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New tank feature

jazmaniandevil Jan 29, 2010 08:37 PM

I stole this idea from somebody on these forums (I saved their post but not their name!) Whoever they are- thanks for the great idea!
Made an artificial slate outcrop of styrofoam and grout for my GBK Phoebe. Unfortunately, however cool it is, it's likely temporary because I made a few critical mistakes because I'm a cheap college kid!
She loves it for now, either chills in her little drawer or explores the new digs. Here's some photos of the renovated tank.
I hope to make a more permanent installation with what I learned in the future, and put some live plants on the cool side.

Replies (2)

antelope Jan 29, 2010 11:32 PM

I like it, does it have heat and where?
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Todd Hughes

jazmaniandevil Jan 30, 2010 12:23 PM

It has heat on the very bottom, along with an ample but tight hide beneath the bottom shelf (which is removable for snake retrieval and cleaning). This way she can have a 'hotspot', a dry regular spot (the drawer), a more humid regular spot (under the log on the coco fiber) and a cool moist spot (the humid hide tupperware-soon to be replaced with one of those exoterra rocks that are insulated to cool it further. I thought about putting the heat under the drawer to encourage her to use it, but she loves it anyways (she's there now) and she's already shown knowledge of the warmth under the bottom shelf. The rocks are tough to keep clean but conduct heat really well. I may switch them for sand in the future because is absorbs better.

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