What is the big DEAL ABOUT USING GLASS TANKS?

[luvmyballs]

This is true but lets face it if you are new you may do something wrong and with a glass tank you give yourself more of a chance to do so.

????huh. You can still burn a snake in a tub or glass or any tank. If your new do some research. If you don't research proper husbandry and do something stupid like running unregulated flexwatt you don't deserve a snake. A responsible snake owner will do plenty of research before they ever bring an animal home.

[Kaorte]

This is true but lets face it if you are new you may do something wrong and with a glass tank you give yourself more of a chance to do so.

I'm really not sure what you are trying to get at.. are you saying that you shouldn't use glass tanks because even though you use a thermostat, the glass still "could" get hot enough to burn your animal and if water happened to spill it would crack the glass?

I'm no scientist or anything, but lets say your glass was 92º and your water bowl filled with room temp water at 80º spills over the glass. Is a 12º temp difference really enough to break the glass?

I spray room temp water on my glass tanks that house my arboreals and my glass is just fine and the glass is kept around 100*. It is also fairly thin though.


I just truly don't understand the point you are trying to make. Almost all newbies start out with unregulated UTHs on glass tanks and I've not seen many, if any at all, come to us with broken glass issues. I'm not denying that it happens, I've seen it with my own eyes.. but that was with something coming out of a 400* oven, not sitting at a common air temperature.

[Capray]

I have a tank. I have a damp towel for humidity, a red heat lamp, UTH, and everything's fine! When she grows too big for her tank, I'll probably move to tubs.

[Munizfire]

Well, So far I've only had 1 Bp, and a 2nd waiting for me to move so he can move in with me, so my experience is fairly vague.

BUT, me living in a tropical island, I don't have any issues AT ALL with temps/humidity with my tank. I only use 1 t-stat controlled UTH to warm the hot side just a few degrees, and that's it, ideal temps/humidity pretty much all the time.

Plus, IMO tanks are WAY more aesthetically pleasant than tubs, and since I'm still a student who moves every now and then, the fancier enclosures are a no-no.

[fishdip]

I'm really not sure what you are trying to get at.. are you saying that you shouldn't use glass tanks because even though you use a thermostat, the glass still "could" get hot enough to burn your animal and if water happened to spill it would crack the glass?

I'm no scientist or anything, but lets say your glass was 92º and your water bowl filled with room temp water at 80º spills over the glass. Is a 12º temp difference really enough to break the glass?

I spray room temp water on my glass tanks that house my arboreals and my glass is just fine and the glass is kept around 100*. It is also fairly thin though.


I just truly don't understand the point you are trying to make. Almost all newbies start out with unregulated UTHs on glass tanks and I've not seen many, if any at all, come to us with broken glass issues. I'm not denying that it happens, I've seen it with my own eyes.. but that was with something coming out of a 400* oven, not sitting at a common air temperature.

ok so lets say in your car you can blow hot air on the glass with snow on top and be ok but if it has a chip it will help the glass to pop or crack. If the tank is made with glass that has a lot of chips under the black plastic it will help the glass to pop. I have seen a few pics on google of ppl with glass tanks for a bp and they have the heat light half over the tank so the side is geting heat on it. Now yes you can keep a bp in a glass tank and I may be wrong but the op posted asking what the bid deal is. So to me they are asking about it all /hot glass/glass cracking/humidity/heat transfer/cleaning/and so on.

[luvmyballs]

ok so lets say in your car you can blow hot air on the glass with snow on top and be ok but if it has a chip it will help the glass to pop or crack. If the tank is made with glass that has a lot of chips under the black plastic it will help the glass to pop. I have seen a few pics on google of ppl with glass tanks for a bp and they have the heat light half over the tank so the side is geting heat on it. Now yes you can keep a bp in a glass tank and I may be wrong but the op posted asking what the bid deal is. So to me they are asking about it all /hot glass/glass cracking/humidity/heat transfer/cleaning/and so on.

Man your kinda reaching. Let it go man just let it go.

[Munizfire]

Man your kinda reaching. Let it go man just let it go.

Tanks aren't for everyone, if you don't like them, don't use them, but don't question and 'bash' (not that you're really bashing, but I don't see it NOT happening either) the people that do.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Unless you live in ideal conditions, it's a real pain trying to keep the temperatures and humidity constant in a glass tank.

It can be done, though. A lot of people have success with covering up 2/3rds of the lid with Saran wrap, a towel, or using plexi-glass.

For me, a tank was just a pain. I ordered my pvcx enclosure and by golly is it ever amazing. Holds temps and humidity amazingly!

Also, I'd much rather move my PVC enclosure than a tank it's actually not that heavy

[PitOnTheProwl]

Lets just say that MOST of us started with tanks (I think that is safe to say) and have changed to what works for us
I couldnt imagine having 40+ tanks all over the place

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Well, So far I've only had 1 Bp, and a 2nd waiting for me to move so he can move in with me, so my experience is fairly vague.

BUT, me living in a tropical island, I don't have any issues AT ALL with temps/humidity with my tank. I only use 1 t-stat controlled UTH to warm the hot side just a few degrees, and that's it, ideal temps/humidity pretty much all the time.

Plus, IMO tanks are WAY more aesthetically pleasant than tubs, and since I'm still a student who moves every now and then, the fancier enclosures are a no-no.

What's not aesthetically pleasing about a 2x2 AP or Boaphile cage?? They are good looking and amazingly great at keeping everything perfect for the snake. Plus a whole lot lighter than a glass tank. You could also mount a small strip light in one with a low wattage fluorescent bulb for better viewing if wanted.

I don't know what I'd do without my BP rack and Boaphile stack. My snakes wouldn't either.