Ok I just recently acquired my first ball python. I should say my first snake ever. He is about a 6 week old ball python..I'm having issues with a good setup. Currently he is in a 20 gal. Tank with the wire mesh topping. Iv got a nice sized water bowl for him to lounge in. Currently using shredded newspaper as a substrate. He has a 100 w red night bulb about 6 inches from top of tank and a 100w blue day bulb also about 6inches from the top of the tank. I have a UTH that I haven't installed yet. My question I guess is I would like a more decorative tank for him. Just having problems choosing substrates...the only substrate I haven't heard anything bad about it newspaper but id rather not use it to make a display tank for my python. My next question is maintaining a steady humidity of about 60%. I have a humidifier rigged up to lightly fog the bottom of his tank. It spikes my humidity to about 80% but then drops down to 40-50% after shutting off the humidifier. All in all I would like some suggestions on how to set up a good tank for my ball but also make it look good. I currently have a 55 gal tank set aside for when he gets older that I plan to slowly build into a really cool set up for my ball.