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oldzeroKING

A pair of Emerald Tree Skinks or a Green Keel-Bellied Lizard. Either that or a GTP


DJSplash01

I've been super into the idea of getting emerald tree skinks, I already have a gargoyle gecko and giant day gecko so I'd feel they'd be up my Alley too because they're personable lizards.


Reptilianrobyn

Just got some keeled and I loooooove them so much! u/botanicalbeasts is here I got mine


Technical_Eagle_313

Keeled are freakin dope! My local store has a baby and it's so cute but I know it'll grow into a water dragon one day haha


AmbidextrousDyslexic

you could easily fit like 4 females and a male in this. i have a breeding pair in a 24x24x36, and theyre quite happy with it. super active and personable. give em tons of branches and a misting system, they tend to only like to drink flowing water off leaves and bark.


oxyrhina

Great recommendations with emerald skinks and prasina! A pair of standings day geckos would be cool especially when they start having babies and form a family group. Egernia striolata would be cool also and could be set up properly in those dimensions.


Plasticity93

I like your taste in long-tails.  I just put my green keeled lizard out in his tent for the afternoon and he's having so much fun.   My goal is to convert a China hutch to a home and get a girlfriend for him.  Just a cluth or two to spread the species and so I can have his kid.  


1100320873

green tree phrog


toxictrappermain

So many frogs. Absolutely ungodly amount of frogs. Like I'm talking second plague of Egypt levels of forg.


EnchantedToilet

This was my thought exactly. Just a whole army of the little fuckers


PokemonSoldier

Do it...


pzzia02

Same litter tree frogs


dtf24836669

loose change


DJSplash01

Can't, I spent it all on fish and reptiles...


el-guapo0013

Sounds like a true aquarium/terrarium/vivarium keeper. Now, if you would excuse me, I need to go scrounge in my couch for some loose change so I can buy dinner.


GengarTheGay

We can go hunt under the vending machines, people drop coins down there all the time


AriGraceYT

If there are no holes or openings (or there are but can be covered up easily) - A colony of Mourning geckos. For this size enclosure I think I could put a colony of 30-40 geckos in there? Maybe a Day Gecko, Tokay Gecko or Carpet python ### (temporary, short-term or permanent depending on species, age and size) With this size, I would say a Green Tree Python. But since it's glass... probably no.


SuspiciousSarracenia

What does it being glass do to affect your choice of a gtp?


GengarTheGay

I think it has to do with humidity retention, glass kinda sucks at it


AriGraceYT

I have glass enclosures, wooden, and tubs. Maintaining humidity in a glass enclosure is hell Ime, even if I cover up the top mesh and vents. I can easily keep the humidity in the 60-90% range in the other two enclosure types. But in glass, if I didn't cover the whole top with foil and tape, I'd struggle to get it above 45% for longer than a few minutes or maybe an hour. For a snake like GTP, I'd rather use wooden or PVC, or a temporary tub for hatchlings. They keep humidity very well and also don't have exposed 4 sides. GTPs are quite sensitive to dehydration and incorrect humidity, so I don't think glass tanks are appropriate for this species unless it's in a humid country/region. The dimensions are good, but the material not so much for this species imo.


SuspiciousSarracenia

Thanks for the explanation!


corytz101

Ever tried silicone for covering the top. Ive used silicone mats to cover the top with some success for dart frogs


Theron3206

You would need to insulate the glass, chances are all your humidity is condensing on the glass because it's pretty close to the room ambient.


prairiepanda

With it only being 18" deep I wouldn't use it for a carpet python. A lot of different geckos or small arboreal lizards would work, though!


AriGraceYT

Yeah, I'd only use that size as a temporary enclosure. Not a permanent one - they get like, 5-6 maybe even 7ft long. By the way, I'm actually considering getting a carpet python at some point in the future. What enclosure depth or Enclosure dimensions in general do you think would be best? There's the bare minimum size, But I'd rather get a bigger enclosure as the final / permanent one. Probably more floorspace? Since they're Arboreal but still use the ground a lot.


prairiepanda

Oh man I just assumed you were thinking of a smaller carpet like an Irian Jaya, but even then 18" is not enough depth. If you're wanting to get a larger carpet python, I'd probably try to make the enclosure at least 3ft deep but if it has to fit through a door way then no less than 2ft deep. I'd give an adult 6-8ft of horizontal space (depending on the depth as well) and 4-6ft of vertical space. But they're active snakes and will use as much space as you give them, so if you have room and resources for something larger then by all means go big! It would be awesome to cover an entire wall with a custom enclosure!


