Phailozoo 85 Gallon Reptile Tank, Front Opening

It’s a great tank. It’s easy to put together and it’s easy to use.

I bought the 120 gallon tank in purple (4’x2’x2′) to fully upgrade my now adult girl from her old 40 gallon we had her in as a juvenile. easy to put together and well built. The picture shown is after it was freshly built and placed on the new tank stand we had purchased for this specific upgrade. I’m so excited to continue building the interior look of her tank now that there is so much more room!

My item was defected. Pillars needed to be hammered to fit together. I tested it with a little bit of water and it started leaking. The product’s description says it is leak proof. The front is glass but the sides are cheap acrylic, and the bottom is cheap poorly sealed hard board.

The only reason why I gave it 2 rather than 1 star is because the sliding door at the front allows for more visibility, the electrical entrance on each side is useful and the color is nice. If you want a desert terrarium this could work but so a bio active terrarium with water, this is pretty bad. Stick to a brand that has it already built.

As a great looking painted terrarium. I am not expecting such an obvious flaw of paint at the front side of the terrarium. Very disappointing.

The bottom silicone layer is fine to be not leak proof but there are somehow too many flaw, pores and trace although it should not affect the function.

During assembling the terrarium, the cracking sound during the screw driving is just horrible. On the side panel, I really have no idea what the xxx this “peel from here” label is going to help. You maybe expecting this corner having some feature to let you peel easier. Sorry, there is none! It would be much helpful if you could simply make a label showing me which side is the top of the side panel. The acrylic can be scratched real easily. And this panel is not a square. If you would like to do it by trial and error, sorry the metal frame will just scratch your panel hardly if you put it in the wrong direction.

Finally, I have no idea why the instruction is telling us to put on the substrate barrier at the last. The door is just blocking the way and make it more difficult.

I am very impressed with the quality and ease of construction of these enclosures. I have bought enclosures from many brands. Including: reptizoo, exoterra, all living things, dubia roaches, and New age pets to name a few. They all have their pros and cons but all together I believe this one is the best I own.
The enclosure has a very sturdy build construction and is held together with metal bolts instead of plastic screws or joints that you just hammer in. The side braces as well as the top and bottom frames are also made of metal which makes them feel a lot more sturdy. The front glass is tempered glass so it will hold up to the scratching of reptiles with sharp claws such as bearded dragons. The side panels and the inner piece that goes across the bottom of the front of the enclosure are plexiglass. This makes them less resistant to claw damage but the main viewing doors should never see an issue with scratches.

Overall appearance I find far more appealing than the standard black plastic or solid glass enclosures that you typically see. The side ports are great for allowing cords into the enclosure for things such as heat mats while still looking attractive and functional. There is different options for spacers if you plan on stacking enclosures. Also though it is a minimal thing the packaging that these come in was very impressive. None of that cheap styrofoam that causes little balls to stick on everything but instead using a different form of high density insulation. The glass had protective film over it and paper wrapped around that. It felt very professional and overall added to the experience. I was able to put these together in less than 15 minutes.

As for the cons:
As stated before the side panels are plexiglass as well as the front strip that goes across the bottom of the cage so they may develop some wear and tear over years. I would really like to see and upgrade package at some point that replaces these with more tempered glass panels.
Also since this is an enclosure that you put together yourself it is not 100% watertight around the bottom if you’re planning on doing some kind of deep bad or bioactive style setup. I believe these would work for most people as is but if going with a deep wet substrate you will probably need to silicone the seams. This is the same for many other brands that are put together in a similar fashion.

Overall I highly recommend these terrariums and plan on replacing several of my other terrariums with the style terrariums in the future.
10/10 would recommend.

this enclosure is beautiful and decently easy to put together, but it is not 100% leakproof. do not use for animals requiring very high humidity levels. I’ve had to buy industrial silicone, which sucked. I really appreciate the good qualities of it, though. The seller is extremely professional and understanding. I highly recommend buying from this company, regardless of the product.