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30-Mar-08, 02:21 PM
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Here are some pics of my first snake enclosure awaiting my very first snake. It is a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft tank ventilated with a 100watt heat globe and a 4ft uvb light on top. The only thing i would like to add to it is a bit of greenery i'm just unsusre about real or fake plants. If anyone has any ideas about how i could improve this enclosure i would be happy to hear it thanks.
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30-Mar-08, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Banshee  Attachment 47482 Attachment 47483 Attachment 47484 Attachment 47485
Here are some pics of my first snake enclosure awaiting my very first snake. It is a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft tank ventilated with a 100watt heat globe and a 4ft uvb light on top. The only thing i would like to add to it is a bit of greenery i'm just unsusre about real or fake plants. If anyone has any ideas about how i could improve this enclosure i would be happy to hear it thanks. | What are you planning to put in there? 
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30-Mar-08, 03:10 PM
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30-Mar-08, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Banshee Attachment 47482 Attachment 47483 Attachment 47484 Attachment 47485
Here are some pics of my first snake enclosure awaiting my very first snake. It is a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft tank ventilated with a 100watt heat globe and a 4ft uvb light on top. The only thing i would like to add to it is a bit of greenery i'm just unsusre about real or fake plants. If anyone has any ideas about how i could improve this enclosure i would be happy to hear it thanks. | Throw it away and buy a nice melamine or hard wood enclosure that will hold the heat better...lol
No it looks nice as it is - maybe more greenary. |
30-Mar-08, 03:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 14 | | | | liking it
what type of snake you planning on getting? |
30-Mar-08, 04:02 PM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | dont worry bout the other comments, glass tanks are fine, i have never used them for snakes but i use them for my dragons which need alot more heat then snakes do. Its looking good, if your not 100% decided about a snake yet some netted dragons would look nice in there
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30-Mar-08, 04:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25 | | | | my preference would have been a melamine enclosure but i worked with what i had. And yes it used to be a fish tank but it still holds it's temperature very well even when i had the whole house at 16 degeees i don't think i'll have a problem in winter either. I am picking my blonde mac up as soon as my license arrives. It's only 4 months old so it'll be living in a click clack for the rest of the year but i might give him some play time.
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30-Mar-08, 07:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Behind the bushes, Qld Gender: | | | | Looks great! Only concern i'd have is the 100w heat lamp. Give it a test with a thermometer well in advance of putting a reptile in there. A dimming thermostat works with heat lamps to keep the temps under control. Nice work and good luck!
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30-Mar-08, 08:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25 | | | | yeah thanks akira. temps directly under the globe on the floor has only ever reached 35 degrees i will be purchasing a thermostat in the next few days to ensure temps are right where i want them. if any one could suggest a great brand and model number that would be terrific. It has to be a pulsing thermostat though because i dont want the light flicking on and off all day. Cheers
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31-Mar-08, 07:43 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: On the water or in the Bush. Gender: | | | | Looks very nice indeed.
Be very carefull with the red sand as substrate, especially when feeding.
Look at the microclimate range for a thermostat.
Cheers.
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31-Mar-08, 08:30 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Canberra Age/Gender: 25  | | | | Banshee - hmm thats my dogs name sorry that was the first thing I thought about when I saw the post.
but the tank looks good, hope you enjoy your little one when he arrives |
31-Mar-08, 09:32 AM
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Ignore auzlizardkings comments, for some reason he only ever has negative things to say about glass enclosures ( could be the fact he sells wooden ones )
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31-Mar-08, 09:40 AM
|  | I love it LOUD! Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 32 | | | Yes, the glass tanks are fine. In fact, melamine is for kitchens.
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31-Mar-08, 09:57 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Arnhemland NT Gender: | | | | Looks great im planing on making my first enclosuer when i get to Darwin for my childrens and i was thinking something a lot bigger but kind of the same.Mabey some kind sticks and fake or real plants fake might also be easier.
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31-Mar-08, 10:08 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Bundaberg Age/Gender: 37 | | | | Looks good.
I like the HabiStat thermostats. The Herp Shop has them. Use the dimming type not pulsing for the heat lamp.
Fake plants would be the way to go. You can really only keep a few hardy live plants in a more humid set up for an animal which requires it. | | |
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