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| Posted | starting a vivarium |
| 30-04-2006 by george | i have been keeping fish for about a year and i have just had the idea of starting a vivarium.
i intent to house gekos in anything up to a 4 foot tank. could someone give me some info on these please and tell me how to maintain, how many specimens i can have in a tank etc etc thanks |
| 30-04-2006 by george | oo and are there any shops near guildford!! |
| 30-04-2006 by telboy | hello george,fancy meeting you here! im in no way an expert but have you any idea what type ya may wanna keep? |
| 30-04-2006 by george | yeah a lepord gecko!! |
| 30-04-2006 by george | i have read i can keep 3- 1 male, 2 females in a 15 galon tank. |
| 30-04-2006 by george | im going to use slate as the substrate and im gunna have half of the viv with substrate heating. i will heat the viv with a 50w lamp in the day and infra red at night. |
| 02-05-2006 by ian g | leopardgecko.co.uk has all the info you need on set up care etc |
| 02-05-2006 by ian g | a 3ftx2ft viv can house a trio of leos. substrate wise newspaper etc is best as there is no risk of the leos ingesting it! a heat mat covering 1 third to half the viv on a thermostat will provide heating. ambient temp of around 80f with a hot spot of around 90f and at least two hides one cool end one warm end. also in one of the hides it is best to make it humid with damp sterile moss to aid in shedding |
| 02-05-2006 by ian g | i would also recommend buying a good book on them i.e the leopard gecko manual |
| 27-06-2006 by Jessica Dring | Hiya! I have a female leopard gecko in a four foot tank!
Basically, do you want it to look nice or be more aprreciative to the leopard geckos? If no 2) get a black light for starters (uv is not needed as leopard geckos are nocturnal if 1) is your option, mabe leopard geckos arent for you- they only come out at about 11 pm+! anyway, leps are good in the fact they they are amongst THE easiest reps to keep, and are great for kids to handle, provided they are up by 9pm the latest lol. |
| 27-06-2006 by Jessica Dring | oh, i forgot to add, let me know which one you want them for, and ill post something else! |
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