Truth about tubs?????

[xFenrir]

When I got my Ball, I got an aquarium for her, and while it's lovely to look at and gives you a nice conversational showpiece, they're a PAIN to keep the humidity up in. They heat up alright, but the screen tops just leak humidity everywhere.

I recently got a RTB and since we were approved for the adoption the night before we picked her up, I rushed out to the pet store to buy a tank, only to be totally thrown by the prices! (the first tank I got was on sale, a dollar for every gallon!) I remembered a thread about making tubs, and so I went to Home Depot, got a tub that turned out to be the exact floor dimensions of a 40 gal. tank, and built a temporary tub for her. I had to improvise a bit, because I didn't have any UTH's or heat cable/tape, so I cut a square in the lid, soldered a few holes in it (and of course in the tub), tied a square of chicken wire to it with the wire that it was tied up with, and mounted a heat lamp. Amazingly, the chicken wire doesn't get hot at all! And I can say WOW, does it hold the humidity well, and the temps are exactly right, 90 on the hot side, 80 on the cool. I got my girl while she was in shed, so keeping the humidity up is easy. Just my !


(The pieces of cement block are there because I wasn't 100% sure the lid locks would stop her from pushing the top off )