Chameleon Academy Arboreal L Enclosure - 36 L x 24 W x 48 H

There are a number of cut-outs in the top panels to facilitate light, heat, UVB, ventilation, misting, and fogging. To start off, every cut-out comes with a removable plug or is covered with an aluminum screen to block the escape of any wall crawling gecko, roach, or flying insect. 

1. Misting Nozzle inputs - Your enclosure has three .6” diameter holes which are intended for misting nozzles. The industry standard Mist King nozzles will fit in these holes. If you want to consider alternative mist nozzles, the nozzle “stem” must be .6” in diameter and the threads need to clear .8”. This is a difficult thing to tell as stem thread count is not usually a published specification! But this picture demonstrates the difference. This enclosure is structurally sound because of the thickness of the walls. The mist nozzle must be able to go all the way through and have enough thread for the nut to hold it in place. MistKing misters are available through Custom Reptile Habitats and can be added to your order. 
2. Front LED light bar Cut-out (21” x 2”) - There are two LED bar positions, one in front and one in back. These are placed such that lights here will not be blocked by the plants suspended in the middle of the enclosure. These lights will get down to the bottom of the enclosure and feed the plants on the bioactive floor. If you elect to not fill these light positions then they act as further ventilation. This cut-out is designed to fit industry standard 24” LED bars.
3. Ventilation square (7” x 7 3/4”) - This area is designed to be left open so even if you fill up each of the light cut-outs you will still have the necessary ventilation on top. If you find that more ventilation is necessary place a computer fan blowing UP on this square and you will supplement the chimney effect.
4. Main Lights cut-out (22” x 11 1/4”) - The main light area is designed to accommodate a four bulb T5 fixture or a 24” LED light bar and 24” UVB bulb. This is a general use area to fill with whatever light/UVB/heat your reptile requires.
5. Basking cut-out (7 3/4” diameter) - This is designed for a standard 8” Dome fixture to hold a heating bulb.
6. Fogger input (.8” diameter) - This hole will accept a standard fogger tube. It is screened so no insects or geckos will escape if you do not use it and none will crawl into your fogger if you do!

For a full compliment, your shopping list would be;

1* Arcadia 22W Jungle Dawn LED Bar

1* Quad T5 24” Fixture with 6500K bulbs

1* Arcadia 6% UVB, 24W (12% or 14% if higher UVB needed)

1* ZooMed deep Dome 8” Fixture

1* Arcadia Halogen Basking Light (wattage as appropriate for species)

3* MistKing misting Nozzles or the MistKing Ultimate Misting System

1* Fogger

1* 120mm waterproof variable fan

Bioactive or Bare Floor? - This enclosure can be used with a bare floor or with a bioactive substrate. If water will be free within the enclosure you will need to seal the bottom of the enclosure with a silicone bead and go up along the corners for the depth of any substrate to be used. Any aquarium grade silicone will be effective. 100% Silicone cartridges are also available as an option when purchasing this enclosure.

Drainage - A drainage layer may be created by a layer of leca, substrate blocking cloth, and substrate or else you can elect to purchase a drain to be installed as an add on option.

Background - This enclosure comes with black PVC walls. You have the option to purchase a background from any provider that you can easily install during assembly or else you can purchase a background when you buy your enclosure here. If you are purchasing your own background you need to order three panels. These are the inside dimensions of each panel:

Left Side = 22 3/4” x 43 3/4”

Back = 35 1/2” x 43 3/4”

Right Side = 22 3/4” x 43 3/4”

Assembly - This enclosure is large and may require the help of another person to hold panels while they are put together, but the assembly itself is quite simple. Only a Philips head screw driver is required. Assembly consists of attaching branch anchors to panels, six panels attached together by screws, and putting some handles on the glass doors. That is the extend of assembly! This enclosure ships flat. 

Available Accessories - A number of options are available to complete your enclosure presentation. You may add these on with your enclosure order.

Enclosure Stand - The stand is 48” long, 24” wide, and 30” high. Your enclosure sits on top of this stand with 12” of extra space on either side. This space may be used to set your fogger or other equipment Or else you can purchase 24” long, 12” wide, and 12” high Utility Units which can stack up to four beside the enclosure for storage or display. There is additional storage inside the stand. Two table options are offers that put a shelf at either 12” or 18” of height. These can be used for any purpose, but one useful example would be to hold a drainage bucket on one side (if you purchase the drain option with the enclosure or add one yourself) and a misting reservoir on the other side. There are holes on the left and right of the back for electrical cords.

Utility Units - Utility shelves that can be stacked next to the enclosure and offer storage or display space. These are 24” long, 12” wide, and 12” high.

Stand Tables - Choose between putting a shelf at 12” high and 18” high. One table will fit in one half of the stand.

Background - If you purchase a background at the time of buying your enclosure we will send the background already installed on the side and back.

Drain - A purchase of a drain when you purchase the enclosure does with the option of having us drill the installation hole. The default is to put it in the middle of the enclosure. If you purchase a drain, please specify if you would like us to drill the 2” diameter drain hole in the floor of the enclosure. If you are purchasing both an enclosure and a stand then we can make sure the holes line up. (The stand hole will be larger to allow some movement.)

Silicone - 100% silicone. We sell tubes which require an applicator tool.