OK, so here's what I have been using for about two weeks now and it works great so far. So I didn't want to waste the money I spent on the tank to jsut turn around and get rid of it. Instead, we took the steps to make the glass tank work. So here's my setup:
Here's the deal... we orginally had the snakes in my daughter's room on top of her dresser. Then we were going out one day and someone down the street was throwing away a perfectly good baby changing table. So my wife said, "Hey, that would make a great self for the snakes!" So we picked it up, took it home, and painted it black letting it dry for a week. Then I reinforced the top shelf (the that holds the glass tank) and the second shelf so they can support the weight and not fall through. As far as the glass tank, I use the eco carpet (or whatever it's called) and covered the three sides with tinfoil which reflects the heat right back into the tank. The is also a UTH attached to the tank that is regulated with a digital thermastat from Hydrofarm. I also did the screentop treatment, but I did it to a piece of cardboard and that is what's on top of the tank. Temps and humidity are great but I got the humidity up because he is geting ready to shed. Right below the top shelf is a drawer that I keep all supplies like feeding tongs, cage cleaner, papertowels, ledger, etc. On the left side you can see where I attached both digital thermostats. On the next shelf down, I attached a UTH to the shelf itself. I actually put a doubled piece of tinfoil under the UTH and then taped the UTH to the shelf with the digital thermostat probe taped to the UTH. The very bottom shelf is for all of my extra stuff. I keep my replacement newspaper, the heat lamps that came with the tank and whatever else will fit neatly. The room itself stays at around 80 degrees. The setup is working really well so far and even looks nice in the room.
EDIT: I almost forgot the mention that that is a flashlight attached to the fron the setup.
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