hi, i'm johan svahnstrom on behalf of expertvillage. now, when you've bought the tank and found the right location in your homeit's time to start putting it together. the first thing you're going to do is choose thesubstrate, the bottom substrate for your tank. there are a few ways you can go. one of theways is a natural tank with potting soil, plants and so forth. those things are beautifulto look at but they tend to be very cumbersome
how to set up a snake tank, to clean. you might want to stay away fromthat in the beginning unless you have a lot of time on your hands because you are goingto spend a lot of time cleaning a tank. the second way, the total extreme opposite ofthat is to use a sterile tank, just use newspaper as the bottom substrate. that is probablythe easier thing but it's not so ascetic,
it's not so good to look at. the third optionis what i always choose for most of my snakes, it's the aspen bedding. the aspen beddingis a great substrate to use. it is quite good looking. it is easy to clean and easy to buy.you can find it almost everywhere. you can clean it easily by finding fecal matter andso forth that is lying right on top of the substrate. you don't have to look for it likeyou would have to do with potting soil. the way i do it, i actually use newspaper on thebottom first and then i put my aspen on. about
two inches deep or so is usually perfect.if you do have a snake that is a digging snake, like one of the sand boas or something likethat you might want to have it a little deeper or even a hog-nosed snake. boas, pythons,colubrids, about an inch and a half to two
inches or so of aspen, this is great.
