Newbie tank setup and Vision or Showcase? Long!

[Navaro]

Thanks for the warm welcome :-). What a pretty set up you have! I like the big fat tree on the right hand side. I used plexiglass on top instead of silver duck tape (duct tape?), which I think accomplishes the same goal (in theory anyway). My glass tank setup is working now in the summer, but I'm just worried about the winter when it's colder (I live in Pennsylvania). I find temps are hard to hold in with glass tanks, and I can't really afford to heat the entire living room during the winter. I COULD get a small space heater though...so anyway that was why I was considering getting a PVC cage instead.

Plexiglass is better, but more expensive. Living in Florida I'm forever adjusting things seeking the perfect balance in temps and humidity so the tape is an easier (to tweak) solution, but less attractive.


and hahaha on the Duct tape. You know, I was born in Australia, and lived there for 30 years, and always knew it as Duct Tape. I just moved to the states, and bought some the other week at Walmart, and was stunned that the brand name was "duck tape" rofl, so I assumed that was the American thing to call it? =P now I feel foolish.


Welcome again!