You might be right about your better solution. But in my situation I leave the room light on 12 and turn it off for 12 hours. Believe me a lot of light still gets into the tub. I can look into the tub and still see the snake. Light shines through the tape especially the brown packaging tape. And my tub has a hide inside BUT they might need to be a bit smaller to give that over the top snug feeling. What sized hide from Reptile Basics would be good for a 900 gram snake?