Water Bowl - In Tub Enclosure

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

Mine are not attached to the tubs, the weight of the water and diameter of PVC keep them VERY stable.

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Nice, I'm going to have to try that... we have some low ceramics that are stable, but they're too big for hatchling tubs, and too small for the larger animals, and we're constantly cleaning up wet newspaper.

ARS Tubs (same size as CB70's).
Built in disposable bowl holder. Never have to worry about knocked over bowls again.
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I've been wondering about trying to do something like that permanent holder thing our our new Iris tubs. Since we use natural substrate with most of the snakes, it wouldn't present a problem. I'm just trying to figure out if my hot glue gun would bond the PVC coupler to the tub correctly. I may experiment on an old Sterlite tub and see how that goes.

For now we mostly use ceramic ramekins. I like their pure white color so you can see when they are clean, they are kitchen grade, well sealed, heavy and not easily tipped. We generally place them well into a corner of the tub and down a bit into the substrate. Works fairly well but I like that ARS tub design better.

those tubs are nice but $15 a pop isnt cheap either. i may just have to break down.

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Originally Posted by ctrlfreq

Do you attach them to the tubs at all, or are they just heavy enough to keep them from being overturned?

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I hot glued mine to the bottom of the tubs. So far I've only had 1 girl break the bond, but she still doesn't knock it over.

Does the 4" PVC coupler hold the 8 ounce deli cups? If so, where do you get the cups??

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Originally Posted by FL0OD

yea i tried that too, thinking the same thing as you are, they just seem to get around them. sneeky little things :D

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I use a 6" diameter dog bowl. Works great!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I've been wondering about trying to do something like that permanent holder thing our our new Iris tubs. Since we use natural substrate with most of the snakes, it wouldn't present a problem. I'm just trying to figure out if my hot glue gun would bond the PVC coupler to the tub correctly. I may experiment on an old Sterlite tub and see how that goes.

For now we mostly use ceramic ramekins. I like their pure white color so you can see when they are clean, they are kitchen grade, well sealed, heavy and not easily tipped. We generally place them well into a corner of the tub and down a bit into the substrate. Works fairly well but I like that ARS tub design better.

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Jo, perhaps PVC cement would work to bond the coupler to the tubs? I like the fact I can remove the coupler, so I can throw them in the dishwasher every so often to disenfect.

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Originally Posted by starmom

Does the 4" PVC coupler hold the 8 ounce deli cups? If so, where do you get the cups??

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I buy all my cups from a local restaurant supply/catering company, $15 got me 200 cups.:gj:

what size cups are they?