|
water habitat build idea for snakes
i know that with anacondas, an average sized fish tank/aquarium would be too small but for those who see this thread and think "how can i create a small water habitat for my snake (again using the F.W.C as an example), how do i go about it without the possibility of leakage", i was just suggesting that by taking out the floor of a wooden viv and replacing it for an aquarium that you can section off a water pool area would be the better way of doing it, as long as the section glass is between 1.5 and 2 inches above the water line, then you can create a water tight, water habitat thats both safe and sensible.
alternatively, if you dont want to remove the viv floor entirely, then you can just cut about a quarter of it away that will lead down to the aquarium and as such the pool area.
my advice for the pool area would be to use between 1/3 - 1/2 of the length of the aquarium, use 10mm thick glass thats the width of the tank and about 6-10 inches tall,
use rocks for the habitat as the snake can hide in amoungst them, you could use a small air fed filter to keep the water fresh and circulated, then for the dry side, you will want a substrate that can deal with water and yet take the loose water off the snake, my suggestion for this would be a bark type substrate, this dry area could also (in theory) be a small basking area aswell using a guarded lamp secured to the bottom of the viv.
then for the viv itself, you could have a secondary hide with a climbing frame for the snake, also i would suggest using a piece of wood to keep the substrate in the actual viv and stop it falling down into the water.
the way you decorate the viv and the tank is upto the owner.
|
Threaded Mode