How's my set up?

I have my female in a 35 gal tank with 2 identical hides at either end. On the hot side I have a UTH, and a 75W infrared bulb. Her water dish is big enough for her to soak in, and its pretty much in the middle but closer to the cool side. I also have 2 digital thermometers with the probs on the hot side, and the cool side, covered by fake plants. Lastly, there's a hygrometer in the middle of the tank. (Sorry about the picture quality, the only camera I have is my phone.)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...03-07_1746.jpg

Looks great! How are the temps?

not good right now, I think i may need to bump up to a 150W bulb

Specifically? On the warm and cool sides(The temp)?

like 80ish on the warm side and 70ish on the cool side. Don't freak out, I told you they were bad

Watch the plants on the hot side, the snake can crawl up that and touch the hot top. I had the same issue, I moved all my fake plants to the other side where there is no lamp at the top. Your tank looks almost exactly like mine except bigger

What substrate is that?

The light is far enough away from the top of the plant I dont think theres a serious danger, and the substrate is exo-terra forest bark.

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

I have my female in a 35 gal tank with 2 identical hides at either end. On the hot side I have a UTH, and a 75W infrared bulb. Her water dish is big enough for her to soak in, and its pretty much in the middle but closer to the cool side. I also have 2 digital thermometers with the probs on the hot side, and the cool side, covered by fake plants. Lastly, there's a hygrometer in the middle of the tank. (Sorry about the picture quality, the only camera I have is my phone.)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...03-07_1746.jpg

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you have the same tank (mines 15 gallon), lid, hides, water dishes as i do... whats your room temperature?? and also whats your humidity like?? since you have the same lid as i do, its lets out so much humdity... i cant get a proper look, are you using saran warp or tin foil to hold in humdity??? also where are u from?

ya theres nothing on the top to prevent humidity escaping, my room temp is about 70, and im from ontario

You could go to a store and buy a space heater for 20 bucks or so... that would bring your room up to 80.

since you replied to my shedding question, ill just talk about it here, i thought it was more like every 2 weeks

im from ontario too... where did you get ur fake plants?

I live in London, ON. I buy all my supplies at super pet

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

since you replied to my shedding question, ill just talk about it here, i thought it was more like every 2 weeks

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It really depends on how much the snake is growing. I've had my BP for going on 5 months and he has shed twice for me. You can't force a snake to go into shed.

Also: the eyes will fog up then clear up before it actually sheds.

k thanks

I would move the setup into a smaller room (like a bedroom or spare room) and just heat the room around the tank. I hate heatlamps and the dryness they cause.. heating the air in the room to a constant 76-ish degrees, and providing a hot-spot (via undertank heater on a rheostat) of 90 degrees is needed.

It is possible to get the right temperature in the tank with out changing the temps on your room. I also keep my room around 70 degrees and have a similar 30 gallon tank. I got a 150W CHE and an UTH for the hot side and 100W CHE for the cold side all of the devices have their separate dimmers. I also bought an automatic water mister by zoomed to help with the humidity it works great……nice background for the tank I wish I could find one like that.

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pwilliams i have the same hygrometer as you... mine doesnt seem to be working :confused: is there a switch or button that activates it at the start is or is it always working (even in the box when you buy it) and mines just screwed up??

its always working. is yours at like 0%?

I suggest you guys go to walmart and pick up an accurite digital therm/hygro. It will record the hot/cool sides and give you the real humidity reading. I would loose the dial hygrometer, pretty inaccurate. :2cent:

Whoops shes from london... I guess you can find some sort of digital therm/hygrometer... I hope ;)

I got mine from ebay - it displays both temps and humidity all the time. It has no manufacturers name but has the model number 303c. Will try and find one to show you. It also has the time. Found one;



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INDOOR-OUT-MIN...em220091548716


Now if only I could find one that measured humidity at both locations. If anyone else has used these and has any opinions on their reliability/quality please sing out. It seems ok to me but many things do. :oops:



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