To all the rack system people

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Brooklynella;741343; said:
Anyone know of a place that sells good, cheap senses of humor?
Please post up, these guys could use a couple.:D

Dude, I thought you were making a strong argument for glass aquariums but what you said in your last post was way out of line, there was nothing funny about it. You seem like a smart guy, why act like trash?
 
Brooklynella;741343; said:
Anyone know of a place that sells good, cheap senses of humor?
Please post up, these guys could use a couple.:D

Now you want to justify your comment by blaming the board for no sense of humor? Now THATS funny.

Hard to take things back once they have been said. ;)
 
I'd like to see one of these rack systems I keep hearing about..
 
walls;740577; said:
Glass tanks DO NOT hold the humidity as well as rack systems this is a FACT.

Glass tanks DO NOT hold heat as well as a plastic, glass has NO insulating factor. This is a FACT.

There is NO WAY to EFFECTIVELY lock a glass tank. The screen tops with "clips" WILL FAIL. The books/bricks on top WILL FAIL. Snakes have nothing better to do all day but try to escape so why make it easier for them???

I have used many a glass tank in past years so my opinons are based on user experiance not "word of mouth ect.". Im not saying that it is impossible to house a snake in a glass tank its just far more impracticle.

you claim there's no way to effectively lock a glass tank, but you haven't see the lid I built for my 90 gallon tank... ..it's made of 3/16ths angle iron and 1/2"x13 expanded metal.. weighs a good 20lbs.. and it's a semi-tight fight that I have a little trouble lifting. If my snake can get out, I'll eat my hat.
 
damn. I started talking about my blood pythons and everything went to hell.

Aquariums are fine for many species of reptiles and amphibians, especially if they don't have very specific heat and humidity requirements. But plastic cages and rack systems have several things over glass aquariums. They hold heat a whole lot better, they have no screen top (which might as well be an open top) to let humidity and heat escape quickly, and they resist tension much better than glass cages. I've heard all kinds of stories about large snakes breaking their glass cages when they were mating, trying to fit into a tight space, or just throwing their water dishes around as pythons are wont to do. It's a lot cheaper to buy a good rack cage and only have to buy it once than to have to replace glass cages that get broken. It's also a lot cheaper to maintain temperatures in plastic and rack cages because of how much better they hold heat as compared to glass. So even though plastic and rack cages can cost a lot up-front, they end up paying for themselves in the long run.

And synapse, that's certainly a heavy lid by tank-lid standards, but remember that snakes are extremely strong animals and there are many species that would probably have little trouble getting out of that cage if they wanted to.
 
synapse989;742094; said:
you claim there's no way to effectively lock a glass tank, but you haven't see the lid I built for my 90 gallon tank... ..it's made of 3/16ths angle iron and 1/2"x13 expanded metal.. weighs a good 20lbs.. and it's a semi-tight fight that I have a little trouble lifting. If my snake can get out, I'll eat my hat.


He won't get out, despite the "Facts".;)
 
Brooklynella;742159; said:
He won't get out, despite the "Facts".;)


Sorry but you arent going to pull me into your game. 37 going on 15 I guess.:screwy:
 
synapse989;742094; said:
you claim there's no way to effectively lock a glass tank, but you haven't see the lid I built for my 90 gallon tank... ..it's made of 3/16ths angle iron and 1/2"x13 expanded metal.. weighs a good 20lbs.. and it's a semi-tight fight that I have a little trouble lifting. If my snake can get out, I'll eat my hat.


Dont know what kind of snake you have but even a 6' foot Boa would be able to push that lid up and squeeze out.;)
 
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