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Pebbles - Substrate

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Dukester

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Hi!

I don t have my corn yet but Im setting up my tank at the moment. So far, I have a UTH with a thermostat and plan on using bark as a substrate.
As the substrate would insolate quite abit i though about maybe making a small layer of pebbles (flat and about as wide as quarter doller) over a portion the warm side which would radiat some of the heat better...

I havent tested it yet and i dont know how warm it would get but I am curious if it would make any sense or what you think.

Thx
 
In my humble opinion, you should stick with what is a proven safe set up. Aspen, papertowels, etc, the normal used substrates are used for many reasons But overall its about safety for the animal and reduction of bacteria in the aquarium. Bacterial issues is a leading cause of snake illnesses. Those rock will hold the bacterial from feces pretty bad and will be hard to clean well, so I don't think that is a good idea.

I reccomend a regulated heat mat, and some aspen, and possibley something inside the aquarium right over where the heat mat is underneath to avoid a glass hot spot beneath the aspen. for that I use a peice of cardboard.

That is a safe and easy to clean set up for your animal. Best wishes to you and your snake.
 
In my humble opinion, you should stick with what is a proven safe set up.
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Yep, better safe than sorry... Just an idea i had...

Ok, thanks for the feedback and the tip with the cardboard.
 
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