I appreciate all of your help and thanks for not biting my head off for making a mistake of this sort lol....However, no I can't reach that space at all, not only is it under the vent (the hole), the vent is also under my tank stand that is holding up a 55 gallon tank. However if the snake were to come out enough so i could grab it, I'd have enough room to reach it without knockin over the tank. So I will put an upside down shoe box with a hole in it near the vent and we'll see what happens from there on..thanks again for your help its appreciated greatly.