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BUILDING TERRARIUMS

The terrarium for small animals is the equivalent of the aquarium for fish and reveals an essential tool for keeping in captivity of most reptiles, amphibians, insects and arthropods. There are different types depending on the type of use.

should serve mainly the observation of animals and that is enough for a container that is simple and suitable to the needs of our pets.
In contrast, if you give great importance to aesthetics, you will have more attention to the furnishings and accessories to the masking. Finally, there are

terrariums used to study in the laboratory or simply used in pairs or deposition, which are basic and easy to make.

Before constrict the terrarium and need to know that there are different types depending on the species:

Terrestrial

the breeding habits of animals that have land, can also be set up to simulate environments such as arid desert, savannah , tropical or temperate forest.
course, the differentiation is mostly in the regulation of relative humidity and temperature as well as in setting.

Semi Aquatic

type significantly different from the previous one, is characterized by a dry part and a wet part, for allow the animals to swim and to keep it dry.

Aquatic

Virtually identical to an aquarium as a structure but is characterized by shallow water, with elements that emerge to enable guests to stay dry and bask in the sun. Exterior

There is also the terrarium outside, practically made a place in the garden or terrace, where you keep animals.
This can be very good if you breed species of temperate or tropical species that will be held outdoors when the weather conditions will permetteranno.Per terrestrial species of fences.

Structure

The terrarium is normally not very heavy and this is a great advantage, because unlike the aquarium, not a problem for static bases, allowing maximum freedom in size.

Before moving to the type of materials to use, we must consider that the terrarium should be easily accessible and easy to clean and is the preferred method provided with an opening on the front.

You must charge of opening to the outside, one in the bottom of the terrarium and the other on the opposite side, however high, to allow air exchange. We must also take into account the various electrical components such as lamps, heating elements, immersion pumps, etc..
E 'then necessary to form a niche where to put the wiring of these components.

for the structure, materials used need not be transparent, because usually the terrarium is located near some wall, that allows you to use cheaper materials and their insulating properties as wood.
Wood is widely used for the construction of the structure, easy to supply, and extremely versatile. Similarly
its derivatives are used as plywood, chipboard etc.. available in panels that can be cut to measure already.

For the realization instead of the front, will be made of a transparent material such as Plexiglas or glass.

Different requirements are rather in the implementation of paludariums, which will be exclusively in glass.

Size

In choosing the type of terrarium should be taken to achieve as much as possible the needs of our guests. For terricolous
species, such as turtles, are not particularly high need areas.
For arboreal habits of animals such as chameleons instead, prediligerà the vertical dimension.
For animals such as turtles, will be built a paludarium.
Needless to say that everything should be as large as possible.