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Okay I was at my fav herp shop the other day and he's got this trade-in tank for sale. I don't keep my boas in glass but for the price I wasn't going to leave it there. So what would be good to keep in a 125 gal tank? It does hold water but I don't want fish.

Like frogs? If it were me I would get a handful of red eye tree frogs.
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- Jason F.

Frogs are cool. I'll check them out

I have seen some very cool cages that were made from large tanks that then had a cabinet built to sit on top, essentially making an arboreal display cage with the ability to hold some water on the bottom.

How high up is the leak? Can the cage hold any water? What if you only had half of the bottom hold water?

I think you could do some very cool stuff with a 6' long aquarium.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Jave local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

hi..

you mean something like this Chris..??

its a 4 x 2 x 2 cooler... it holds 1 1/2 ft of dirt and keep ackies in there

hope can help

Rick

I built something temporary like that for Uroplatus geckos using an old 55 gallon aquarium as a base. I just threw it together but really liked the cage. Enough so that I wished I had done a better job.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Jave local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

it works great... at least for my ackies.. Im thinking tu built one more for a pair of green or blue tree monitors...

post some picks of yours..

best wishes

Rick

I never took any pictures of the one I built and it was many years ago anyways. Basically a 55 gallon tank with heavy water scaling that I built a melamine cabinet for. The cabinet just sat on top of the tank and had sliding doors, if I remember correctly.

Not pretty but I really liked the basic concept. I think it would look best with open framing like what you have pictured.
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Jave local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)

It doesn't have any leaks, I filled it up to check it out. Thats kind of what I'm thinking, sorta semi-aquatic, just don't know what to put in it. Although it would work well for a high humiity tank, I cut some 3/8's inch glass to make a tight fitting top.

As others have suggested, I'd recommend frogs. Since it probably holds water I'd stick with using it in the horizontal configuration although I've seen guys turn tanks up on end and make doors that open outwards and attach to what used to be the top opening which now becomes the front opening. I don't think I've seen any bigger than with 20gal. long aquaria. A 125 would be a bit big I think. Red Eye Tree Frogs are definitely cool, but like a highly arboreal setup - more arboreal than you'll be able to achieve in a standard layout tank. Instead I'd look at some of the dart frog sites on the net and get some ideas. A tank that big could house a really killer vivarium.
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Matt Campbell

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." John Muir

I'm leaning towards frogs. Can you put more than a pair together, they will def. have lots of room.

>>I'm leaning towards frogs. Can you put more than a pair together, they will def. have lots of room.

That's going to depend on species. In some species, males will vigorously defend a territory so housing multiple males together won't always work if the cage is not big enough. However, with others such as Red Eyes, you generally want more males for the competition when it comes to breeding time. If you're leaning towards frogs I'd just start doing a lot of searching regarding what's available. Darts are a nice colorful choice and contrary to popular belief they're not that hard to take care of.
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Matt Campbell

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." John Muir

I've been looking at the photo gallery and it's darts for sure. I saw some photos from zoo's where several species were mixed together. The contrast of colors was amazing. I was thinking because the tank is so big you would not notice those little guys. But with that kind of color should not be a problem. Now for the research.