Well, I've been hunting around the basement and garage trying to find all my old herp stuff. I've decided I'm more than adequately equipped to handle a few more herps. I have never successfully bred herps (just some boring old crayfish, lol) and I am considering the following as breeding projects:

-Spanish ribbed newts (this species just because they're for sale in the local classified's at a reasonable price)
-Crested geckos
-Corn snakes

The breeding enclosure(s) would either be a 20 gallon tank, 1 of 2 105 quart sterilite containers, or a combination of the above. I have heatpads, thermometers, and lamps (regular incandescent, halogen, and infrared) already. I also have a 10 gallon tank with screen top I can house offspring in; there's also a store nearby that has sterilite containers on sale, lol.

If anyone would like to recommend any of the above, please post and explain why they would make good breeder animals. Basically, the criteria I'm looking for most are:

-Not overly expensive to purchase a breeding pair ($300USD max)
-Easy to keep/low maintenance
-Can be kept together even when not breeding
-Easy to breed
-Reasonably high in demand so I can find homes for any babies I produce

I'm not looking to get too fancy here. I'm also in no hurry as there's a reptile show in less than a month which may be the ideal place to pick up my breeding animals.