Few questions ?

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I'm farily new so I'm not positive on all of your questions, but a 38gal is big for a bp, and waaay too big for a juvenile. Also, you should have 2 identical hides in your tank, both on the warm and cool side. I also heard that ReptiBark isn't really recommended, and those bugs might be mites..

I know its big for a BP thats why Im getting it so it lasts for ever. Thats why i set up the 10g tank. I have a exoterra hide and i made some other ones but they dont look as nice, or fit with the water bowl in there. Ill be getting the half log hides this weekend too.


I found this about the repti bark bugs, but ive learned that yahoo answers usually doesnt help much at all...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3202746AAFKCWh

Wow, what a pretty tank... at least from my point of view, LOL! Don't know how snakes view these things.

I also saw that recent sale at Petco online with the free shipping, etc. I like that you can return stuff you bought online at local Petco stores, so just return the 10 gal tank.

My tank came with those round Petco temp and humidity guages already stuck on, and they don't seem to want to come off at all. However, for the same price that they are, there's a much better gadget: Acu-Rite with the long probe that measures both temp and humidity, $12 in WalMart hardware section.

Re. ReptiBark, I haven't noticed any white bugs in mine.

Re. cage clips, I have the Petsmart type, and can't even begin to guess how the Petco ones work!

Re. the UTH, here's a thread about how to remove them: How to remove a UTH.

Oh, and I've learned here not to use a UTH without a thermostat to lower the heat output, otherwise it'll be Baked Snake. Couldn't find what I wanted at either store and so ordered mine via Amazon.

Hope that helps!

HAHA tell me about it, i didnt even plan on having a good looking tank. I was gonna go with cage carpet and the basic set up, then i saw the stuff in the petco store, saw the repti bark for $17 for 24 quarts and said why not... actually i think its because i saw the cage carpet and it was really rough and i didnt like it at all......

I didnt buy the 10g tank, just the lid, I had the tank left over, and still have 2 more that are unused. lol. The onlything I would return would probably be the Therm and humidity guages which add up to like $12 I might keep one though because a digital one cant read both sides of the tank, and humidy can it? Ill check walmart for the accurite, i couldnt find them online.

Same with a rheostat or thermostat i couldnt find any online, but i read about that on here too. BUT i also watched ralph davis's ball python basic cage set up vids on youtube and he says that the zoomed ones get just right and dont over-heat. ???