I am just trying to present every issue. There are so many that seem to have the notion that x will solve problems and then they spend time and money only to have new problems. I ment that as a bit more general comment. Something else for you to think about,
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I have 2 tanks, one upright and one turned one. An animal plastics rack (5 drawer) a vision enclosure a sly plastics enclosure and a custom made plastic (multiwall polycarbonate) enclosure. All have perfect temps ambient and spot and humidity that is between 55-65%. I had tubs as well. I don't believe one is better than the other. For me tubs were very costly to maintain, so I got rid of them. Everything is personal and every set up is different. Everything can be made to work and work well but each requires different treatment and people only have the skills they have and can't always find the solution for a problem.
There are lots on this forum that are exceptionally pro tub and I feel that I need to counter that sometimes The german snake keepers I know all use tanks with bioactive substrates and would be anti tubs if asked. I try to offer pros and cons and debunk the false information that floats around.