Habitat - Indoor :: egg crates

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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:21 pm   egg crates

were do you get egg crates for basking areas
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:15 pm   

"Egg crate" (also known as "Light diffuser") can be found at most hardware stores. It's usually about $10-12 for a 4x2' sheet.

Here's what it looks like in a sheet:
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:39 pm   

Home Depot and Lowes also both sell it.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:03 pm   

awesome thing to have. lets in waaay more light than the screen top
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:35 am   

don't be surprised if the employees don't really know what you're talking about when you say light diffuser or egg crate, most of the ones I asked didn't know anyways haha

it should be in the lighting section though
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Egg Crate: (n.) turtle owner's best friend, (2) also known as light diffuser, (3) found in local hardware stores in the lighting section
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:29 am   

yea just go to the brightest part of home depot and its stacked on the bottom shelf AWESOME material to use!!!!!
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:52 am   

how do you cut one of those things??
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:45 pm   

blackforces get you wrote:how do you cut one of those things??



wire cutters work very well
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:31 pm   

wire cutters huh? hmm. makes sense. i always had the idea of someone using a saw or somthing like that. but those should work just as well
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:56 pm   

blackforces get you wrote:wire cutters huh? hmm. makes sense. i always had the idea of someone using a saw or somthing like that. but those should work just as well


the eggcrate is very stiff, but it isn't that hard to cut. wire cutters do the job efficiently.
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:18 am   

OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware) carries them.....
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