Design My Tank

Heat bulbs are really a pain in the butt and kind of risky. There's a lot of different places making pvc type cages and a rhp would heat one perfectly and be a lot less hassle, lighter, easier to clean and better sized for a snake vs a fish tank. Most of us started with a glass tank setup and swapped to pvc or racks, big box pet stores aren't really good places to pick up anything decent for most animals ime and sell outdated equipment that's overpriced anyways.

RHP gets mounted inside the cage and acts like a panel shaped ceramic heat emitter essentially. No screen top means heat doesn't rise out as quickly and heats the cage more effectively than a bulb. Once you go that route you'll wonder why you ever did it differently before. Check out the "how to set up a pvc cage" thread on here using the AP T8. Very informative and useful thread. Long but give it a good read and you'll find answers to nearly every question you can think of regarding pvc cages


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Originally Posted by BBotteron

Don't they have a cutout option from apcages reinz? That way you have a space to put bulbs or rhps etc?


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They have a screened cut out option for lamps. One of the great benefits of going plastic is to get better humidity control and away from humidity sucking lamps.

The RHP mounts on the ceiling, inside of the cage. Thus no cutouts needed or wanted.

Also by going RHP over lamps, you can stack your cages. It's the only way to go. :)

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Originally Posted by Reinz

Also by going RHP over lamps, you can stack your cages. It's the only way to go. :)

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Neat. Could the T8 support a glass tank on top of it instead of another T8?

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Originally Posted by Monty44

Neat. Could the T8 support a glass tank on top of it instead of another T8?

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I don't see why not. They're super sturdy built cages. I've had mine set up since June stacked two high and love them.


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Originally Posted by Reinz

Those are led lights. You can get them installed by AP, but you can only choose one of three colors offered, white,red, and ?

What others and myself did was buy a multicolored LED strip from Amazon or elsewhere and install ourselves. Now if you ask, AP will cut a channel for your lights if you don't choose theirs.
The LED strips that I have are remote controlled. I like the flexibility of choosing my colors. For cleaning I use white. If I'm checking in on the snakes at night I choose red so as not to disturb them. And sometimes I just goof around with blues, greens, et.

The LEDs were $20-25

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Do you think you can send me a link to the ones your purchased? There seem to be a lot of mixed reviews on the ones I could find.
Do I just send them an email asking them to cut a channel for LED strips? The LEDs won't get in the way if I want to use a divider, will they?
Sorry to bother you lol. I just want to get things right the first time around.

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Originally Posted by Monty44

Do you think you can send me a link to the ones your purchased? There seem to be a lot of mixed reviews on the ones I could find.
Do I just send them an email asking them to cut a channel for LED strips? The LEDs won't get in the way if I want to use a divider, will they?
Sorry to bother you lol. I just want to get things right the first time around.

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Do an eBay search for 3528 waterproof LED strip. 3528 refers to the dimensions of the individual light chips in millimeters (3.5x2.8) and equates to an 8mm wide strip total which is the size channel AP cuts for the lights. Like Reinz I use the color changing remote operated ones so I can view the snakes at night using red lighting without disturbing them too much and white light in the day or for cleaning. And yeah, either email them or call to place your order and they'll get you squared away no problem. Ali is great to work with and has definitely secured my future business. LEDs will sit recessed into the ceiling of the cage and the divider with pop into place with no issue. I did the same thing with one of my T8s. They'll also install an RHP and cut a recessed channel for the cord so you can stack the cages without pinching any cables. I've got a couple pics in my gallery and there's a bunch in this thread.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-With-Pictures!
I read over this whole thing a couple times before settling on my cages and I like them a lot.


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