Tub Sizes?

Vision makes really sturdy CB-70 replacement tubs, too, which is what I use in my CB-70 rack. I prefer CB-70s for my largest females (over 3000 grams).

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Originally Posted by evan385

Thank you! I just got a big normal female and plan to put her in a tub so that helped me out a lot. Now to find a 41 quart tub :)

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Target has them for $10.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

what are you planning on using to heat the tubs? the only good way to heat tubs is under tank heaters and they don't affect the air temperature so tub height is irrelevant. remember that most vision tubs don't have lids as they are designed for racks.

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i was planning on using heat tape on the bottom of one end.

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Originally Posted by Snake_Tooth

would the babies get overheated quickly?

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Use a thermostat.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

the only good way to heat tubs is under tank heaters and they don't affect the air temperature

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If he's building a rack for his tubs, I'd assume he'd be using heat tape or heat cable, which whether it's belly or back heat, absolutely does raise air temperature. Same applies with a UTH...if you apply something that is designed to heat, the heat is not going to just stop at ground level. How much the air temperature is affected depends on a variety of things, from type of enclosure, size of enclosure, type/amount of substrate used, ambient room temps, etc...

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Vision makes really sturdy CB-70 replacement tubs, too, which is what I use in my CB-70 rack. I prefer CB-70s for my largest females (over 3000 grams).

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I just picked up my Vision CB-70 rack today and will be moving females over to it after they start laying...definitely a nice rack.

i will definitely get a thermostat for the rack. As long as the thermostat is keeping the tubs at a constant temperature, do i not need to worry about it overheating then?

Herpstats are great, check out Spyder Robotics.

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Originally Posted by Snake_Tooth

i will definitely get a thermostat for the rack. As long as the thermostat is keeping the tubs at a constant temperature, do i not need to worry about it overheating then?

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as long as the thermostat is set properly then no overheating will not be an issue

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

as long as the thermostat is set properly then no overheating will not be an issue

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okay, that's awesome to know! thanks :)

To be perfectly honest i use 41qts for my snakes, no matter their size, and they do fine. I just built a rack and designed it for 41qts. It will hold 7 tubs. Its the perfect size for my room and will fit anysize bp basically. My juvenile cinny is only 300grams but he does fine in it. I have 3 hides in it and crumbled up newspaper and hes never missed a meal.
With that said once i have my own place and have more room (and more snakes lol) ill definetly have seperate appropriately sized racks for males and females. But for the time being i know i wont get more than 7 so it works perfectly for me.