This is my ball python's current enclosure:



It's normally filled with aspen, but I was getting ready to start cleaning / disinfecting during the pic. So far the snake has shown no signs of stress that I can tell. He drinks regularly, hides all the time and only cruises on feeding days. Never missed a meal and already takes FT mice. He's about 162 grams and that tub was a 28qt sterilite with medium sized RBI hides.

Today though I decided to try switching to this tub:



Which one is best? I can keep either of them with a nice temp gradient of 90 warm, 80 cool. Humidity is also 50-60% in either tub.

I just thought it might be more ideal to be in a smaller tub. Also easier to clean so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Was this a good move or should I switch it back the bigger one?

Note: even though that first one is a big tub, the hides do sorta break the size down more. With Aspen in there, you really won't find much open space.

Also, the tub is kept in a completely dark room all the time with no human traffic.