what could i keep in a 2.5g??

[Melly18]

I have this 2.5g at my house which i would like to use but i'm not sure what to keep in it. Got any suggestions on what i could keep in there? :P Lizard preferably because my mom isn't much of a fan of ssnakess (all my herps are at my boyfriend's) but any ideas for snakes are great also :D Maybe i could convince my parents to keep one here ;).
Thanks!

Oh and there's not a lid...so yeah unless i get one or make one i won't be able to keep a snake in there :P Or anything that can climb on the glass... oh man :( lol

[eyespy]

That's not big enough for any herp, really. Not enough room for clean air exchange and they'd end up breathing in their own exhalations. Even a 1 inch mantella frog really requires at least 7 gallons in order not to stagnate in its own nitrogen.

[enso]

A little bonsai garden...

[reverendsterlin]

should be fine for one of the smaller scorpions but probably nothing that gets over 2 inches (5cm)

[JeffT]

Well you deffinately cannot keep any geckos in a 2.5 gal, that is a TINY cage, nor any snakes for the matter that it is too small and has no lid.

[RachelS.]

I'm guessing some sort of frog as eyespy said. Like a mantella or maybe even a poison arrow frog (even though 2.5 is still a little umm.. small), maybe a red bellied toad?? I'm not sure. But I'm going with frogs, here... they're real cute. A perfect fit would be an african dwarf frog, those are really awesome and aquatic so you don't really have to worry too much about a lid, although you might want to make something out of plastic for half of the top or something similar. Just a few suggestions :) I hope you find your new little friend :p

[JeffT]

Rachel eyespy said that its even too small for an arrow frog. And a Firebellied toad needs a 10 gallon minimum, they're swimmers and need the water space.

[enso]

Hermit Crab
Weeeeee....

[eyespy]

never thought of a hermit crab, that's a good idea!

[unknownclown]

um, crickets for the herps at your boyfriends house...?

[JasonBrennan]

If you keep geckos or any other small herp like that, you could always just use the 2.5 gal as a holding tank while you are cleaning cages....about the only thing I would use it for personally (unless you like the hermit crab suggestion, that is)

[Burm41]

I dont know much that can stay in a 2.5 gallon tank (if u can even call it a tank) all i would say is get a bigger tank if possable.. :(

[Sunrunner]

hermit crabs are excellent to keep they are actually very amusing little guys, i always get a laugh out of mine they make me think of martian marvin from looney tunes for some reason. go with one of them, they are very low maintenence too so they wouldn't be a lot of hassle like a frog. any aquatic frog in a 2.5g tank would need to be cleaned constantly. go with the crab or a scorpion, emeperor are the best as far as scorpions go in my opinion. if you like inverts you may want to get a fancy snail or make that 2.5g into a water tank for a dwarf albino clawed frog or blue crawdad, i have a 5g housing one of each of those and it has worked out great. good luck.

[Tim and Julie B]

A millipied! It is perfect. You can always make a lid. If it holds water you could get a fighting fish aka Beta. Some dwarf aquatic frogs just do small water cages. A trap door spider....... Stick bug........

[Melly18]

lol thanks guys :) I just wanted to know if there was anything i could keep in it :P So i think i'm going to sneak a 10g in my room ;)
Thanks for the suggestions :D

[reverendsterlin]

an emperor scorpion is much too large a species for a 2.5gal. when I said scorpion I meant something small like a chinese golden (mesobuthus martinsii), one of the small bark scorpions (centroides ssp), tiny pebble scorpion (Butheolus gallagheri), or something else small. I do like the hermit crab an another couple to consider are Zachrysia provisoria Cuban Garden Snail and Achatina marginata the Giant African Land Snail though both would need a lid.

[fubar]

2.5 gallons of water ;)

[Melly18]

I think i will go with Enso's idea of a mini bonsai garden for the 2.5g :D

[RepTylE]

I have a 2.5 gal or two, I used them to house hatchling frogeye geckos a few years ago. I think that the Betta idea is a good one.

[enso]

Booyaa!!! What do I win? :)

[ScreamingMisfit]

im thinking a Fly

[Neo]

u could make a nice water heated incubator for eggs

[snakelover111]

anole?

[Dozer]

those really small reed frogs...

[reptile boi]

I keep my betta in a 2.5g, you can also keep medium sized tarantulas, but those would need a lid, scorpions are another thing i can think of that dont climb glass and that would fit into a 2.5, something like a young emperor or young asian forest, or some centruriodes species, maybe even a desert hairy scorp, or a sand scorp :D




Thanks,
Ben

[Geck-co]

I know of a person that keeps a trio of israili dune geckos (S. petri) in a 2.5 gallon, they actually love the tank and are even producing fertile eggs.

[NewLineReptile]

How about a pet rock easy to keep and does not need much room.....lol j/k i would keep it for a holding tank as well

Brandon

[frogman]

A couple Micro Geckos would work.

Things are small though so you would need a good lid but I had a friend that had 4 or 5 of them living in a 1 gallon Ice Cream container. They were even laying eggs but he never tried to hatch them.

Frogman

[Pixie]

If you can make a lid for the tank I would go for a tarantula :) Small to medium species will be fine in that size enclosure and will be a nice display if decorated a little.

Definitely would be my choice!
Pixie

[Linds]

Originally posted by reverendsterlin
the Giant African Land Snail though both would need a lid.

Giant African Land Snails require more than a 2.5 gallon enclosure as adults.