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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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I have an age old problem I'm sure we've all had- empty tank syndrome. I have an empty ten gallon tank, with a UVB bulb and fixture, dome lamp, etc... any suggestions on what I should put in it? I want something that can stay in a ten gallon its whole life, since i have a few animals already waiting to outgrow their current tanks and be upgraded, and i also want something i dont already have (i have 6 leos, a beardie, a savannah, a hog island boa, a crested gecko, and a lil anole). so anyone have any suggestions? frogs, lizards, snakes, anything :)
 
baby soft shell turtle, cheap and very very cool, little sand on the bottem and a cheap underwater filter and your good to go, add some live plants(the will grow great with ur uvbulb) and some guppies and ghost shrimp , and a floating island. would make a very nice display with alot to look at.
 
Vince,
You got me excited there for a minute, lol. I was like, a turtle?? that can stay in a ten gallon forever? awesome! :p A turtle would be cool, or even a baby tortoise, but i would rather have something that i wont have to worry about upgrading. Thanks for the suggestion though! Maybe I will get a pacman frog or something.... :p
 
There is a large variety of herps you could keep in a 10 gallon tank. Turtles, lizards, snakes, newts, salamanders, frogs, toads could all be kept successfully. Some good choices than those already suggested might be:

Red Spotted Newts (up to 4 of them maybe even 5 of them)
American Toad (1 or 2 of these or a similar sized toad)
Mantella Frogs
Dart/Arrow Frogs
African Underwater Frog (the smaller variety)
Green Frog (or similar sized or smaller primarily water frog)
Spotted Salamander (or similar sized choice)
Mud Turtle or Musk Turtle (smaller variety)
Anoles (up to 2 but 1 would be better)
Small Gecko species
Rubber Boa (great sized snake for this size tank)
Sand Boa

With the exception of the Mantella and Dart/Arrow Frogs, all are fairly easy to keep. All can live their whole life, with room to spare, in a 10 gallon sized tank. There are lots of other possibilities, and lots of them are probably better choices than the all to ready to bite Pac-Man frog of which you are thinking.

Good luck,
Glenn B;)
 
Glenn, can you elaborate a bit more on some of the small gecko species? I too have an empty 10 gallon tank, and love geckos. Easy to care for is preferred, as I stay busy as is...

Thanks!
 
pictus, fattails, leopards, daygeckos ,leaf tails. goto the pet shop and take your pic. almost all geckos can live very happy in a 10 gal.
 
Hmm...a mud or musk turtle is istarting to sound pretty good. maybe i will look up info on one of these guys. I thought pretty much all turtles would outgrow a ten gallon. but a bunch of others on your lists sound good too! well, off i go to research :) Thanks again
 
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