Equipment Review and Discussion :: minor problem

[Jayqualin]

Next year we are getting Peanut a bigger tank 40 gallons or more. I have enogh money and money is not the problem. It's the tank that is. My dad thinks the 40 gal or more tank will be really huge compared to Peanuts current one .He also thinks It will be impossible to bring it home and set it up. How big is a 40 or 50 gal tank? It would be very helpful for next year thanks.

[Kallistos]

I'm almost sure you can transport and set up a 50 gallon tank. They're about 3-4 feet long and 18 inches wide. I bet you could keep it in your backseat for transport.

[flutterby]

We fit a 75 g and a 30 reptile tank in the back of a Mazda at the same time. So there should be no problem being able to bring it home in the back of a car.

[Pizza]

The longest length of tank I could fit into my Corolla (sub compact vehicle) was a 90 Gallon Tank, 48 inches, or four feet long (Barely, with 1-2 cm to spare in the back seat), so a 40-50 Gallon will be no problem, unless you drive a Smart Car or something. If you plan to buy a 48 inch long tank and place it into a passenger car like a Corolla/Civic, be careful though, mine got a few scratches in the interior of the door because the pet shop guys tried ramming it in.

40-50 Gallon tanks are usually 36 inches long (there are those long type tanks that go up to 48 inches, but most are 36 inches long), so once again, no problem in any car (except for a Smart Car). Also with two adults or two strong people, a 90 Gallon can be hoisted (save for a few breaks), three people could somewhat easily lift a 90 Gallon, so two average people can more than likely lift a 40-50 Gallon Tank (unless they're kids).

My 90 Gallon tank weighed in about 140-150 pounds, so imagine a 40 Gallon to be less than half of that, or equivalent to two large bags of dog food/rice.

Unless your door is abnormally small, a 40-50 Gallon tank will also get in no problem, my 90G didn't.

[Spookster]

I once fit a 40 gallon long tank in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla and the wood stand in the trunk with the lid tied down. Used a truck to bring home the 90 gallon tank and stand we have now though.

[Jayqualin]

Oh that's good. But my dad is still pondering about it because he thinks that the tank will be more than enough 4 Peanut and too big 4 him. I told him millions of times about the 10 gallon per inch rule but he won't listen.

[Pizza]

Well considering in the wild, hatchlings are solitary even at birth, as soon as they hatch, they head for the water alone, and from there, generally survive alone, even to their adult years.

Not to mention that in the wild, a hatchling has a vast area to swim in, kilometers big even, yet they manage to find food and grow, so a small controlled environment such as a 40 Gallon for a mid-sized turtle is no problem for sure.