Thoughts on tank setup?

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Originally Posted by Viperk

Sounds good to me. Thanks!

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Like you, I started with tank setups and had nothing but trouble regulating temps/humidity.

A wonderful genius here invented this solution:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hlight=lucylid

I have done this to the three tanks I use and the results are incredible.
No more constant 'fiddling' with heat and humidity.

The rest of my snakes are living the "Tub Life" and seem perfectly content.

[and I'm not jumping up every couple of hours "checking" everything to make sure they're okay....for a while, I was barely sleeping at all].....:D

These are the tubs I'm using:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-...Clear/15940593

They're $7.87 each and the larger ones are about $10.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-...h-Box/17011405

The very secure 'latching' lids are great.

I'm using them until I get a rack built.

Good luck!

:)

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Originally Posted by Viperk

Hello,

Sorry to post yet another thread but I am trying to find everything I'll need to have good husbandry with a BP.

Here is the products I found and the links:

10-gallon Tank and Screen Cover:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pet-Select...c-Pets/3635622

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Regent-10-...-1-ct/10312733

UTH:

http://www.petco.com/product/6353/Zo...sultRedirect=1

Temp Controller:

http://www.petco.com/product/108340/...t=OnSiteSearch

Thermo-hygrometer:

http://www.petco.com/product/109795/...t=OnSiteSearch

On a side note:

I don't have a scale but found one on walmart that is cheap. Made for food but will measure in grams or oz.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Bigges...acity/11090896


I am limited on money and I always heard Zoo Med and Zilla aren't to bad of products. Tell me what you think or tell me any suggestions. I will be using newspaper as a bedding and don't know about hides yet. Will probably go to a local pet store to buy 2 hides.

Thanks,

RJ

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If you must use a screen cover, use this instead

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new

When you click on the available results, choose Ozbo.

They ship stuff fast as lightning and have great prices.

They're who I buy stuff from all the time.

PetSmart/PetCo have the same kind of cover in stock in their stores and they cost a bit more but you'll have no shipping time to worry about.

I recommend cage clips, too.

Thank you all. I am pretty much putting everything that everyone linked together. Doing what is best for my situation. I am getting the tank lid from Amazon that Salamander linked. I am getting the Thermostat from Amazon that Munizfire linked along with the Thermo-hygrometer that Munizfire linked from Ebay. I am getting the same tank and same scale (maybe) that I linked. But I found the same UTH on Amazon for a bit less and since I have an account with amazon and love it I will be getting it from there.

Thanks all for your input,

RJ


P.S. A good friend of mine that owns a couple balls told me it was best to have a UTH AND Heat lamp. Should I get both?

Nah just an UTH will do, as long as you can control the room temp. BPs dont need a basking spot.

About temps/humidity, I have never had any issues keeping them on spot (using that same tank, lid and using aspen), but I live in a Tropical Island.




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I live in Northeastern PA. (I live about 2 hours north of Philadelphia) So the winters are cold and the summers are brutal. However, I will try without a lamp but will get a heat lamp just in case. As the snake would be moved from my house to my girlfriends house and the temps in her house fluctuate pretty badly so a heat lamp may be necessary.

Thanks,

RJ