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Originally Posted by Andy_G
-Tubs hold heat and humidity better than tanks, 100% without a doubt.
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Everyone says this, but it's just not true. Glass is impermeable. Nothing can hold humidity better than that. Now, if you put a full screen top on then yes, humidity will escape. The same thing will happen in a tub if you cut out the whole top. But, it's easy to cover a screen top, or to use another type of lid altogether. As far as heat, they'll be very comparable on that as well, if they both have the same amount of ventilation, and are sitting on the same type of stand/rack.
What happens is people drill a few holes in a tub which amount to maybe 3 square inches of ventilation total, and then compare that with a glass tank with a wide open screen top which may have 36 square inches of ventilation.
Some people might point out that the holes in a tub aren't at the top. But, unless your snake is hanging out in the 2 inches of space above the holes in the tub, then that's irrelevant.
All that said, tubs are easy, cheap, and work great. But, glass tanks work fine, especially if you get one with doors on the front.
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