Zoo med vs. exo terra

[bshmerlie]

John, I do consider you the true authoriy. Why do you like the ZooMed better? And please do not tell me its the name.

[John]

I don't like the split door of the Exo terras, plus the wire mesh in the Exo terras seems to rust much more easily. I also like the one piece, no split lid of the Zoo Med. It's really a toss up. If you can get one or the other on special offer, take it and don't worry about the differences. I will say though that the Exo Terras seem to be more popular with dart froggers, at least.

Personally I don't like the Exo Terra foam backgrounds - they look awfully fake when you are trying to take pictures of frogs with that background behind them. The Zoo Med backgrounds are real organic materials (cork) but you usually have to buy them separately and they aren't cheap. However, you should be able to get the Zoo Med backgrounds to fit the Exo Terras, so best of both worlds.

[LittleDuudeIsAGirl]

See, i lovvve the look of the single door in the front because their isnt a split...thats just my preference. but its not only for me..its a gift..soo i will do my best to get the chance to look at them in person..both of them and kinda weigh the good and bad on each of them.


froggiez:And your welcome about posting the thread i was just curious what people preferred ya know? (:

ive got tons of help thanks guys!

[Deku]

See, i lovvve the look of the single door in the front because their isnt a split...thats just my preference. but its not only for me..its a gift..soo i will do my best to get the chance to look at them in person..both of them and kinda weigh the good and bad on each of them.


froggiez:And your welcome about posting the thread i was just curious what people preferred ya know? (:

ive got tons of help thanks guys!

Thats the ticket! Its mainly what you and him like! I mean between me and my friend I like the split doors because I can keep one open and the other closed. I borrowed his zoo meds once(cleaned out) and used it for these froglets I was rasing for my friends pond(he has fish so he doesnt want the fish to get to them, or did I mean) and I didnt like how the single door just opened and all of the sudden 2-3frogs tried to alltogether escape. Maybe its because I have a slow reaction? I was just trying to change the waterdishes.

As for my friend he has better success with zoo meds. He says he doesnt like the split too much. He also has a faster reaction than I do.
Also he doesnt like the screen top. Personally I do but he doesnt. So its best to pick what you and your boyfriend want. :]

[Deku]

I don't like the split door of the Exo terras, plus the wire mesh in the Exo terras seems to rust much more easily. I also like the one piece, no split lid of the Zoo Med. It's really a toss up. If you can get one or the other on special offer, take it and don't worry about the differences. I will say though that the Exo Terras seem to be more popular with dart froggers, at least.

Personally I don't like the Exo Terra foam backgrounds - they look awfully fake when you are trying to take pictures of frogs with that background behind them. The Zoo Med backgrounds are real organic materials (cork) but you usually have to buy them separately and they aren't cheap. However, you should be able to get the Zoo Med backgrounds to fit the Exo Terras, so best of both worlds.

Really? I never had a problem with the rust. Though I know its made of metal wires and everytime I have a lid for my terrariums(tanks) they rust about every 4-5months really badly. What I do is I get some vinegar and I start to rub it off on the lid. It actually gets off all the rust. It may or may not work for you but I know it has for me. I just grab some of that and I start to vigerously clean out the tank. Thats what I was taught in my old job. :P We used to find rust on some of the lids that were up for sale so we were ordered to clean them up.

[LittleDuudeIsAGirl]

im leaning toward zoomed. i prefer the one panel door to the two pannel door. Also would an 18x18x24 be able to be home for two wittle dumpys? im thinking about surprising my boyfriend with the tank then...as an added surprise taking him to the store and letting him pick the two or one frog(s) that he wants..i think thats better than picking out everything? because the fun part is picking out the little animal..and it will be his pet after all.

[Rae]

Wow so much information all good... we have a zoomed 12x12x12 but we are wanting to increase to a larger if we can get more than one frog, and i cant seem to find large ZooMed but Exo Terra has such a huge assortment of sizes on there site and matching stands which is a plus. Love the free background too lol.

I took alook at both there web sites and compared and think if we upgrade it will be exo terra.

On that note anybody know how many Grey Tree Frogs could I comfortably put in a 36x18x24 Exo Terra terrarrium..? I f I can even get more GTF's

[bshmerlie]

The typical rule of thumb is 10gallons per frog. With large frogs I would say more. That size tank is just over 60 gallons.

[Rae]

One of my posts led someone to post an AWSOME conversion link so I did some converting and have decided to share my findings...


Terrarium Size: link used. US gallons

12x12x12 is 7 gallons ouch!
18x18x24 is 33.7 gallons!
24x18x24 is 44.9 gallons!
36x18x24 is 67.3 gallons!

Hope this helps and it seems if you use the rule 1 frog per 10 gallons... 2 Whites will be very comfortable

[JimO]

There are approximately 7.5 gallons per cubic foot (actually 7.48). If you take the dimensions in inches, multiply LxWxH, divide that by 1,728 cubic inches per cubic foot, and then multiply that by 7.5, you can convert any rectangular tank from dimensions to gallons.

One of my posts led someone to post an AWSOME conversion link so I did some converting and have decided to share my findings...


Terrarium Size: link used. US gallons

12x12x12 is 7 gallons ouch!
18x18x24 is 33.7 gallons!
24x18x24 is 44.9 gallons!
36x18x24 is 67.3 gallons!

Hope this helps and it seems if you use the rule 1 frog per 10 gallons... 2 Whites will be very comfortable

[terris]

I don't like the split door of the Exo terras, plus the wire mesh in the Exo terras seems to rust much more easily. I also like the one piece, no split lid of the Zoo Med. It's really a toss up. If you can get one or the other on special offer, take it and don't worry about the differences. I will say though that the Exo Terras seem to be more popular with dart froggers, at least.

Personally I don't like the Exo Terra foam backgrounds - they look awfully fake when you are trying to take pictures of frogs with that background behind them. The Zoo Med backgrounds are real organic materials (cork) but you usually have to buy them separately and they aren't cheap. However, you should be able to get the Zoo Med backgrounds to fit the Exo Terras, so best of both worlds.

Awesome. But how do you prevent fly escapes in either one?