tank or tub

[therunaway]

as the title says, i only have one snake, a normal male or female "monty" should i switch to a tub, or just keep my tank, and also, im getting a corn snake this month or the next, seeing how id have two, should i just get another tank or switch to tubs.

[mattchibi]

Depending on your "snake" room, keeping your snake in a glass tank could be fine. If you are struggling to keep the temps and humidity up during the winter, switching to a tub system might work out better for you. Tubs retain heat much better, and being able to control the amount of humidity (by the amount of holes you put) is nice too. Im just starting to make the transition into tubs now, and those are the things I am noticing.

Tanks are nice if you want to display your snake, not many other benefits to it. A tank can require an overhead lamp plus an under tank heater to sufficiently heat the tank. A tub can use just an undertank heater and usually be enough to keep the ambient temps and temp gradients correct.

[kitedemon]

Corns have different temp requirements so it likely does not matter for it. It depends on the temp of your room tanks have more heating options for dealing with ambient air temps if your room is cool. Tubs basically have one uth or two. Two would need two T-stats in a cool variable temp room (typical home conditions) and ideally a fail safe t-stat as the total bottom would be covered. Tanks you can use ches and lamp systems that can be controlled with distance as well. Tanks also do better with on off types with direct heat (stuck directly to the bottom heat sources) in cool rooms (swing due to response times and heat loss) Tubs under this type of condition can shift really fast with on off there is no thermal mass to regulate the swings so I'd suggest strongly under these conditions a Proportional t-stat. that amps up the cost again. Tubs handle humidity better but heat is more important.

[zeion97]

Both have there advantages, I personally use tanks, but I plan on buying a small rack and switching over to tubs.

There is a flaw with tanks, they don't hold humidity, I have a humidifier going 24/7 and the best I get in my room during the day, (2 150 wat lights and 1 75) is 40% at night It stays at around 55% (1 100, 1 75, 1, 50) I have UTH, BUT I need a thermostat before I can use them, my black pastel suffered a few small Burns Because she likes to hide And be at the bottom of the tank. The truth is, do what works for you. I have 3 tanks in my small room, and It takes up ALOT of room, but my husbandry stays at a good level. If you have on right now, and are getting a different species tun tanks might be to you. On the other hand, if You're really tight on space and want to ft even more tubs might be your best bet. Just be sure if you use tanks to use reptile tanks and not tall aquariums, I find that our 55 is hard to heat then our 40 breeder good luck, and remember the choice is yours

[RichL]

I have currently just switched to tubs for the time being. I was having a hard time keeping heat and humidity up in my enclosures. I plan on building new enclosures, but with the holidays, I'm a bit strapped for cash. So tubs were the obvious choice.

Sooooooo much easier to control. It's insane how much time I was putting into trying to keep temps and humidity right. Problem I'm having right now is getting the humidity down to more acceptable levels. Taking away humidity is much easier though than keeping it up.

As said though, I will be going back to tank/enclosures. I am just going to wait until I can afford the things that will help me maintain the proper specs.

[therunaway]

well my humidity has been staying up to 57-58, i have a towel over it except for one corner for air hole.