Tanuki the false water cobra - living in the giant enclosure 

Thank you! ❤️

I do indeed! Isopods, springtails, superworms, millipedes,... and several species of the isopods, springtails and millipedes. ^^ This size would be impossible to maintain otherwise

Yep, any live creature in the enclosure is either too fast for her, or too small to be interesting ^^

Around 4min there is a short clip where it is shown 😊 although I'll be posting a video of the maintenance on the water compartment, in that one it will show the connection better too 😁

Yes! As long as it's fully sealing the wood, it will basically create a giant water bladder. So you have to make sure to get a proper drainage layer that will hold the excess water! :D The tiniest gap and the water would get to the wood though, so working as much in 1 piece as possible is recommended. The less you need to seal, the less risk of anything leaking. ^^

Thank you! She indeed loves the pond and tends to spend quite some time in there. :D There is a heavy duty filter for small ponds, it can cycle the whole volume in about 30min. As long as she doesn't release waste in it it doesn't need any additional maintenance, we check the parameters daily to keep track of the water quality ofcourse! The plants help maintain that water quality combined with that filter. :D When she does release waste in there we do a 50% waterchange, mostly focusing on sucking out her waste and dirt. The plants do take a lot of the nitrates out, so that helps too ofcourse. Besides the plants there are japonica shrimp, a few bamboo shrimp, a whole lot of other shrimp, a female bristlenose pleco and 3 Siamese algae eaters. They're all very used to her, Tanuki isn't interested in them, they will clean her when she stays in the water for a long time. :D

Thank you! And I got really lucky as they introduced a law here that made them illegal right after I got her, so I can keep her legally, just not any more than her. I have timed it once, it was around 30min when I gave up, as far as I could tell she was asleep on the bottom of the pond. :p

@@yoshinowa1 Incredible, 30mins is crazy! She must REALLY find it cozy there.

@user-pf5nw2dx6h she loves the water for sure! She will sometimes stay in the pond for several days before coming out, long enough for the shrimp and fish cleaning her (trying to eat algae off her I guess 🤣 )

Thank you! And the total cost now with the rain-system included is about 8500 euro. I'll soon make a video on the rain-system too. :D

The heat lamps are no risk at all, they are specifically made to be used in large enclosures and to be mounted inside, not outside. The outside of the dome doesn't heat up in any way, the bulb itself is closed off so the animal can most certainly not burn themself, nor is it a fire hazard. There is no efficient way to heat up half of an enclosure this size the way you heat a classic sized setup, just like in nature there are spots out in the open that will get warm and spots that will be colder. This principle is the same for zoo enclosures, you will create multiple basking spots because a heat lamp won't reach 7ft down and nicely heat up 1 side to a steady temp. The fact that this enclosure is shown in a book written by a zoologist as an example of how to ideally house false water cobra, I'll believe them that my setup isn't half as bad as you think. ;) By the sounds of it, you don't have experience building zoo-sized enclosures. Otherwise the temperature/heat lamp thing would be pretty obvious. These are VERY different than a rack setup or even regular sized enclosures.

Bro her snake been in there for a while and is fine lol L comment😂