Stupid Plastic Tubs? General Assessment? HELP PLEASE

Which brings me to another interesting question for the future - The male is 100% anery het hypo monster tail, and the female is a hypo ghost. I'm curious what their offspring would be like since I'm a little fuzzy on the genetics right now.

I'll definitely have to work on that before I even consider breeding though. I don't want to mess anything up. Research research research!

Well I don't breed but is your male an anery type 1 or 2? Just from my lack of knowledge and guessing, the female doesn't make sense to me as a ghost is 2 genes(anery and hypo) so from what you listed of the female, is she a super hypo? As for the male, unless im mistaken boas aren't het for hypo as it is a co dom gene in them, so your male should be either anery het monster tail(although im not sure monster tail is actually a gene per say or if it is just a trait) or it should be ghost het monster tail or just a ghost monster tail. the reason is a ghost is an anery+hypo and then the monster tail like I said im not sure if that is actually a gene or just a trait and the female being a ghost means she is anery+hypo and then you say she is hypo again also so I guess a super hypo ghost /shrug. So going off the assumption that you have a male ghost and a female ghost, you should come out with anery, hypo and possible super hypo. If they are anery type 2, then the same applies. But if one is anery type 1 and one is anery type 2, then it all changes. Of course take all this with a grain of salt as I don't personally breed but I know enough to make myself dangerous :D

I do like glass, I like PVCx too. I have 6 of each. Add a few other types too here and there (custom using specialized materials). I can't say one is better they are about the same to me. Just different. Glass heats easier using less power to heat through. They also hold heat longer (mass, or density) so the heat is on less. This reduces the power bill. They also resist spikes caused by on off stats (not that I use any) but many do. Glass is way way easier to clean. PVCx holds heat better but is equally harder to heat through. It is ok to clean if seals at the cuts but can stain and sags by times. (you can very quickly add a bit of insulation to the glass tank to hold in some heat) They are stupidly heavy and scary to bang around, this is the big downside to me. I think PVCx is a better look and stacks better and can be modified easily, drilling glass is not easy! 50/50. I think that especially for smaller snakes a small side turned tank is quite a win. Small tanks are very cheap and side turned solves all the open top issues. Better than a tub anyday, and as good as a pvcx enclosure in the 15-30 gal size for sure.

I am in Canada, every pvcx enclosure must be shipped I bought a vision (roto mould) ages ago and the shipping and duty doubled the price. The canadian suppliers are more expensive but there is no import costs so it works out, but the shipping is the killer. Tanks I can pick up off the shelf, even larger tanks are cheaper. (55g bigger gets dumb but a 55 side turned is a big enclosure)

I don't think it matters what the enclosure is the keeper makes it the difference, the rest is just preference. I have enough experience that glass tanks pose no issues at all, PVCx, rotos, tubs, and metals too it does matter I have set up all of them and had no massive issues they are just different.

nicoleebriannee I am not a huge fan of racks. I own one and use it but i don't love it. I because of my home heating the room is not very practical and the most difficult heating I have encountered is the rack in a cool room. Ultra pain in the butt, they save space but that is about it. If you have an open top tub rack they take as long to clean as anything else (per drawer) and if you are a big person (like me 6'4" 260lbs) it is a lot of bashed elbows trying to reach the back. I too prefer a stack of enclosures.I think any enclosure type offers a versatility of heating that you can't get with a rack.

I'll agree, heating through PVC is kind of a pain but I never use UTHs, even on my glass tanks. Everything I have is heated with either RHPs for PVC or CHEs for glass tanks. I use 2"+ aspen as bedding so UTHs to me are useless. And yeah I guess in Canada ordering to US the shipping would kill you. Here its usually included in the price or in the case of AP cages, its anywhere from $45-$75 depending on the size and where in the US. And yeah for a small snake, a glass tank is easy and usually cheap but for a 6' snake you need a minimum 4x2 cage and an 8' snake you need 6x2 minimum. A lot of people use smaller but to me, the length+depth of the cage should equal the total length of the snake at minimum.