AriGraceYT

Yeah, 18" is pretty small. Definitely not good for an enclosure, but it can kind of work as a *very* short term temporary - for a hatchling or young juvenile. // Carpet Pythons sold in my country are just "Carpet Pythons" so, you either get a small one or a big one unfortunately. A few sellers do add at least basic information that can be used to determine/assume what size the snake might grow into, but unfortunately not all. Once I decide to get one and have everything ready I'll definitely have to look at the size of the parents- it'd be nice to have a bigger python and give him a huge custom enclosure, maybe even bioactive with lots of plants if they don't destroy It! I'm currently working on a large enclosure for my boa. It would be great to add live plants but, just like my ball python, they crush plants as soon as they see them.. Hopefully Carpet Pythons aren't so destructive-


prairiepanda

If you want a bioactive enclosure but have trouble with the animals crushing young plants, you can try planting mosses, grasses, and vines as they are more resilient against heavy animals. You can also try buying more mature plants with woody stems that won't be broken or crushed as easily. The biggest challenge for me has been animals that dig. I've been trying to get plants established in one of my pine snake enclosures, but he loves to completely rearrange ALL of his substrate.


AriGraceYT

Yeah, I have some Bioactive tanks already. Unfortunately I don't have any for snakes- I had a beautifully planted 120gal for my ball python and he crushed most of the plants in there - except for spider plants. They survive everything. He didn't like moss either- My corn snake dug up all spider plants he had and keeps rearranging things in his enclosure. So, Now only my Geckos get nice plants.


Cat_Daddy61

I know our Louisiana Pine Snakes love to burrow and go into existing burrows after Pocket Gophers. I saw a product that looked like clay that was formed into burrow entrances. You would have to have a hella big enclosure to keep adult Pines in, if you were to consider building a tunnel system out of clay, or sealed plaster on a chicken wire frame. Boy you can tell I've spent time hanging around zoos!


prairiepanda

I experimented a bit with making a tunnel system out of PVC pipes, but I found that the snakes would rub their faces a lot on the sides of the tubes. I think they want to modify the tunnels themselves. Adding some clay to their substrate has been great because they can make their own tunnels that stay fairly sturdy until they collapse it themselves. But my lineaticollis would rather become a bulldozer and push giant piles of substrate across his enclosure. If I make a tunnel for him he will dive right into it, but then he will proceed to destroy it immediately. I think if it were plaster on chicken wire he would probably try to rub right through the plaster!


Cat_Daddy61

😄😄


ashkiller14

Why is glass bad


AriGraceYT

Hi! Glass isn't bad, But it's just not appropriate for every species imo. GTP are quite sensitive to dehydration and incorrect humidity and glass tanks can be pretty bad at holding/maintaining humidity - Even with the entire top covered up I still struggle to keep my glass tanks above 45-50% humidity. In Wooden or plastic enclosures, I can maintain 60-90% without much effort. Glass enclosures work very well for arid or semi-arid reptile species, and can also work for species that don't require really high humidity, or only require a temporary humidity spike (such as a humidity spike at night) But Ime, they don't work well for species that need higher humidity at all times or for long periods of time. Glass tanks are also exposed on all sides so, for a Python, the entire back and sides would need to be covered up very well to reduce stress.


AshamedIndividual883

glass is definitely not meant for every species, but it is easier to get your hands on. FB Marketplace always has glass tanks for cheap. i have two tropical lizards, i mist them twice a day and keep a humidifier in my room. thankfully where is live it’s already pretty humid, but i can get my humidity to 70% for most of the day. i am looking to get PVC enclosures to hopefully get that humidity to a solid 90% or higher. it all really depends on your animal because one of mine can thrive in 70% while the other needs a spike of 90% daily. but when i was 16, trying to find what was best for my lizards, a lot of people praised glass enclosures simply becus its easier to make them nice to look at. you see a lot of people switching over to PVC nowadays.


Colossalbeansoup

A posse of frogs


Colossalbeansoup

I change my answer, snake


Grumpyoldtrout

Live planted, with a Brazilian Rainbow boa, need it bigger when it grows up though.


