Dry Tank

I looked at terreriums and it seems like the tank would need to be
removed for things to be installed correctly? I'm not even an
amatuer - let alone an expert - so I have no idea if that's the
case or not.

I don't think so.

You guys seem like a pretty knowledgeable group - what would you do
if you had maybe a thousand or two to spend on this project to make
it look presentable - if not really cool looking?

Does the owner like reptiles? That would make a great home for some bearded
dragons! They need UVB light, which shoudn't be a problem. Some kind of
heating from overhead that makes a temperature gradient in the tank.
They're dry/desert animals, so maybe a small fan to move the air.

I would LOVE having something like this....it's hard to ever have a big
enough enclosure to make a good home for a reptile. I keep boa
constrictors, an iguana, a turtle. I would NOT recommend an iguana, though.

Great idea Cindy! At least then there would be something living in the tank.
Unfortunately we had to kill another snake last week. This one was in
the kitchen. I say unfortunately as it turned out to be a tree snake but
it was very thick and about 4 feet long and the lighting where it was
made it next to impossible to see the colouring and we couldnt see it's
head - looked like a brown snake and I'm too young to die
Next day I saw a beautiful coppery coloured one go through the house
yard. I'm all snaked out right now and you wouldn't believe how many
noises round your house can suddenly sound like a snake sliding

Cindy wrote:
I looked at terreriums and it seems like the tank would need to be
removed for things to be installed correctly? I'm not even an
amatuer - let alone an expert - so I have no idea if that's the
case or not.


I don't think so.


You guys seem like a pretty knowledgeable group - what would you do
if you had maybe a thousand or two to spend on this project to make
it look presentable - if not really cool looking?


Does the owner like reptiles? That would make a great home for some bearded
dragons! They need UVB light, which shoudn't be a problem. Some kind of
heating from overhead that makes a temperature gradient in the tank.
They're dry/desert animals, so maybe a small fan to move the air.

I would LOVE having something like this....it's hard to ever have a big
enough enclosure to make a good home for a reptile. I keep boa
constrictors, an iguana, a turtle. I would NOT recommend an iguana, though.

Miskairal
Your place and snakes osunds like our place here with
snakes......Loaded with rattlers, copperheads and cotton
mouths......plus tons of other non venomenous types. Once it gets warm
out, you certainly do not walk around outside at night without a
flashlight. We kept a 4 foot eztern diamondback and a 3 foot timbler
mrattler in a acrylic tank for years, until I finally had enough sense
to admit it was a dangerous thing no matter who well i thought I could
handle them.....so I turned them loose......Anymore if possible I
catch and relocate, and kill only if there is no other way out.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:24:34 +1000, miskairal
wrote:
Great idea Cindy! At least then there would be something living in the tank.
Unfortunately we had to kill another snake last week. This one was in
the kitchen. I say unfortunately as it turned out to be a tree snake but
it was very thick and about 4 feet long and the lighting where it was
made it next to impossible to see the colouring and we couldnt see it's
head - looked like a brown snake and I'm too young to die
Next day I saw a beautiful coppery coloured one go through the house
yard. I'm all snaked out right now and you wouldn't believe how many
noises round your house can suddenly sound like a snake sliding

Cindy wrote:
I looked at terreriums and it seems like the tank would need to be
removed for things to be installed correctly? I'm not even an
amatuer - let alone an expert - so I have no idea if that's the
case or not.


I don't think so.


You guys seem like a pretty knowledgeable group - what would you do
if you had maybe a thousand or two to spend on this project to make
it look presentable - if not really cool looking?


Does the owner like reptiles? That would make a great home for some bearded
dragons! They need UVB light, which shoudn't be a problem. Some kind of
heating from overhead that makes a temperature gradient in the tank.
They're dry/desert animals, so maybe a small fan to move the air.

I would LOVE having something like this....it's hard to ever have a big
enough enclosure to make a good home for a reptile. I keep boa
constrictors, an iguana, a turtle. I would NOT recommend an iguana, though.




