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New tank - new snake

Hmm I asked the keepers at the reptile center when I was researching for a setup for my snake and was told they couldn't see the red spectrum which was why I chose the red LED ones (and also why people say to use the infrared bulbs if that's how you want to heat the viv). I guess his information could be wrong, I'm no expert so I'm not sure. I do know the lights don't seem to bother him though.
 
Yeah definitely looks nice. I had been looking into this as well. I've also seen a youtube vid or 2 about people using blue led lights, as this would mimic the moonlight...
Would be good to use like after "the sun had gone down". I bought these daylight bulbs mainly for the winter period. Now it's still summer time, the days are still quite long and there's a lot of sunlight here in Belgium. But in winter time when it's like a grey and rainy day, I think it'll be nice to use them...
Another thing is was wondering about, is it necessary to change the amount of daylight along with the seasons? Now I have about 16 hours of daylight. The sun will come about around 6.30 in the morning and in the evening I switch on the light in the viv till around 11 at night.
 
I've got two UTH's, a ceramic heat bulb, and a daylight bulb.

The UTH's are stacked, one is a lower heat output and the other higher, but they're covering the same side of the tank. I use the lower heat one in summer, and higher heat one in the winter. The heat bulb is almost never on, unless it's a really cold day/night and I've just fed her, and want it to be a little more comfortable for digesting. It's sortof an emergency backup that I might steal to put with leopard geckos. The light is only there on a timer to provide her with constant day/night cycles. I've never changed the time that it's on/off for, but as she's in my bedroom she also gets secondary light from the bedroom light for longer days, sometimes.

I'd recommend just a single light on a timer, 12 on 12 off, the UTH on 1/3rd the surface of the tank, water on the cool side, and of course 2-3 hides dispersed evenly. The cool side on my tank is around 70-75, the warm side is around 80. She seems happy with this setup, always on her warm side, even in summer. Humidity is low in the air for some reason so I have to keep spritzing, because it goes below 30%. every other day works to get it back up past 40%, but 50% is the most I'd want to keep it at.
 
Draekaar, I also live in Kitchener ON and my humidity is always too HIGH! I use aspen shavings and a 50W heat bulb (personal preference, works great for me), hoping it would dry it out a bit - and today the humidity is 80% in the tank... I have an AC going with a dehumidifier in that room, but it's not helping (besides keeping the cool end at less than 75F).
 
That's... odd o_O. The humidity is only about 54% according to the weather network today so not sure why it'd be so high.

Yeah, I'd run the heat lamp just to dry it out a bit in there. It might be because of the type of tank you have, the height and front doors letting in more humidity? I have a 20 long with top lid, so the lamp is closer to the surface. Also the aspen is a little old, so it might be that my bedding is getting dry. I should change it... anyway.

the humidity should drop eventually in your tank, it won't be an instant thing though usually. heat helps, not sure the AC helps much. Airflow in the room won't affect airflow in the tank much, since it's an enclosed space.
 
Upon rechecking, my humidity is now at 65%. I find that the airflow does help a bit, because my tank is lower to the ground. The AC is also a dehumidifier (for days like today, and all this week in fact). The tank is a 15 gal aquairum with top ventilation lid - will not be Sydney's "forever home" though, just for now.
I see some posts about people in the US having trouble keeping their tanks humidified, and I just think that's so funny because I have the opposite "problem"! :p
 
huh, didn't think it was quite hot enough yet for the AC ;_; not inside anyway. have a fan going... but yeah. it'll help slowly for sucking water out of the air, but won't have an immediate effect on the tank itself.

fwee!
 
I guess for me it'll also be a matter of keeping the humidity down, rather then getting it up ;-)
Only one way to find out what it'll be in winter time. I know in our house the humidity can rise pretty high when it's been raining for a couple of days. And an UTH won't change anything about this, at least not like a heat bulb would...
 
Two days ago my little one completed it's shed. Afterwards he was really active and hungry. So after "playing" a bit with him I fed him a pinky. So I was of course reliefed to see his first shed under my care to an end :)

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the shed skin was hangin up in the vines in one piece. I did not witness the shedding itself because I was out for dinner but I guess you have to be lucky to catch em in the act...

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So after his meal, which he took immediatly, I put him back in his viv.

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Right now he's still chillin on his last meal of course
 
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