Currently I have my BP in a 20g Long tank and for the past couple days he's been just hanging out in his hide, Skipped his meal this week and has tried to strike me quite a few times. If at all possible, I think he is generally unhappy with his current set-up. I know BP's are not for show. He resides in a separate room and I often get up at night for whatever reason ( toilet, drink or whatever ) and will take a peek into his room and there is no activity whatsoever. I figure as a nocturnal creature he would atleast be checking stuff out.
I place him into this
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When feeding. I have this:
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Attached to one side ( underneath ) of it to keep him warm while feeding. When he is in this tub he unwinds and moves around quite a bit. Overall it seems his shyness goes away and he looks to be almost enjoying himself. I placed the flukers temp gauge in the tub and couldn't get the temp up to a level of satisfaction with the current UTH. I have the 10-20 Gallon hooked up. Do you think I need a bigger UTH? How much of the tank floor should the UTH take up?
Also I am going to take him from his tank today and move him into a tub. The obvious answer to this would be to get one that is not as deep because it would simply be easier to heat.
I have this and found that it is great, I know opinions will vary, but it's cheap and does the trick.
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I plan on hooking up the UTH to it. And I am going to Lowes this morning to get a second acurite for the tub.
Next, out of these three choices which would work better? We'll label them 1,2 and 3 to make them easier.
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I am going to use good old fashioned newspaper as the substrate. Please note, Saying as I already have the UTH attached to choice #1, I would prefer to use that, But do give me your advice!
Thank you for your time
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