how often do you clean your tank and do you take everything out to clean it? thanks
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To people who has really nice snake tank
ziggie
Sep 22, 2003 06:34 PM
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Tigergenesis
Sep 22, 2003 07:59 PM
I've only had my BP for a month. But I follow the suggestions on this site: http://www.anapsid.org/cleaning.html
I use hot soapy water to clean my BP's water dish and carpet each week and I put a new piece of carpet in while the old one dries. I then rinse and disinfect the dish and carpet with Nolvasan (soak in for 20 minutes). Dry and put back in tank (dish that is).
I clean the glass with a homemade glass cleaner (recipe at website above).
Each month I take everything out of the tank and clean and disinfect the tank. I also take out the plants and clean & disinfect them too. I also wipe the branches and hides with Nolvasan - or as needed (if urates have gotten on them, etc).
Each week I sterilize the cleaning gloves, sponges, etc.
Don't know if I overdo it or not, but my tank always looks great. Non-snake and non-animal lovers are surprised at how nice my tank is and are not as grossed out.
