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I would have posted this under housing & enclosures but it looks like no one uses that forum anymore.

I have an 09' male and soon will have another adult male. I have a 55 gal. aquarium that is 48"x12". I am considering putting a divider in the middle to give each male a 24"x12" home. Is that enough room or do I need to keep them in something bigger?

Any input is greatly appreciated.

I think 24 x 12 is too small for an adult Ball. Maybe give the 55 to the adult and get a different tank for the 09?

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Ball Pythons
1.1 100% het Caramel Albinos (Edward & Bella)
0.1 66% ph Caramel Albino (Rosalie)
0.1 Caramel Albino (Bellatrix)
1.0 Butterscotch Ghost (Nick)
1.0 Honey Bee (Aragog)
0.1 Pastel Orange Ghost (Nagini)
0.1 Spider 66% ph Ghost(Nymphadora)
1.1 Mojaves (Lucius & Renesme)
0.1 Pastel Lesser (Narcissa)
0.1 Pinstripe (Arwen)
1.0 Pewter (Salazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
0.1 Blond Pastel (Katie)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)
0.1 Normal (Madame Olympe Maxime)
0.0.3 Baby 66% ph Caramel Albinos (Edward x Bella)
0.0.3 Eggs in the incubator (Jasper x Esme)

Corns
1.1 het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Bloodred (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard het Bloodred poss het Anery Lav (Tumnus)
0.1 Anery Lav (Lucy)
0.1 Plasma (Victoria)
0.1 Opal (Jewel)
0.0.22 Babies (Romeo x Juliet)
0.0.18 Babies (Tumnus x Lucy)

Hogs
1.0 Albino Western (Hogwarts)
0.1 het Albino Western (Hufflepuff)
0.1 Tri Color (Molly)

A twenty gallon aquarium is the general standard for one adult ball python. We keep a set of adult females in a 75 gallon cage and they are as happy as a bug in a rug. A 75 would be large enough to divide in my opinion, but I don't think a 55 would be large enough. Especially if it is of the fish type aquariums. It lacks the floor space. Being a more terrestrial python, they should have good floor space. I would say no less then 2' x 2' per individual adult. Twelve to eighteen inches of height is plenty. The shelf caging I have in the planning stages of construction is going to be 4'w x 6't x 12-24"d. I am planning on having three to four cages made into this single unit. Right now I am working on a cage for two sub adult retics that measures 84"L x 42"D x 18"H. That is posted in the hab and caging forum, so I won't get into anymore than that. Hope this helped with your delimma.
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1.0 100% het albino columbian
1.0 pastel columbian
0.1 hypo columbian
0.1 guyana
1.2 jcp
1.0 irian jaya
1.3 normal balls
2.2 100% het pied balls
1.0 ghost ball
0.1 100%het ghost ball
0.1 pastel ball
1.0 granite al burm
0.1 granite het al burm
0.1 albino burm
0.2 tiger retics
0.0.1 sulcata tortoise
1.0 potbelly pig (Oscar)
1.0 pug (Frank)
1.1 pit bull terriers (Marlboro & Coco)
1.0 house cat (Kitty)
0.1 wife who puts up with me

Thanks for the info! I am just going to get another aquarium. This will be my first attempt at breeding ball pythons. This season I will have 2 ph carmel albino's to put together. Exciting to me!