then seal air intakes

Now in few hours you'll have a wonderful cage:

nail the mesh on perforated panel (after to have waterproof the edges with aquarium sealant) then cover the sides with the frames

seal glass guides , I have screwed guides with screws of 0,4".