yeah, I feel the urge to spend whenever I go to a reptile shop or even a nicer petshop (there's one around here that is awesome, the one I was talking about that uses the older model lizard lounge).



When I first thought about getting him a new tank, I was just thinking "I'll just get a 75 gallon aquarium for him", and then I was thinking "well, I don't realy like having to move lights around and everything whenever I want to take him out to play", so I was thinking about having the reptile place custom build me a 4'x2' cage, which are really nice and look a lot like starmom's new cages, but with hinged front doors. Well, I realized that I definately wouldn't be able to afford that (there is a breaking point, and I wasn't going to spend $400-500 on just the cage). So then I back tracked to the 75 gallon, even though I was a little worried since the only place I could fit a 4 foot long cage is in front of a window, and the temperature fluctuates a lot within about a foot or foot and a half in front of the window even with the shades down. I called around about a 75 gallon anyways, and the guy at the reptile place gave me the idea of getting the lizard lounge because it's got the same floor space but would allow me to have the branches more vertical and give Sid more space to run (even with two branches that are 2'= each, he has over 2-3 of the floor space open to him). Plus, even the the tank itself is more expensive, since it's the same size as my old tank I wouldn't need to buy a new stand or anything (actually I use a computer desk which is the perfect size and has good storage capablities. All of my books are in the keyboard tray for easy access).



Once again, I rambled on, but as you can see, I put a lot of thought into the new tank.



hopefully I'll have pictures soon.



later

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