Black Light??

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Originally Posted by ERP

so is it actually bad to have a small b.p in a big tank???????
since someone said a 55 gall is too big....
too me thats like saying a mansion is too big for one person, maybe so, but is it detrimental to his health??

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it can be stressful if there are not enough places to hide. with lots of fake plants and hides the snake will love it. The hardest part of a large tank is keeping the humidity high enough.

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Originally Posted by ride_gnu

Another trick is if you 55 Gal. is not a long tank (in other words failry tall + 17") when you do work to it, give home 3-4 dens, place two dens, part way up the tank on say a second floor, this will put him clooser to the heat lamps.

Also, you mentioned a water fall, ive been trygin to thikn of different ways to do this, and I was wonderig hwat your plan is?

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good points about the 2nd story den!! :gj:

Here is the link for the waterfall that Skirrl (sp?) posted. It looked pretty simple!! Getting the supplies for it tomorrow!

Do you have any other waterfall diagrams or links that you could share?

Sorry, where is the link?

I've been lookign around, there is a decent amount about waterfalls on this site, I just searched the forums for waterfalls. But I am still trying to decide how to make one that is as sanitary as possible.

Im thinking abot going for a solid back peice agasint the rear of the tank and have the water flow down into a removable water dish, that was it an be removed for cleaning. I am still not sure how to create a back peice that is 100% water proof and easily sanitized.

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Originally Posted by ride_gnu

Sorry, where is the link?

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Oops Im sorry.. I copied it and then forgot to paste it...:weirdface



http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=77116

Yeah I checked that one out and PM'd the guy to see if he had any regrets now that its been a while since he built it and if he had any tips or things eh woudl change, no response yet.

I tried black lights a couple of times (thus the reason that I now have about 5 in my closet that will never be used)
They were 60w and got WAYYYY too hot compared to all others that I tried

We now just use aqua party style bulbs in 40w - they were on sale at a local store for .99/ea so we bought a bunch. They give off a bluish green glow not very bright in a dark room and give off enough heat to just help out in the center of the viv to provide a better gradient.