Glass & platforms?

[happythoughts]

Hi again all! So we collected our spoilt boys new tank tonight, a giant 120L x 70h x 40D 

We want to take advantage of the height so other then a ton of room to burrow & a few small/medium platforms were wondering if it’s possible to add a shelf to nearer the top. Has anyone been successful gluing/sticking a platform onto a glass cage before? If so what did you use to make it stay? 

Thanks all, appreciate the help 

[Markpd]

Nice big tank

I've not done it myself, but have seen it in custom made cages (e.g junglepets), but anyway, what you need to use is aquarium grade silicone sealant (to stick a glass shelf on, should work with plastic too). Don't ask me how you hold it up until the glues sets though! It takes hrs, and then you'd have to let the tank air for a couple of days(?) or so to let the smell fade away.

[barryozzy]

I have don't know anything about glue for glass, but maybe you could hang it from some sort of hook over the side? Similar to how water bottles hang over (at least that's how my water bottles work).

[elsaandanna]

If you use the silicone sealant glue, you could use some tin cans stacked up to support while it drys

[icecontroller2529]

Hi Happythoughts, 

Am I late? Have you done it already?

I just want to advice against a permanent plateau. It will limit your options with the tank forever. Wooden "tables" provide so much more flexibility, and they are easy to build yourself in custom sizes.

My experience: We have a glass tank (120 x 50 x 50 cm) with a built-in plateau which takes 40 cm (out of the 120 of the tank). That means that there is a 50 x 40 cm area where you have an "upstairs area" and a "downstairs area". The downstairs area underneath the plateau is difficult to reach for human hands.

The first problem arrived when the gerbils were corner digging in the downstairs area. Back then, that area was full of bedding. We couldn't get there to do anything about their corner digging because we just couldn't reach it.
Then, we changed the set-up. We put a divider in the middle of the tank. The area without the plateau became the bedding area, the other half of the tank was used for other stuff. New problems appeared. We would like to re-arrange certain things for a reason - but can't. We just don't have options because of the annoying plateau. 
One thing that is particularly important here: It's difficult to arrange things because of the wheel - it takes a lot of room and can't be in the plateau areas, neither upstairs nor downstairs. So it has to be in the rest of the tank, which also dictates the rest of the set-up.

So no, from own experience, I cannot recommend this. 

Have you made your decision yet? If so, what are the plans?

[Markpd]

Good points.

Btw, you could remove the glued in plateau by using a Stanley knife, or the blade for one (I think the US term is a box cutter knife??), cutting into the glue, it'll take multiple runs to do it, but you should be able to cut right through the glue eventually.