Remodeling in the Snake Tank! (Pic-Heavy Thread)

[Raven01]

elemental iron means that it has not yet turned into rust, and will consume oxygen until it has turned into rust, and can also take other chemical routes instead of turning into rust.

iron powder, can burn, rust cannot burn.

Rust can burn, mix it with aluminium to make poor man's thermite (do not try this inside or near anything flammable it burns at a very high temp and can melt steel containers). And, yes I know all about Fe₂O_3, Fe₃O_4, FeO, etc.
That still does not address any of the issues I asked about.
I`m not telling you not to do this as I don`t have concrete evidence either way.
What I did say is, without concrete evidence that it is safe I wouldn`t suggest people expose their reptiles to it.