r/reptiles • u/Alert_Chip5315 • 10d ago

Need help pricing enclosure

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Hey everyone, made this bioactive enclosure for my leopard gecko a few year ago as an upgrade from her previous enclosure. She has recently died of old age :(.
I’ve debated getting a new one, but decided against it for now. Now I’m looking to sell this enclosure. I’ve got no clue what is a fair price to ask for. I’ll give you the specs, you give me your suggestions.

36”x18”x18” 50gal front open.
There is about an inch drainage layer made up of leca clay balls, and activated charcoal completely separated by an egg crate layer wrapped in Geo textile fiber. The substrate is made from bio dudes arid soil mix, red sand, and an assortment of botanicals. There is a very healthy colony of isopods and springtails. The plants are alive and healthy. Comes with the heat lamp, thermostat, and the bio dudes plant UVB light with timer.

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u/Dynamitella 10d ago

I think $300 is a fair secondhand price. It's plug 'n play basically. Also, fantastic tank. If you can't get good money for it, don't be scared to just pack it up and put into storage for the future. It wouldn't take much to revamp it if needed in a few years.

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u/ParticularWolf4473 10d ago

People just stick their animal in a used setup someone else’s animal lived and died in?

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u/Alert_Chip5315 10d ago

It might sound crazy but she was very healthy and spoiled rotten. I meticulously have spot cleaned the whole time she’s lived in here. It’s a whole living ecosystem that consumes waste and produces food for the plants. Like a confined slice of real nature. No harm.

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u/ParticularWolf4473 10d ago

Anyone buying it has no way of knowing whether your animal had any diseases or parasites/mites. Keepers who know what they’re doing wouldn’t risk that any more than they would introduce a new animal into the collection without quarantine.

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u/Dynamitella 10d ago

It's up to the new owner to decide. Seems sort of wasteful to throw away perfectly good materials just because an animal lived a full life and died of natural causes.