Airholes in tub... Enough or more more more?

[Alkaurkharim]

If there needs to be more I was gonna put a 3rd row on and possible 1 long row on the front and back if you guys think I need that many.
Sorry again for the size I'm photo resizing retarded T_T


* tried resizing the pic but it sucks and won't resize like the other ones on the page >_<*

[gozetec02]

Looks great to me. Did you make those with a soldering iron?

[Kane]

If those holes were drilled, make sure they are sanded & have no sharp edges. Your ball will be sticking his nose there. If you are getting a baby ball, make sure he can't get out. I've seen babies get out of holes smaller then a pencil.

[gozetec02]

Good point Kane.

[Alkaurkharim]

I used a hobby tool with a buncha different bits to it. I marked the spots I wanted to drill, then drilled them out. After that I took a flat grinding bit and went through the middle of the holes to sand the edges out of hte middle and then around the corners of each hole and made sure they werent sharp. If you look close you can see the discolored circles around holes where I ground it out ^_^

Should 2 rows of holes be enough though or do I need to add more? I only have the 22 holes you can see there on the 2 ends.



As for the size of python I'm getting:

http://www.alexhuereptiles.com/Pythons/Balls.html

BP598-F
BP595-F
BPF-296

One of those 3 not sure yet ^_^

[Marla]

I'd guess you ought to do at least one long-side row. As I mentioned in my other post, that's where I put all of mine because of the high humidity here. The real test, though, is in setting it up and seeing how it does with heat pad, substrate, and water dishes in place.

[Alkaurkharim]

Yes yes, after I drilled holes this morning I set everything back up. Unfortunately I accidentally had set my heating pad on high and thought was ok but when I woke up in the morning and pushed the probe against the bottom of the container *through the substrate not under* it was way way way too hot so I had to let everything cool down. Getting the temp right is the hardest thing >_< I don't seem to be having a problem with the humidity though.



I think I finally have the heatpad at the right place, its about an eighth to a quarter inch below the tank. I also have ceramic tiles underneath the whole thing to keep it from heating up the wood underneath.



Can you see where I have stuck the probe? I picked up the corner of the hide and just slid entire probe under.



I did the same thing under the cool hide.

Should they be under the substrate against the bottom for accurate heat? Or do I just need to check it every so often to make sure its not too hot? And how hot is too hot for surface temp under the substrate?

[Kane]

You have plenty of holes for ventilation. I wouldn't drill anymore until I saw how well it was holding humidity.

[Alkaurkharim]

Humidity right now at 58%, it hasn't gone below 55% and goes up to 65%, last night was up to 70%. Its the temp I'm having trouble getting it up to 90* inside without making the surface +100* T_T

Temp right now is only at 82* on the hot side and 75* on the cold side.

[gozetec02]

That sounds about right. It should be 90 at the floor where his heat pad is. I would try to get the ambient temps up to at least 80. I have that same size container. And that is why i added the light. The pad wasnt doing the job by itself. Also if you have your AC on it will make the air in the enclosure cooler. I think i have the same type of heating pad.

Do a test before you put it on. Put the thermometer on the pad and set it to low and see how high the temps get then on Med then Lo. Also If you are concerned about the surface being too hot i would add some substrate the news paper you are using is too thin and doesn't spread out the heat so its concentrated on top of the pad. I use aspen bedding to achieve this.

In my opinion this is what your set up should be.