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d_virginiana
09-03-2011, 11:55 AM
I went to the Exotic Pet Expo in Raleigh today, and ended up getting a new tank. It's a 65 gallon, with slightly more floor-space than a 55 gallon long. Should be good for when Harley and Houdini get old enough to put together, and good to house quite a few snakes once they've been separated.

All in all, I'm pretty excited about it, and the expo was really interesting. It's a good thing that I don't have a lot of spare tank space, or I'd have come home with some new reptiles...
frostyftw
09-03-2011, 12:20 PM
That's good. A bigger tank. :D

Just a question, how much did it cost...?

I might want a tank that big.....

Around where I am, the lids cost the same amount as the gallon of the tank. So for example, a 20 gallon lid would be 20 dollars.

And IF the tanks are on sale, they are a dollar per gallon. So a 20 gallon tank would be 20 dollars, IF they are on sale......

I'm not sure about the price if they are not on sale.....
RedSidedSPR
09-03-2011, 12:47 PM
I just got back!!! I went for pinkies and cages etc, but ended up not seeing any...:( yeah. It sucks.. I mean, all I got was a beautiful little checkered garter snake!!!!!!:D
RedSidedSPR
09-03-2011, 12:47 PM
Oh and congrats on the tank.:p
ConcinusMan
09-03-2011, 02:08 PM
Awesome. Post pics when you get it set up!
snakehill
09-03-2011, 02:15 PM
I just got back!!! I went for pinkies and cages etc, but ended up not seeing any...:( yeah. It sucks.. I mean, all I got was a beautiful little checkered garter snake!!!!!!:DALL????:rolleyes:
katach
09-03-2011, 02:16 PM
Can't wait to see it set up!
RedSidedSPR
09-03-2011, 02:22 PM
Yeah, can't wait to see it!!


ALL????:rolleyes:

Yes, it was a joke.
snakehill
09-03-2011, 02:46 PM
Got it!!!:rolleyes:
d_virginiana
09-03-2011, 05:18 PM
I just got back!!! I went for pinkies and cages etc, but ended up not seeing any...:( yeah. It sucks.. I mean, all I got was a beautiful little checkered garter snake!!!!!!:D

Nice! Was there more than one guy selling garters there? I only saw one, and he was talking about how mean this one snake he had was, and it was about a 10 inch long garter. :D Then a bunch of ppl came up and started talking about how hard it was to handle garter and water snakes and I was all like "riiiigggghhhhhtttttt"


Awesome. Post pics when you get it set up!

It'll be awhile before it's set up. It's for putting them together, and Harley's not quite big enough for that yet, and Houdini can't see so idk how well he'd deal with being by himself in a really large cage? I'm already making plans for how I want it set up though!


That's good. A bigger tank. :D

Just a question, how much did it cost...?

I might want a tank that big.....

Around where I am, the lids cost the same amount as the gallon of the tank. So for example, a 20 gallon lid would be 20 dollars.

And IF the tanks are on sale, they are a dollar per gallon. So a 20 gallon tank would be 20 dollars, IF they are on sale......

I'm not sure about the price if they are not on sale.....

It was about $100, but it also has a sliding glass top. I got the mesh lid because I generally don't like the glass tops. The lid was about $30, but it's fitted. If you want just a bigger tank, try craigslist; you can generally get 55 gals for wayyyy cheaper on there, but it's really difficult to find anything between 55 gal and like 200 gal aquariums (in my area anyway).
RedSidedSPR
09-03-2011, 05:23 PM
I saw two. One dummy had "albino checkard garders" (spell check anyone?) the guy I saw had a bunch of easterns, including a stripeless one, and the last of the checkereds (all mine mwahaha)
ConcinusMan
09-03-2011, 08:51 PM
One time, (just one time) I found a local man selling 8ft long X 18 tanks (he had about a dozen) with glass dividers in them. they were designed for pet store display use. These things were awesome! $80. They sold out so fast, I couldn't get one!
d_virginiana
09-03-2011, 11:33 PM
Wow, that's an amazing buy. If any of those had been there I'd have been all over that!


What, no one else has heard of Checkard Garters? I thought they were popular. :p
ConcinusMan
09-04-2011, 12:31 AM
Wow, that's an amazing buy. If any of those had been there I'd have been all over that!

I was all over it. Took me all of about 12 hours to get the money and they were all gone!:mad:
RedSidedSPR
09-04-2011, 05:55 AM
What, no one else has heard of Checkard Garters? I thought they were popular. :p

No no no, Checkard GARDERS!
d_virginiana
09-04-2011, 09:49 AM
No no no, Checkard GARDERS!

Oh, well those are really rare. No wonder you haven't heard of them.