New tank.

[cweimer4]

My boy is about 2 feet long and hes been in a 10 gallon tank. He seems to be getting bigger and so Im getting a 30 gallon tank today. I know a lot of people use paper towels and newspaper for substrate. I was wondering what I would have to do (if anything) to switch him from a wood (fake wood) im not sure what it is my mom bought it. to a paper towel substrate. Is there anything I have to worry about while doing so? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[chapskis1]

I would just change the substrate to what you want. It might stress him a little, but changing tanks will probably stress him as well. So the way I see it, you might as well just do all of the major changes at once and then he can settle in after that.

I wouldn't be surprised if he is too stressed to eat his next meal, but he should eventually calm down as long as all of husbandry is correct.

Later,

George

[stinker2009]

I had a quick growing girl and she outgrew the 10g tank when she was about 3 months old. I don't know how big your guy is but I'm guessing the 30 gallon may be a little large for him. Plus it may be a little more of a hassel keeping temps and humidity correct on the larger tank. I would imagine you would be ok with just the 20 gallon.

On the substrate I can't imagine your bp getting upset you got rid of the pretty wood for some simpler paper towels or newspaper, thats more your preference. You'll also be able to control the exact temperature because it's easy to measure the temp on top of a paper towel but with the substrate you are currently using you gotta worry some about digging under the wood. Long story short, you can switch to paper towlels or newspaper but like the other post said, give him a day or two to get used to it.

[seeya205]

Paper towels and newspaper are good for a tub but for a tank, I would use a better substrate like aspen, coconut fibre, repibark etc. because then you don't have to clean as often! It is alot bigger job to clean a tank out every week! Tubs are easy to clean every week! Just something to think about! I would change the tank size 48 hours after a feeding!