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I don't know about where you are but here there are more people killed
by snakes whilst trying to catch/kill them. We only kill them if they
are in the house or in my bird aviaries/sheds. Normally we would never
kill a tree snake. Last year I took a photo of a tree snake in a tree
right beside the back door. It was only feet away from me but when I got
the photo developed (yes, old stuff) you cannot see that there is a
snake there at all, even I can't.

I have 2 spare 90 litre tanks at the moment and the thought has crossed
my mind to house some reptiles. I have done no research yet though so I
don't even know if that is possible in such small tanks. I'll probably
never look into it - learning all this sal****er stuff is enough for the
next few years

Roy wrote:
Miskairal
Your place and snakes osunds like our place here with
snakes......Loaded with rattlers, copperheads and cotton
mouths......plus tons of other non venomenous types. Once it gets warm
out, you certainly do not walk around outside at night without a
flashlight. We kept a 4 foot eztern diamondback and a 3 foot timbler
mrattler in a acrylic tank for years, until I finally had enough sense
to admit it was a dangerous thing no matter who well i thought I could
handle them.....so I turned them loose......Anymore if possible I
catch and relocate, and kill only if there is no other way out.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:24:34 +1000, miskairal
wrote:

Great idea Cindy! At least then there would be something living in the tank.
Unfortunately we had to kill another snake last week. This one was in
the kitchen. I say unfortunately as it turned out to be a tree snake but
it was very thick and about 4 feet long and the lighting where it was
made it next to impossible to see the colouring and we couldnt see it's
head - looked like a brown snake and I'm too young to die
Next day I saw a beautiful coppery coloured one go through the house
yard. I'm all snaked out right now and you wouldn't believe how many
noises round your house can suddenly sound like a snake sliding

Cindy wrote:
I looked at terreriums and it seems like the tank would need to be
removed for things to be installed correctly? I'm not even an
amatuer - let alone an expert - so I have no idea if that's the
case or not.


I don't think so.


You guys seem like a pretty knowledgeable group - what would you do
if you had maybe a thousand or two to spend on this project to make
it look presentable - if not really cool looking?


Does the owner like reptiles? That would make a great home for some bearded
dragons! They need UVB light, which shoudn't be a problem. Some kind of
heating from overhead that makes a temperature gradient in the tank.
They're dry/desert animals, so maybe a small fan to move the air.

I would LOVE having something like this....it's hard to ever have a big
enough enclosure to make a good home for a reptile. I keep boa
constrictors, an iguana, a turtle. I would NOT recommend an iguana, though.

miskairal typed:

I have 2 spare 90 litre tanks at the moment and the thought has
crossed my mind to house some reptiles. I have done no research yet
though so I don't even know if that is possible in such small
tanks. I'll probably never look into it - learning all this
sal****er stuff is enough for the next few years

90 litre--hmm okay sorry, but I don't do math ;} --what are the dimensions
of the tanks?

"Cindy" wrote in message t...
miskairal typed:

I have 2 spare 90 litre tanks at the moment and the thought has
crossed my mind to house some reptiles. I have done no research yet
though so I don't even know if that is possible in such small
tanks. I'll probably never look into it - learning all this
sal****er stuff is enough for the next few years

90 litre--hmm okay sorry, but I don't do math ;}
--what are the dimensions of the tanks?

90 litres is about 90/3.8 ~ 24 US gallons.

miskairal typed:
Great idea Cindy! At least then there would be something living in
the tank. Unfortunately we had to kill another snake last week.
This one was in the kitchen. I say unfortunately as it turned out to be a
tree
snake but it was very thick and about 4 feet long and the lighting where
it
was made it next to impossible to see the colouring and we couldnt see
it's head - looked like a brown snake and I'm too young to die
Next day I saw a beautiful coppery coloured one go through the house
yard. I'm all snaked out right now and you wouldn't believe how many
noises round your house can suddenly sound like a snake sliding

I like snakes and keep a few, so if I heard those noises I'd be running to
catch it. But I've never had a copperhead come in the house either....
; /