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I personaly don't like aquariums. I hate taking the risk of broken glass.
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I do agree with you there. I use a ten gallon aquarium as my transfer point, while cleaning the rat cages, they hang out there for a few minutes.
Last year I learned the hard way about how dangerous a loose ten gallon aquarium can be. We had just moved, our house was a mess, it was late at night and we were unpacking stuff. I tripped and fell... landing butt-first on my Rosy Boa's ten gallon aquarium. Aside from the broken foot I got, I also had 50+ lacerations to my backside... the doctor's response... "keep off the foot, a cast won't help, and all that glass will "work its way out eventually". So for six months I was picking shards of glass out of my butt and walking funny!
My rats are in wire cages, my mice are in cat litter pan bins on a rack. If/when I have an overflow of mice I use a few spare ten gallons, but that is always a "last resort"