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What can happily live in...

EmJagsz

EmJagsz

cornscornscorns
A 10 gal and a 5.5 gal tank?

Currently I have corn snakes in them, but they are outgrowing them quickly and I was curious what could live happily inside these tanks without having to upgrade at any time?

For the 10 gal, I was thinking a leopard gecko, but I have yet to actually look anything up yet, was just looking to see what you guys thought.

As for the 5.5 gal, I have no clue what I could put in there... I would turn it into a fish tank except it is an exclusive reptile tank and there were warnings all over it when I bought it to not fill it with water :(

Any suggestions are welcome!!
 
Like I said, I would turn it into a fish tank, but they are not suitable fish tanks. :( The 5.5 is an reptile-exclusive tank and the 10 gal was a fish tank, but i has a big crack in it.
 
a baby reptile of many descriptions would be fine for a short time. From what I know, an african house snake could fit/live happily in a 10g. Perhaps ask Robbiescornfield, he's got one. I think your 5.5 is too small as a lifelong home for most things...although inverts were a good suggestion.
 
I know inverts can live nicely in 5.5 gals, but I am not completely comfortable with that idea yet, haha I will admit that I am interested in tarantulas, but I don't think I'm ready to own one.. still a creepy idea to me lol. As for the 10g, I want something that will take the 10g as its permanent home. Maybe I will consider a hoggie, I heard they can live happily in a 10g their whole life....
 
EmJagsz said:
I know inverts can live nicely in 5.5 gals, but I am not completely comfortable with that idea yet, haha I will admit that I am interested in tarantulas, but I don't think I'm ready to own one.. still a creepy idea to me lol. As for the 10g, I want something that will take the 10g as its permanent home. Maybe I will consider a hoggie, I heard they can live happily in a 10g their whole life....
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Depends on the type and sex...I cant remember what one is bigger, but I think females are. I'd be ready to upgrade, thoes are some very small sizes you're working with. If they're to be life long homes...I dont know. If you were just talking about "until further notice homes' they'd probably be fine...but honestly the minimum size requirements for animals are that: a minimum. Most would be happier with more space.
I'm selling all of my 15g or smaller enclosures. I find them to be too small to be useful for anything other than emergency/quarentine tanks (for both reptiles and fish respectivly. they get a bleaching between uses) and they take up too much space for me to keep them all around for just thoes uses.
I understand "empty tank syndrome" (where you've got an enclosure and you want to fill it.) but really...they are quite small. On the small end of minimum even...:cool:
 
I don't necessarily _want_ to fill the tanks, I am just curious what could happily live in them :) If anything I already decided I would just keep them handy and use them for a new baby something or quarantine.
 
Two green anoles could live in a 10 gallon. They recommend five gallons per animal, so I think two would be fine in there, and they are so fun to watch. I had a 30 tall and five at one point, and my baby boy James would eat baby food right out of my hand. Most of them aren't nearly so friendly, but if you get them as babies, the males seem to tame pretty well. I never had much luck taming the females...
 
I think you should definitely look into dart frogs. There are so many different colors you can get. We have quite a few of them at work and they are just gorgeous. They are more of a "look but don't touch" kind of pet, though. But still something to consider!
 
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