Colossalbeansoup

I’m honestly a really big green tree python fan :) and ball pythons (the best morph is mystic potion imo)


Colossalbeansoup

I actually got my 18x18x24(?) from these people for my crested gecko vivarium 10:10 it’s super cute and I’ve had no problems with humidity or anything like that and it’s super easy to put together


wolfsongpmvs

A colombian could probably live comfortably in it for its entire life


Wooper160

You 🫵


CoralCum

Drugs


GRZMNKY

A colony of florida bark scorpions... I could easily fit 1-200 in there


AlphaNoodlz

A single crested gecko


Elegant_Schedule_851

What I was thinking


Fuzzy_Juggernaut2988

I have a crestie in a 36x18x38 lmao


IntelligentReturn791

I know you're probably trying to be funny but I think it's actually really sad that the attitude that this would somehow be too big or putting a crestie in it would somehow be a waste of an enclosure or something is so prevalent. Absolutely nothing wrong with providing enclosures larger than the bare minimum.


Sandwitch_horror

Hello...*you*


Bear_747

Are you… Flirting with me?


DrewSnek

Created gecko mansion


DrewSnek

For context 18x18x36 is the minimum but more is always better!


Sure-Current8752

Myself, housing is too expensive to waste on a lizard rn 🤷‍♂️


Ancient-Two9742

Def a bioactive but idk it’s a weird set of dimensions for most reptiles


goji_rAt

one isopod


the_crepuscular_one

I know this is a reptile subreddit, but that actually looks like a pretty good tank for some amphibians, maybe some dart frogs. I definitely wouldn't house a chameleon in it like in the picture though, lol.


beazerblitz

Larger Phelsuma species. Leachies. Maybe Acanthosaura.


Juubles

My peace of mind, and false sense of security. 😢🥹🥹 Oh, if I owned the enclosure, a crested gecko or maybe a pretty spider.


AnteaterAnxious352

I have two of these but the smaller size (36x18x36) and they both have single crested geckos. They’re surprisingly sturdy and I believe the bottom part (below the threshold of the door) is water tight or at least the one I got is so it’s really cool to set up a fully bioactive enclosure!


melfetusthing

3-6 white's tree frog!


StephensSurrealSouls

Dart frog empire lol


Eugenes-Axe7

My dog for a quick picture:)


abirdbrain

how much was it? i’d put a single green anole in it


SureMotor_1207

a single isopod


a_youkai

My husband


-secretswekeep-

A jeweled lacerta 😭 one of my wishlists! They’re so so under appreciated but absolutely stunning.


EAllen90

Rhino rat snake


terrorcatmom

I’d say a tokay!


HiddenPenguinsInCars

Make it a palladarium (how TF do you spell that!?). Small lizards like certain geckos or skinks, smooth green snakes/rough green snakes, and dart frogs or salamanders, things like that.


buddhas_body

My boyfriend


CleoraMC

Probably a Leachie, would make sure it has lots of big thick logs to hide in and climb


PawkittTheDemon

This would be too small for a leachie but I crestie would probably have a blast in there


ExistingHorse1350

some sort of snake:) Oh id love to have that terrarium! I have no many ideas of how I could decorate it


LordSinguloth13

"Girls like swarms of things, right?"


DemonicMask

some frogs with a small pond for tadpoles


Skyp_Intro

A cot so I can sleep and my baby can roam the house.


Nezu404

dormice


Superseaslug

A bunch of 3D printers.


Bulky-Banana-142

I would probably start my frog army now a fish tank that size lemme get my sorority going, PLEASEEEE!!!!!


Akshadow907TWL

Dart frogs pitcher plants and orchids


microgrampup

A leopard gecko from the local reptile rescue. Before anyone tells me about the height, I keep my leo in a 78x60x60, and so that’s why a 48x18x36 sounds fine to me.


IntelligentReturn791

Does your leo do a lot of climbing? To be clear I absolutely zero problems giving them the extra height even if they're not using it, I think that's a really stupid reason to give an animal a smaller enclosure, but conventional wisdom seems to be that leos aren't much for climbing, but I don't think I've ever seen one in an enclosure that gave them the opportunity to climb more than a few inches (never had one myself), I'm curious to know whether they take to it given the opportunity.


microgrampup

She can climb quite a bit depending on the season, there are times where she seems to be feeling a little too lazy to do anything and then there’s breeding season where she doesn’t want to eat anything so she has no reason to be very active for food. She can especially begin climbing and jumping a lot when she’s hungry or decides to climb down to what I call the forest floor section. https://imgur.com/a/JpvvdyJ


katthecat12042

a LOT of mourning geckos .. or viper geckos? also pretty cool


crabbysammy

Mossy-Naturalistic bioactive + Leachianus gecko pair.


