Ball python in 120 gallon?

[ApathyAngel]

Oh I hear ya. It can be done and done well. I'm just thinking based on my experience that a 120 gallon would be tough. I used 40 breeders for a long time and had great success. I have advocated for glass plenty and still use glass, just small enclosures now.
I'm thinking a 120 with that footprint would likely need more than one lamp of different wattages to achieve a gradient, as well as multiple UTHs, also set to different temps. But I could definitely be wrong.

And had I known years ago what I know now I would have upgraded my larger enclosures years ago. They're literally a game changer.
I don't have a large collection by any means, but if I could I'd have gone all PVC by now except for my Hognose and KSB, but they're tiny.

Yeah I know what you mean. When I upgraded my retic to his custom enclosure, it was so much easier than the glass tank was. I don't remember what size his tank was (this was a little while ago, he's since passed away), but it was huge.

I never needed two CHEs in larger tanks, but I can imagine that might be the case in colder houses. The lowest I keep mine is 71, so the big CHE is plenty. If someone keeps their house at a lower temp, I could see the potential need for a small CHE on the cool side, but even then, I can't imagine needing to set the thermostat higher than 75 or so.

I can't really see the need for a second UTH, either, since those don't really affect ambient temps, but as you said, one size doesn't fit all. Lol, I fully admit that glass can be finicky, so I won't say that you'd never need a second UTH.

What I really, really want is one of those "critter condo" stackable PVC enclosures. I've been considering getting a gopher snake, and that's my dream setup.

But yeah, I'm definitely on Team PVC, but being a broke teenager with a retic (yeah, I was the 18-year-old idiot who got a retic as her first snake. Turns out, there's a reason why literally everyone says that's a bad idea) in glass tanks taught me all the little cheats and hacks to keep things right.

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