What is the big DEAL ABOUT USING GLASS TANKS?

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

If you poured cold water over a piece of glass that was 100º+, yes it might crack.

If you set your thermostat to 85, there is no way the glass will reach 107.

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You don't need cold water just hot glass and room temp water. And yes I did over state the part on it being 17* differnce but it will make the glass a lot warmer. I am trying to find a posted made by another user that was posted a few days back in regards to how hot the glass can get.

I just switched from a glass tank (that I had modified by blacking out three sides and duct taping foil on top of most of the mesh screen) to a PVC cage and I already love it so much more. Humidity is way more constant, there's twice as much floor space (the tank was 1 ft x 3 ft floor space, which was cramped for my 1600 g girl plus her two hides and water dish), the ambient temp is stable, the PVC cage weighs far less than the glass cage (nice for moving around for cleaning or whatnot)...seriously, it's the best investment I've made for my BP, next to the Herpstat I also own. The glass tank setup can be done, but it's definitely not ideal, especially if you live in an area where it's cold and low in humidity for 5 months a year.

i just made the switch myself also and i agree 100%
i will add it is a pain in the butt to have to clean a 20 long you can spot clean for a week or two but after that you have to throw away all the substrate wash all the hides and plants and whatever else is in the cage then take the tank outside and wash all the stuff out that soaked through the substrate all while trying not to get your uth that is on the bottom of the tank wet.

i used 20 long aquariums with good results then i found this forum and saw the cages people here were using so i decided to switch and see how they worked out and i will never go and buy another (fish tank) again. the maintanence and ability to keep proper temps and humidity in pvc cages is beyond words it is so much easier plus on clean up it cuts the work in half if not more.

switching to my ap t3 cages with the herpstat is by far the best thing i have done, and i would like to thank all the fine people here who suggested it.

Fish tanks are for fish. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Fish tanks are for fish. :gj:

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I think mike just told you the best reply yet.

I wouldnt put a fish in a birdcage so I wouldnt put most reptiles in a fish tank. There are a plethora of nice enclosures and racks on the market designed specifically for reptiles

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Fish tanks are for fish. :gj:

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Hey, that's my saying, LOL :D

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Originally Posted by fishdip

You don't need cold water just hot glass and room temp water. And yes I did over state the part on it being 17* differnce but it will make the glass a lot warmer. I am trying to find a posted made by another user that was posted a few days back in regards to how hot the glass can get.

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I have tons of glass tanks . and I have used tons of flexwatt on them .I have never had one crack. I have housed all sorts of herps in them and never burned one. If you use a good t stat to regulate your flexwatt the glass will never get to hot. If it over heats you are doing something wrong. however with that being said I only how's my bp's in tubs.

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Originally Posted by luvmyballs

I have tons of glass tanks . and I have used tons of flexwatt on them .I have never had one crack. I have housed all sorts of herps in them and never burned one. If you use a good t stat to regulate your flexwatt the glass will never get to hot. If it over heats you are doing something wrong. however with that being said I only how's my bp's in tubs.

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This is true but lets face it if you are new you may do something wrong and with a glass tank you give yourself more of a chance to do so.

I have 2 snakes in tanks, all the rest of my balls are in a rack.
My normal started out in a tank, then I bought a rack so he went in there, then we ran out of room in there, so back into a tank he went. Then my red tail boa is in a big tank with a screen top and sliding glass front doors.
I have saran wrap covering half of both of the screen tops. That keeps the humidity at around 55 in the ball tank and 60 in the boa tank (she has a much bigger water bowl). I have zoo-med UTH's on both tanks. I don't have any problems with them.
I would prefer my normal to be in a rack, simply because it is easier than dealing with the screen clips, but my morphs get rack priority over him.
I like my boa to be in a tank because she is my display snake, and the sliding doors make things easy.