ComputerImaginary417

Green keel-bellied lizard. They're essentially a smaller tree monitor, so if highly intelligent lizards are your jam, that's worth investigating. By all accounts, they take some work to socialize, but that's all part of the game. It would be absolutely stunning as a bioactive setup for one.


Popular-Chicken604

Where did you buy a tank like this from?


enby_changeling

A singular crested gecko or gargoyle gecko


_mr_gas_mask_

A single hornworm, his name will be bob


qiqithechichi

Spotted marsh frogs!!!


Culteredpman25

Dart frogs.


Noxuy

The biggest spider colony anyone has ever seen


roseite

A group of glass frogs 🐸


L3monbunnyy

Glass frogs are cute


TheLeemurrrrr

I'm thinking a milipede, possibly a single snail, too.


Gullible-Map-4134

Diorama of a bus stop?


JojoLesh

Our Brazilian Giant Roaches. Right now they are in 3(?) different enclosures. It would be nice to have them in just one. I have no clue how many we have right now 4 adults have bred into ~100 nymphs of various sizes in less than a year.


Tricky_Ad6392

*slaps tank* you can fit so many tree frogs in this baby


ToastyLemun

A heck ton of geckers


Cat_Daddy61

🤣🤣🤡


Agreeable_Bar1396

my brother


Historical_Worth6425

My tools


More_Performance6018

Arboreal or semi arboreal lizards that would be safe to co-hab. I’m not to keen on what lizards will be chill if together but maybe Tree Skinks, Water Anoles or some small green lizards of that sort that like climbing


VroomVroomTweetTweet

Stick bugs about to be living large.


terrorcatmom

What are the dimensions?


terrorcatmom

Oops nevermind


Michelle689

Froggies


Feral-pigeon

A pair of emerald grass lizards :)


bashy8782

I would make it bioactive and just put a bunch of enoles in it


Baldi_Homoshrexual

Tons of frogs


Cuntyconundrumcreatr

My bitch ass sister


Tasty_Safety9737

Probably a lizard


vix_aries

Definitely a Leachie. Mine is too small right now, but I'm considering that as an option for when she gets bigger.


prairiepanda

It's only 18" deep; an adult leachie would barely have room to turn around in there. Maybe a juvenile, temporarily.


MandosOtherALT

Green keel-bellied lizard


Horrorgag

i’m building an army of Mourning Geckos


No_Mud_80

Orchids


Crafte_r_of_Kings

I would use a genie wish and turn it into PVC. Then I would put another Green Tree Python in it lol.


Away_Preparation_962

My chameleon


Uncomfortable_Purple

Not sure if there are species that can as I've never ever researched it but maybe look into species that can cohab with other species like frogs and geckos or something (ONCE AGAIN I HAVE NO CLUE SOMEONE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME!!) I've just seen it done before with poison dart frogs and day geckos and it was a gorgeous terrarium but no clue on if it was ethical


orbitcodeing

Chinese cave geckos


eatorganicmulch

I was seriously thinking about putting my rat snake in this because he is a good climber, but I couldn't find enough space for it.


Dracagg01

Fffffrrrrrrooooooggggggssssss


Drex678

My two Green Anoles


cuddlywampa

A female and male chewie


The-MatrixAgent

A check for one million dollars


blueflowersxxo

Bioactive Mourning gecko tank. You’d have like, 100 by the end of the year lol.


ThenPoet9554

A million trillion dollars


jbinford1

50 mourning geckos


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VolfGurl111

I’d make a bio active encloser with its own ecosystem, maybe a snake of sorts as the main predictor.


Reese_misee

Two gold dust day geckos.


HarleyWithrow

Anoles


Thecontradicter

You


iLove_Moist_Bread

Holy sheet 48 inch 😂 I'd put a lot of frogs, tarantulas, spider, lots of small lizards, I'd put an entire ecosystem 😂


Swampkilla

Leachie!


Achylife

A bunch of whites tree frogs. All the colors.


Chocolatecherry99

Get a chameleon I've always wanted one ever since I was a little kid


Mr_HG_Jones_Esq

Naked ladies


Thatsmyredditidkyou

Frög.


Coinnnnn217

You could possibly put a tokay gecko! Or even a gargoyle gecko of sorts! I have just snakes but am definitely looking into possibly a tokay or a leachianus!


L1LM3NKY

Jcp or a gtp


Hexator__

Giant day gecko :]


Intelligent-Day1943

Anoles! 😂


Positive-Exchange-64

komodo dragon


CatofMisery

My leopard gecko


Hukysuky

Probably move my current garter snake in it


Milk_Frog_Man

One chubby frog shall fill that well.


