How does this look?

This is the new vivarium. Its very new so the plants haven’t filled in yet. The hide is under the big rock on the right. This is a 40 gallon critter cage. I am using a ceramic infrared bulb on a rheostat for heat and a florescent for light. Everything is real (except the glass bowl the waterfall is dumping into).

Does anyone see anything wrong with this set up?

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...elie/001-1.jpg

Looks pretty cool. What kind of critter you putting in there?

Justin

One of my 2 Ball Pythons are going in there. I tryed my 42" in there but he flattened all the plants (they are recovering nicely) so i will probably put in the smaller snake. See "A little help please..." thread.

Looks cozy :)
Are waterfalls or mist machines okay to use around Ball Pythons?

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Originally Posted by Pandora

Are waterfalls or mist machines okay to use around Ball Pythons?

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I sure hope they are OK. This thing was a pain to get right.
I haven't read anything saying not to use them.

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Originally Posted by swkirrel

I sure hope they are OK. This thing was a pain to get right.
I haven't read anything saying not to use them.

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They should be fine, but make sure the substrate isn't constantly too moist, or scale rot could occur or an RI with too high of humidity levels.
I would suggest putting a more humid-liking animal in it, but it could work for a ball python. :]

The humidity is holding at 60%.

All the water is contained in a large pan under the gravel. Water goes down the water fall, into the glass bowl, overflows the bowl into the gravel, which is in the pan that contains the pump.

I looked at the bottom of the tank and the hole thing is dry on the bottom. I spent a lot of time on the water system so all should be OK.

Thanks

I thought about putting a waterfall in my current enclosure but I decided against it.

It looks nice. The only thing I can say it, you shouldn't rely on a heat lamp as your main heat source.

That thing is gonna be the biggest pain to clean ever. Newspaper baby, newspaper. You're gonna hate that waterfall and rock thing in three weeks tops. lol

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Originally Posted by JayBP

It looks nice. The only thing I can say it, you shouldn't rely on a heat lamp as your main heat source.

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I don't think it matters. It's not like he could use a UTH in a viv like that. ;) So long as the snake has the proper, consistent ambient temps and a warmer spot to bask in when it wishes...it's all good.

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Originally Posted by MiniJ83

That thing is gonna be the biggest pain to clean ever. Newspaper baby, newspaper. You're gonna hate that waterfall and rock thing in three weeks tops. lol

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LOL...maybe...maybe not. Some people love taking care of things and don't mind the extra effort of maintaining something so beautiful.

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Originally Posted by JLC

LOL...maybe...maybe not. Some people love taking care of things and don't mind the extra effort of maintaining something so beautiful.

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Could not have said it better. :D

I will have to say that has to be one of the coolest looking terrariums I ever seen though. I wish I could make mine look that good and also be easy to clean. There's pros and cons to everything though.

How do you go about changing the water? Do you have to pull the whole gravel pan and pump system out for every change?

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Originally Posted by simplechamp

How do you go about changing the water? Do you have to pull the whole gravel pan and pump system out for every change?

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I scoop water out of the glass dish untill the pump runs the sump dry and then just refill. It holds about 2 quarts and is constantly filtered through 15 lbs of gravel.

Putting a layer of activated carbon or zeolite (like for aquarium filters) in the gravel could help absorb any waste the BP may decide to excrete into the water.