Tank ideas?

[Lori P]

Any kind of silk greenery, I've actually gotten some great ivy from the dollar store... or do you want to use live??

[Lori P]

Oh, and I took some silk vines and wrapped them around the tree branches... looks cool. :-)

[Stefan-A]

I just want to point out that fake plants, that aren't intended for terrarium use, need to be cleaned often. The plastic plants you can find in pet stores are far more hygienic, althouhg they are a lot more expensive.

[drache]

I like the silk ones a lot, but since I had that mite problem I have held off putting them back, because they're not so easy to clean
now I prefer plastic for practicality

[CrazyHedgehog]

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

[Lori P]

I throw 'em in the dishwasher!! :-)

[anji1971]

Me, too! Dishwashers are great for cleaning a multitude of items!!

[Rook]

thanks guys! I have part of the tank done and Rook is in it, I still want some bark for part of the substrate and greenery, we are going for real plants, as we like these kinds of challenges lol.

[Rook]

ok here is what I have so far!

I started with this:


and so far, turned it into this:
(I need to fix the background thing, the one side is missing the velco, so I just need to buy a little strip and stick on the back to fix that)






and as I said, its isnt done yet lol

[brandon0133]

i have a water fall in my tank,,what if u were to use alge eater fish in there? heres a pic of my tank with the water fall in it,,,also just to say its a 175 gallon tank so plenty of room,,and i have live feeder fish in the water fall over flow,,


now this waterfall is hollow on the underside so the snakes even use it as a hide spot,,also i have feeder fish,,roseys and mice and crickets in the tank,,,so when the snakes get hungry,,well u know what happens then,,lol,,also my one garter has white looking eyes now,,so im assuming hes going to shed soon?? this happened with a corn i had and he shed soon after that,,,so if i change the water out every week it would be ok to run like this right?