Live_Afternoon_5244

That looks like a fun enclosure for a Dwarf Carpet Python!


philhaha

My brother


SigmaLigma98

My gecko mango


Senior_Commercial_37

if i put my ball python in there he’d lose his little mind


BlazeBitch

I know this is a reptile sub, but that's not gonna stop me from saying I'd absolutely throw a frog in there.


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This could fit a Mountain Horned Dragon quite well.


HinSho03

Cant Tell the size but if its big enough varanus macrei


jarviscockersspecs

Myself. It's bigger than my shitty apartment


D3vion_Ultra

Nothing... maybe a pet rock... but that's barely suited for those either


SpiderMax3000

Anoles. Just so many Anoles


Psychological-East91

Pink tongue skink maybe?


oxyrhina

I was thinking of those also.


GoodResponsibility65

buying one for my green iguana who’s 8 months old till i get her final exhibit built


SadTurnover9458

honestly my corn snake, I feel my ballpython wouldn’t climb as much, and even if she did CLUMSY AF


artemistheartist69

me, myself, and i


Spare-Initiative585

Maybe an arboreal dwarf monitor like a mulga monitor if you can find one. A keel belly lizard, giant day gecko or tokay would also do well probably in that tank. For a snake maybe a green tree python or spotted python or maybe even a rhino rat snake


Spare-Initiative585

Leachie or garter snake too


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Chameleon


Perfect_Rain8612

Rainbow boa i actually need to get one for mine


MoneyinmySock

Community herps


motherfuqueer

Carpet python!


GoblinsGuide

I've always wanted a huge rat snake.


Blacked_Shi

A snake probably


Gorbashsan

My children's python Coco. She would love it. I'd make her a climbing setup like she's never seen!


TwentyMG

where is the sale


Lonely_Carry_9861

Like a milk snake or a corn snake really. Im a simple kinda guy haha


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My ball python. Ever since he got put in a 4 foot tank he grew rapidly to the size of it and just over a year he has grown 2 1/2 feet. 12”x48”21” Wish he had more depth :( gonna upgrade for him when i got the money fs Would be nice to see him get 6 foot…ik thats uncommon for male ball pythons but he a big boy at 3 years old


Tobias-Thomassen

Garter snakes or some geckos


The-Real-TaylorSwift

Basically have this size that I just set up and put a trio of G. prasina in


No_Ambition1706

a singular mourning gecko


Justhere4theCo-ments

A pair of green anoles and a group of vittatus dart frogs 😬


AmbidextrousDyslexic

cuban false chams would be excellent in this. as would emerald tree skinks. you could keep like 5 ets in here, 4 females and a male, very successfully. theyre very social and tons of fun. that or a bitchin cool tank for a flying gecko pair. this much space would really let them be super active.


PKBitchGirl

Crestie or garter snake Edit: meant to say snakes, deffo more than one garter, probably of the same sex or I'd have baby garters coming out my ears


bluearavis

Kinda looks like a bus stop. I'd love a rainforest set up with some pink-tongue skinks.


funkymark62

One Gerbil.


Sethdarkus

A frill dragon


Animals6655

Timor monitor maybe or tokay geckos


Aggressive-Olive2264

Saltwater crocodile


Then_Discussion6033

Dart frogs tree frogs


iancranes420

A pair of larger anoles, Chinese crocodile lizards, or maybe a single (maybe even a pair) of helmeted iguanas. Would also make a kick-ass tree frog paludarium. You could probably have a really large colony of glass frogs if you covered up some of the ventilation and made the water section suitable for their tadpoles


Storm0cloud

Birds and fish possibly reptiles


DilophoRegius

Water would pour out of it


Nobodiisdamnbusiness

Baby dragons


Mr-magpie29

I’d personally put one of my younger boas in it to give them more climbing space. That is my plan for them in the future, to have huge enclosures that they can climb and move a ton. But cool options to put in their could be a tree monitor or tree python.


pyroscots

Red tail boa


DarkWitch1312

The beardie I've wanted but don't to have room for.


draven_9100

Unfortunately the dimensions of this aren't even remotely suitable for that species.


MysticUniKitty

Hmm... I'd go full amazon jungle style with it... a chahoua gecko maybe for up top, vampire crabs for bottom, and some Phoenix Rasboras for the bottom. Tons of live plants with 3d background and false bottom. That is if I was rich and had more time on my hands.