Everyone's tank setup.

[GarterGuy17]

I should have got the 10 gallon the guy offed me when I bought the 30 :T. Even so the aspen made my tank look tropical hahaha

[angrygamer]

I should have got the 10 gallon the guy offed me when I bought the 30 :T. Even so the aspen made my tank look tropical hahaha

How come? I feel kind of bad now, as I was trying to talk you into a bigger tank.

[GarterGuy17]

Oh that came out wrong , I meant I should have gotten both it was only $5 more but I had no space in the car I would have used it for feeding.

[angrygamer]

Oh that came out wrong , I meant I should have gotten both it was only $5 more but I had no space in the car I would have used it for feeding.

Oh I see

Still, do what Marnie said, I don't think you'll have a problem. If you have the time and the money I'm sure you can find another tank.


Hey, what do you guys think about carefully covering the tank at night? Sometimes I'm up late in my apartment and with even the lights off the computer monitor is usually on and it is bright. Right now the tank light is set for 6:00 am - 6:00 pm.

[acovert]

I decided that I have to share my tank before my headache forces me to go to bed xD
It's a 10gal that I had for three green anoles back in high school. I used to have climbing plants and stuff for those guys, but I feel like they got tossed out, so I got new stuff for Cuddles.

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That's the full tank. There are three hides, a fake medium leafy plant, some plastic grass that was technically meant for a fish tank, an assortment of heat-treated sticks taken from Montana, and a rock I found on campus back at school. The big cave hide is huge, so i stuff some extra snake bedding in there. He just loves that cave. Even though the log hides were his original hides, he definitely prefers the larger one.

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These are some close ups of the smaller log hides. One is up near the glass, and you can see where he's created his own hide underneath the log as well. The other one is in the back, hidden behind sticks and the leafy plant. They're made out of cork. When I originally bought it at Petco is was one whole log, but I had to cut it in half because it was too big to fit in his original tank.

He likes to curl up under the rock that's in between the water dish and the cave hide, near the back of the tank. It was meant to be a sunning rock, but as I don't have a lamp right now it's just a rock he can hide under.

Something I noticed was that he also loves to find ways underneath the water dish. Apparently it's nice and cozy under there. However, it became a problem when he also decided to use that spot as a bathroom and it stuck to the cage bottom. Now I have paper towels underneath the aspen bedding xD

[chris-uk]

I like the way you have the fake grass "growing" out of the substrate.
Embed your water bowl so that it is sitting on the bottom of the tank and the is no substrate under it. Full of water they can be heavy enough to pin a snake if the substrate shifts when they tunnel under, which isn't a good thing.

[acovert]

The water bowel is embedded! Sneaky Cuddles still finds ways under there sometimes.
But he's stayed out recently so maybe I've got enough places for him to hide that he doesn't think about it xD

I bought the grass for a fish tank (a really small fish tank!) only to find that it would work right because my fish was a total spazz and just knocked 'em over. So i cleaned them and stuck them in with Cuddles. He LOVES the grass. And it was made with a base to have gravel covering it, so I just put substrate over it instead xD

Cuddles will move substrate, too. I caught him at it once; he completely covered the entrance of a log hide by moving substrate with his tail. So now I cover part of it for him.

[EasternGirl]

Looks really nice Ashley! I really like what you have done with the tank.

@Angrygamer...see if you can find a way to cover the tank and still leave a little bit of air circulation. I have often suggested to members that they cover tanks for feeding when snakes are skiddish, or like in your situation, to make it darker for the snake...my only concern would be to make sure that there was still some air coming through. Although, I don't think some light from the computer monitor should disturb the snake too much.

@John...just go buy a cheap plastic container from the dollar store to use...other members use them for feeding...just make sure to have some air holes in it.

[angrygamer]

@Angrygamer...see if you can find a way to cover the tank and still leave a little bit of air circulation. I have often suggested to members that they cover tanks for feeding when snakes are skiddish, or like in your situation, to make it darker for the snake...my only concern would be to make sure that there was still some air coming through. Although, I don't think some light from the computer monitor should disturb the snake too much.

Call me Travis...oh I'll definitely leave room for air, I was more concerned about the psychological aspect of it.

[EasternGirl]

Travis...nice to know your name. I think it would probably be good to have some consistency with light/dark cycles...from what I understand it is important for their health, digestion, activity level, etc. So, if you feel it is too bright with the computer, I would say go ahead and put a towel over the tank to make it darker, and try to do it at the same time each night. The best thing to do is to mimic the natural light/dark cycles outside at this time of year...from what I have heard. I can't say I am always great about following that...I really need to get a timer for my tanks. Does anyone know if they make timers for multiple power sources?