How to make an acrylic tarantula terrarium PART 1

PART 1 of me constructing an arboreal acrylic tarantula terrarium.
I know these videos are a bit long and tedious, but wanted to cover all angles to help people watching on how to make their own in a step by step guide.

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[reinuem]

where did you get the details?

[thespiderooms]

@reinuem What details? Thanks

[reinuem]

@thespiderooms where did you get the details for making terrariums?. Judging by the vents, latches and hinges do not you carve it yourself?

[thespiderooms]

@reinuem I made them up with a plan and found a place online that could cut to fit the acrylic to any size I wanted.

[Codiejackson88]

In the US acrylic sheets like that are rather expensive. You could almost just go buy a Exoterra tank for the same price as all the mats. On another note, its not as fun as building your own. Great work man.

[thespiderooms]

@Codiejackson88 Yeah, acrylic is way more expensive than glass, I just wanted to give it a go myself. Thanks for the compliment!

[linuxpowerification]

@thespiderooms

there are lots of types of silicon,like the the silicone,some its for plastic

[thespiderooms]

@linuxpowerification Silicon won't hold acrylic together, it just doesn't hold like it does on glass. Thanks

[linuxpowerification]

use silicon not that

[thespiderooms]

@MrFozzyBear Hi mate, not sill at all. The mitre block is about 9", you can make it any size you want, it's up to you. It's screwed together. I only build tanks 8"x 16" but if you make a bigger block it would be easier to build a bigger tank. I just use acrylic (perspex) sheets 5mm in thickness with polished edges, that's all I know, I know there are strengthened acrylic out there called polycarbonate, but you don't need this for tarantulas.

Thanks