Tank ideas?

[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?

[Stefan-A]

You almost had me there.

[adamanteus]

Very nice looking tank, Kjell. But I would still warn against having a waterfall in there.

[adamanteus]

This is why I would advise against a waterfall;
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...w-garters.html
The relevant bit starts at post number 8.

[Cazador]

Kjell,

When I saw all that water, it kind of spooked me. It's a perfect breeding ground for bacteria, fungi, protists, and other pathogens. It looks great, but you're really playing with danger there. I don't mean to be critical, but that much water in a tank eventually leads to trouble. As James pointed out, Cyrill lost a large and expensive collection by having too much standing water in the enclosure. I wouldn't want the same thing to happen to you or anyone else because it's preventable, and I know you'd be heart-broken. They primarily need dry substrate. Kind regards,

Rick

P.S. That small door in the lower right is really cool.

[kjell]

that was a really interresting post you gave me james,
but i do think that it is not that worse at my place.
i threat my waterpart as a aquarium and the rest of the tank is dry ( the plants get their water from deep in the ground.
i will think about it, i don't want my snakes to die!

kind regards kjell

[KITKAT]

I had a friend who kept her garters this way with no trouble for three years... but I prefer not, because it is much work to change the cage!

[Rook]

lol, I wont be putting a waterfall in the tank do no worries there he has slate tiles over the area his heat pad in under as the heat wasnt comming through the peat at all. e has moss inside his rock hide and I will be getting some real plants, I havent got any yet as I am not used to buying plants lol, up until last year my dad has always worked in a greenhouse(for as long as I can remember anyway), so if I wanted a plant I just asked for one and my dad would grow them for me. the result is that I have never bought a plant in my life I talked to my dad the other day though and he gave me the names of 2 greenhouses to stick with, so hopefully I will be able to get out there and find something soon

[Garter08]

heres a photo of my tank , maybe it could give u some ideas




My Snake -








what you people think