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Re: New tank setup
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Re: New tank setup
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Originally Posted by Kevin_Hornby
I've got to ask. How did you become this guru of information on ball pythons owning 2?
This is a friendly forum where we share knowledge about herps; we do not judge other members on how many herps they own.
Secondly, personal herp keeping experience is not the only factor when it comes to the knowledge about them. There are plenty of owners with a large amount of herps, and do not know enough about reptiles and thus mistreat their herps due to ignorance. On the other hand, there are owners, who have done the proper research and who own very few herps, but provide them with the care and environment they need.
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Re: New tank setup
and thirdly there are people that can't give advice without a kind tone to their post.
Kaorte, you said he CANNOT keep two together. It's not advised, but it's proven you can do it. Like zhang said, this is a friendly forum.
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Re: New tank setup
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Originally Posted by grammie
and thirdly there are people that can't give advice without a kind tone to their post.
Kaorte, you said he CANNOT keep two together. It's not advised, but it's proven you can do it. Like zhang said, this is a friendly forum.
Yes he can keep them together, but it is highly advised not to. I should correct myself: In my personal opinion (and the opinion of many others on this forum) you should not house bal pythons together unless for breeding purposes.
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Re: New tank setup
now see how much nicer that sounded? I know you're trying to help, but people never want to take advice if they are being put down at the same time.
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I personally would recommend separate tanks for each one but if it's working and you've got it down more power to you.
To the OP, you can make a 55 gallon work without cluster bombing it. Trust me I did it w/ Furio who when I brought him home was 13" and he's in a 40 gallon breeder. It can be done and it's really not all that difficult.
Cover one side with a UTH set for your size tank, I think I have a large one?
Next get a thermostat to control the temps. Since it's under the glass and needs to warm through it mines set to about 102.7 to get the temp of 94.
Get 2 identical hides one for the warm side and one for the cool. I run a 50w infrared light 24/7 place above where his water dish sits (to aid in humidity) and some beaked moss that I spray 2x a day to keep humidity at 55% unless he's going into shed then I bump it up to around 65. I also have a large half log in there that he likes to crawl around on.
That's just my setup but remember people, there's about 1000 different ways to keeping your snakes. Many of them are proven if you have the devotion to making it all right and in the best interest of your pet.
Good luck with the new snake buddy!
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Re: New tank setup
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Originally Posted by Kaorte
I hope you know that is NOT OKAY.
You really seem set in your ways. :rolleye2:
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Re: New tank setup
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Originally Posted by eulenspiegel
here is one reason: (from wikipedia)
the other reasons are its easier to maintain healthy temps, humidity and cleaning in a smaller cage.
I'm in no rush whatsoever when it comes to getting my snake. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait. But, making sure that when I get it, it has a well maintained (humidity, temps, security, etc.) tank is priority #1. I want it to be happy in the tank I envisioned, so I'll wait a bit longer and make sure it's done correctly. Sure, maybe I'll have to clean it up a bit longer and everything, but that's fine with me. If it does become too much, all I have to do is add a plexi separator and walla, it's a smaller tank.
I put a piece of plexi under the aquarium hood, which will be weighed down. The other side top is going to be two pieces of plexi with a piece of wire mesh in the middle so I can put the light on it. I threw that old screen away, my design will work and look much better Secured with aquarium sealant of course. I also added a UTH to the cool side and changed the light to a 100w che. Temps were looking good and I added rheostats to the UHT and have one for the che. Is it ok to use a dimmer with a che? The dimmer instructions say just incandescent and halogen. Would this be considered a fire hazard by any means? One more thing, the space between the two pieces of plexi with the mesh will be wrapped with foil to keep heat in since it's kind of a big tank. I'll leave a little room around the light or maybe around the side of the top to allow enough air flow.
I'll post pics when I'm done with it tomorrow night or monday night. Should be awesome. My BP will be in around tuesday!!! But I can pick it up when I'm ready. I'm so excited, but there's a lot of work to do making sure temps and humidity are correct and will remain consistent. Especially after I add all the plants, wood, hides, and water bowl. I can't wait
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Re: New tank setup
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Originally Posted by Kaorte
One more thing, if you guys want to talk about housing multiple snakes together, could you please do it in another thread? I'll even make it for you if you want. :P
V1L3 DiaL3cT-
Nice name for your snake. Did you get it from Sopranos? I really enjoy that show :)
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Re: New tank setup
oops, lost connection there...
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