Mr. Bojangles (640x480px)

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Originally Posted by IamKaervek

Haha! Yeah, I'm definitely going to have plenty of hides (3 for now) and foliage/climbing structures for him :)

As far as the holes - what sizes do you recommend? 1/4"? And I'm assuming that when you say you have 20 on either long-side, that these are along the top of the tank from end-to-end?

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Not sure on the size in inches, lol. I just used a soldering iron, so whatever size that made. I do know that the holes are big enough to put a pen through, if that helps. :) And I put the holes in a pattern kinda thing. On the warm side there's 10 holes that are up near the top of the tub, and on the cool side there's 10 holes near the bottom of the tub. I have it like that for every side of the tank. I was told that doing it this way promotes fresh air flow, so I figured why not? lol

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If we can't all get along, I don't mind sending people to their respective corners.

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"Ah, come on Adrianne. I was playing nice with Apollo."

Hehe, I gave up on him anyways. Nice set up Kaervek, big--but nice! Now just make sure you add holes as you go so as not to end up with the same problem as before. VE175's at Walmart...I luv it!!! I went and bought four the other day. Never know when those snakes will hit a growth spurt. :)

Here's Bo's new setup:
(exterior)
http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag...ia/new_tub.jpg

(interior)
http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag...a/new_tub2.jpg

Here's Bo with the majority of his body sticking out from under his hide, and the deadly part is underneath the hide working its magic on a cute, cuddly-wuddly widdle mouse:
http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag.../bojangles.jpg

A nice shot of Bo chowing down:
http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag...ojangles-2.jpg

Stretching out, getting that mouse down:
http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag...ojangles-3.jpg

i've heard aspen shavings is the best substrate. is coconut husk equal? or is it more "removing feces and replacement" that makes aspen easier/cheaper and therefore better?

curious,
aleesha

Just another note about the new tub arrangement: I've got a dark bulb setup for night-time light/heat, and the regular heat lamp you see above is setup for the daytime. They're on a timer set for 12-hours of light each. My next steps with the tub are some ventilation holes along the tops of the long sides, some along the top of the "hot" side, and along the middle of the "cool" side. I have a fan setup already about 4 feet from the "hot" side on the floor, and it's blowing air directly across the tub. Humidity is aroung 55 to 65%, with temps on the "hot side" in the high-80's to low-90's. I'm not too certain what the "cool" side's temp is at, but being as there's no direct heat source over there, and the tub is quite long, it's probably too low. I'd rather the cool side be too low than the tub being too cool or too hot overall, but this will be fixed in the near future with another hole on the cool side of the lid identical to the one already on the hot side, and this will be the home for the "night" lamp. Does that sound reasonable, or should I leave the two lamps on the hot side at all times, and get an extra lamp for the cool side during night-hours?

Also, the hot side has a ~24" x ~12" heat pad sitting ontop of two ceramic tiles, and the tub has the rubber spacers for airflow. The heat pad's material is identical to what I imagine flexwatt is, only it costs more and is manufactured with the cords. I needed a quick fix, and I still plan on getting some flexwatt in the future. I'm also going to get a thermostat next payday for the heatpad.

"Make sure you get my good ssssside."

http://www.subliminallusion.com/imag...bo_closeup.jpg
http://www.subiminallusion.com/image...bo_closeup.jpg