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hey Tim ,any chance you get to, post up those pics thanks

I got em.. haven't had a chance to get em online yet. Going out for a bit, but will post them for you when I get tonight.. be an hour or two..

>>hey Tim ,any chance you get to, post up those pics thanks
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since the pics will play a bit of an illusion on you... I have the sizes of each tub w/ the pics.

This is an Iris VE175 tub. I really like these tubs for adult rainbows.. I have heat on one side of the tubs.. but rarely use it as the room stays about right for the brb's anyway.

The tub is something like 21x53x18 or somewhere in that area. The two tubs inside for water and moss are around 15qts each..
Substrate is cypress mulch..

You can see on the back wall of the tub that there is alot of condensation, so the humidity is pretty high (water just poured off the lid when I opened it). The best part is I have not misted in like 3 weeks.

Each of the adults are housed like this.

and a pic of the big boy just for giggles. He is around 6' and about 8lbs or so.

Next is the 31qt rubbermaids. A pic of one of the racks I use for the rainbows, again heat on the back side, but it rarely used.
The 31qt tubs are 26.5x15.8x6.5in and they each have a 12" drip pan from a flower pot for a water bowl. Cypress mulch again, and you can tell from the condensation on the tubs in the pics they are very humid and happy Haven't misted those in weeks either.

and the last size I use is rubbermaid 6.5qt tubs. They are 14.7x8.5x5in in size and work well for brbs up to about 6 months or so. I use cypress substrate and a deli cup for water. This hold the humidity well too. If you will notice though, there are not very many holes in any of the tubs, and they ones that are there are small. This limits dry air coming in and humidity escaping.

After looking at the pics on the computer, I realized the size/illusion problem. So tomorrow if I get a chance, I will get you a photo with all 3 sizes in it together so you can see the relationship.

Also, I love the cypress as substrate, it holds humidity and the snakes seem to like to burrow and hide in it. It is fairly easy to clean, but it is very important to change out the mulch once a month or so if you use it. Very few of the "cypress mulches" are pure cypress.. so you will get some rotting and mold in there if you leave it longer. Mold spores can be very very dangerous for your snakes. (I have actually seen mushrooms grow in tanks with high humidity and cypress).
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wow they are amazing. really nice job. thanks