Tank ideas?

[Stefan-A]

You almost had me there.

[drache]

I wash the silk in the same way as the plastic. very weak bleach, thrash it about in the water , rinse and shake dry

so I suppose it holds up fine then
thanks

[kjell]

as you can see,
i have also a lot of water in my tank,
but the ground is dry and the snakes are doing well
there are real plants in it and some fish in the water.
so i think that it is also possible to make a waterfall in your tank, ( you can put a little filter in it too )

kjell

[adamanteus]

Very nice looking tank, Kjell. But I would still warn against having a waterfall in there.

[adamanteus]

This is why I would advise against a waterfall;
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...w-garters.html
The relevant bit starts at post number 8.

[Cazador]

Kjell,

When I saw all that water, it kind of spooked me. It's a perfect breeding ground for bacteria, fungi, protists, and other pathogens. It looks great, but you're really playing with danger there. I don't mean to be critical, but that much water in a tank eventually leads to trouble. As James pointed out, Cyrill lost a large and expensive collection by having too much standing water in the enclosure. I wouldn't want the same thing to happen to you or anyone else because it's preventable, and I know you'd be heart-broken. They primarily need dry substrate. Kind regards,

Rick

P.S. That small door in the lower right is really cool.

[kjell]

that was a really interresting post you gave me james,
but i do think that it is not that worse at my place.
i threat my waterpart as a aquarium and the rest of the tank is dry ( the plants get their water from deep in the ground.
i will think about it, i don't want my snakes to die!

kind regards kjell

[KITKAT]

I had a friend who kept her garters this way with no trouble for three years... but I prefer not, because it is much work to change the cage!

[Rook]

lol, I wont be putting a waterfall in the tank do no worries there he has slate tiles over the area his heat pad in under as the heat wasnt comming through the peat at all. e has moss inside his rock hide and I will be getting some real plants, I havent got any yet as I am not used to buying plants lol, up until last year my dad has always worked in a greenhouse(for as long as I can remember anyway), so if I wanted a plant I just asked for one and my dad would grow them for me. the result is that I have never bought a plant in my life I talked to my dad the other day though and he gave me the names of 2 greenhouses to stick with, so hopefully I will be able to get out there and find something soon

[Garter08]

heres a photo of my tank , maybe it could give u some ideas




My Snake -








what you people think