im throwing around the idea of breeding something other then fish. what can i breed in a 20g? i have both high and long
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Tarantulas are hard to breed apperently.
In a 20 gallon Long or 30 gallon... you can try breeding Antaresia genus once or twice a year. There are two subspecies of Spotted Python, the Blonde Mac subspecies is quite popular. Childreni is also popular as well. Anthill and Stimson's fetch high values, only because they are rare. They are supposedly really easy to breed as well.
If I remember correctly, they take 18 months to sexually mature -- unlike many pythons and boas.
In a 20 gallon Long or 30 gallon... you can try breeding Antaresia genus once or twice a year. There are two subspecies of Spotted Python, the Blonde Mac subspecies is quite popular. Childreni is also popular as well. Anthill and Stimson's fetch high values, only because they are rare. They are supposedly really easy to breed as well.
If I remember correctly, they take 18 months to sexually mature -- unlike many pythons and boas.
I'd say a 20 long (and high) would be just a little bit too small for Antaresia pythons, especially if you were keeping two and wanted to permanently or even just for breeding house them in the same one. Anhills are the smallest, but some of the others get to 4' and they aren't the thinnest of snakes. I'd like to give them 2 years at least before breeding (for the female anyway). There are a lot of amphibians you could do... darts/smaller frogs/salamanders etc. Would they be big enough for some cresties maybe (i'd put them in the tall)? They would be a cool project, don't see manyh people on here with them, and they are great little lizards with a few morphs about.
Hmm... I think you might be right davo, especially when most of them max out at 2.5' to 3', even though most of the breeders I know keep pairs in 30" long enclosures and trios in 36" long enclosures. Go figure. Never heard of one going 4' though.
The spotteds can get big, it's not too uncommon. Spotteds can get to 1.5m, childrens 1.2m, stimsons 1.0. Yeah, a lot of people like to keep them in smaller tubs and that, they are a small snake (smallest python), but they do like to climb a bit as well, but often they aren't given the choice (up to you whether you think that it is a bad thing or not). I went to see a pair of spotteds the other day, and for the "smallest snake" they were pretty big (the one was four foot and thick). Some can be a bit snappy, and i think childrens are often known to be occasionally trickier feeders (their pattern fades anyway). Think i like the stimsons the best.
The only real thing I don't like about the Antaresia is that people mix up their names, so a guy might sell you a Mac, but you end up with a Childreni and vice versa. The tricky feeders thing only apply to the hatchlings, which some will only take lizards. However it is not hard to convert them to mice though.
I forgot if Ribbon Snakes are captive-bred or wild-caught... I have heard of people keeping pairs and trios in 10 gallons before, which seem cruel to me; others on this forum may not.
I forgot if Ribbon Snakes are captive-bred or wild-caught... I have heard of people keeping pairs and trios in 10 gallons before, which seem cruel to me; others on this forum may not.