As someone who personally experienced retrofitting a fish-styled aquarium into a snake one (for a BP specifically no less), don't. It was okay for a temporary setup until I could get him a PVC home, but I would not recommend it long term. The humidity was all but impossible to maintain even after covering the top, the heat was wonky to get right, and it was all around awkward having to access him and his amenities from above (that and snakes spook more easily if grabbed directly above, as birds are among their biggest enemies in the wild). That and I still needed to buy extra things like a different lid and clamps to secure it on top of other things like foamboard to block out the sides so he could have more privacy. All in all, if I did it all again, I would've just had him in a tub to start with. In fact that's exactly what I'm doing with my young corn snake while he's going through quarantine and it's going swell.
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