my tank den

[NubZ]

Hi guys! Im new and thought id just show what all have at the moment.

First ill so my ball pythons tank. He is my very first snake ever. Names waffles.

Heres a close up of waffles eating a frozen fuzzy i thawed out. This was my first feeding attempt. He took it with it only being in the tank for 5 mins

[Starbuck]

nubz; you an post pictures after 5 posts

[NubZ]

K here are some pics of my set ups. Only one snake tank tho..

[NubZ]

[smy_749]

Sweet fish tanks. I tried to make a planted tank once, until my brother pulled all the plants out with a fish net, will prob try again eventually lol

[NubZ]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Sweet fish tanks. I tried to make a planted tank once, until my brother pulled all the plants out with a fish net, will prob try again eventually lol

Thanks! Yea they are alittle difficult at first but once u get the hang of it its not hard. Fish were my first addiction. I just got my first snake which is why i joined this forum to learn about them. I gotta change things up a bit. 5 fish tanks is enough for now haha. I also have some green tree frogs and a rose hair tarantula.

But yea im liking my first snake!

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by NubZ

Thanks! Yea they are alittle difficult at first but once u get the hang of it its not hard. Fish were my first addiction. I just got my first snake which is why i joined this forum to learn about them. I gotta change things up a bit. 5 fish tanks is enough for now haha. I also have some green tree frogs and a rose hair tarantula.

But yea im liking my first snake!

I like both honestly. They are completely different in my eyes, but would be nice to have a large planted (like 75 G) with a full carpet of baby tears or dwarf hair grass and some cool aqua scaping .....and another large paludarium with some fish and dart frogs, or a GTP as living room display tanks.

[NubZ]

Originally Posted by smy_749

I like both honestly. They are completely different in my eyes, but would be nice to have a large planted (like 75 G) with a full carpet of baby tears or dwarf hair grass and some cool aqua scaping .....and another large paludarium with some fish and dart frogs, or a GTP as living room display tanks.

They both are cool pets to keep in my eyes too! haha my sisters and girl freind flipped when i started accumulating piranhas in my room. But when i brought a snake home... Well that didnt go over well. Much worse then the piranhas.

Large planted tanks are sweet but require alot of time and matenience. Plus equipment adds up to for larger tanks. Mines still small enough were i can run my diy suger and yeast based co2 system. Anything larger ud prolly go pressurized.

And ive tried paludariums before. Its was a fail... Haha my tank ended up in the dumpster never using great stuff again for a background. I find just carving regiular styrofoam insulation sheet much easier. Then just putting cement over it. I want a paludarium with archer fish. Have and upper canapy with the plants and stuff. Have foggers qnd a rain system. Make a waterfall affect. Its beyond my caoabilities and wallet yet tho.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by NubZ

They both are cool pets to keep in my eyes too! haha my sisters and girl freind flipped when i started accumulating piranhas in my room. But when i brought a snake home... Well that didnt go over well. Much worse then the piranhas.

Large planted tanks are sweet but require alot of time and matenience. Plus equipment adds up to for larger tanks. Mines still small enough were i can run my diy suger and yeast based co2 system. Anything larger ud prolly go pressurized.

And ive tried paludariums before. Its was a fail... Haha my tank ended up in the dumpster never using great stuff again for a background. I find just carving regiular styrofoam insulation sheet much easier. Then just putting cement over it. I want a paludarium with archer fish. Have and upper canapy with the plants and stuff. Have foggers qnd a rain system. Make a waterfall affect. Its beyond my caoabilities and wallet yet tho.

Yea I had do it yourself Co2 too, not much was being diffused into the water anyways so I removed it. I'll wait till I have my own place and extra cash on the side to start that up. Still prefer reptiles though :P

[NubZ]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Yea I had do it yourself Co2 too, not much was being diffused into the water anyways so I removed it. I'll wait till I have my own place and extra cash on the side to start that up. Still prefer reptiles though :P

I kinda finally feel content with what i have finally. Funny thing is as soon as that happened im being offered a free tank and stand by someone. Even being delivered haha. Its supposeibly a 5 ft tank which im thinking its really a 55 gal. Pics are hard to tell. But yea they said something about there being a crack in the back but idc. It can still get a reptile or something it. They said it holds water but eh if it has a crack why not get a land animal. Will see of this persons legit its my lil sister freind.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by NubZ

I kinda finally feel content with what i have finally. Funny thing is as soon as that happened im being offered a free tank and stand by someone. Even being delivered haha. Its supposeibly a 5 ft tank which im thinking its really a 55 gal. Pics are hard to tell. But yea they said something about there being a crack in the back but idc. It can still get a reptile or something it. They said it holds water but eh if it has a crack why not get a land animal. Will see of this persons legit its my lil sister freind.

I got a free 75 gallon recently from a customer in my dads company, its sitting outside in rough shape. I might use it for a few beardies or something eventually....No point in risking to lose everything you put into a aquarium if that crack gushes open....lmao

[franks]

Originally Posted by NubZ

Thanks! Yea they are alittle difficult at first but once u get the hang of it its not hard. Fish were my first addiction. I just got my first snake which is why i joined this forum to learn about them. I gotta change things up a bit. 5 fish tanks is enough for now haha. I also have some green tree frogs and a rose hair tarantula.

But yea im liking my first snake!

Beautiful snake! I do not know how many times you have fed it, but your snake can take MUCH bigger prey than the pinky in the picture. Good rule of thumb that most people use, is a mouse or rat 1.5 times bigger than the thickest part of the snake.

[NubZ]

Originally Posted by franks

Beautiful snake! I do not know how many times you have fed it, but your snake can take MUCH bigger prey than the pinky in the picture. Good rule of thumb that most people use, is a mouse or rat 1.5 times bigger than the thickest part of the snake.

Thank you! And thanks for letting me know. I bought frozen fuzzies for it when i picked him up last friday. The pick was on saterday when i tried feeding for the first time. Took it within 5 minutes. He ate 2 fuzzies last monday for the lps. They just got him in that monday too. so it seems new homes doesnt faze him much?

So should i go one size up for a frozen mouse? Im going to feed once a week. So whatever it needs to be fed at that scheadule whould be nice to know. Im clueless. Ik snakes dont even have to each once a week. They can survive very long times without food. so what is a good scheadule for him? Like i said in my ither thread he is around 22" as a rough guess when comparing him to my 18" long ornate bichir i have.

[NubZ]

Some more pics of him/her. Anybody good at sexing them?

[NubZ]

Same photo of him feeding but i adjusted the contrast and gamma.

I take my pics with my galaxy s2 phone so they arent like awesome quality.

I barely ever edit tho. Takes time to put them on my lap top and photoshop them and put them back on my phone.