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20-Mar-05, 04:52 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: sth brisbane, qld, australia | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
thanks
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20-Mar-05, 05:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: sth brisbane, qld, australia | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
what size tank do u recomend a 16 cm one be in its 18months old?
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20-Mar-05, 05:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
Where do people buy there sand from? Do you have to use special reptile sand or could you get it from a building supplies place or something along those lines??
Cheers Alex
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20-Mar-05, 05:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: sth brisbane, qld, australia | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
good question ether
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20-Mar-05, 07:50 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
Bagged sand from building supplies or brickies sand. Brickies is great cause it's red and also clumps excellent foor digging.
Simon Archibald
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20-Mar-05, 07:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: NSW | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
Simon, in your experience what have you found to be the best bulb to supply adequate UVA/B when using large aquarium style enclosures? Do those Ozbright ones do the job well enough?
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20-Mar-05, 09:12 PM
|  | Has Happy Herps.... Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
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Do those Ozbright ones do the job well enough?
| Sorry to jump on the question parko, but they are great. You still need to have them low enough for the animal to get the full benefit of the UV light, but as in the case of monitors this is not a problem as they love the heat so much. The OZbright 160w would be best obvioulsy.
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20-Mar-05, 10:09 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
^^^ Yeah what Huggy said...Oz-brights are great. You get what you pay for.
Simon Archibald
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13-Apr-05, 12:43 PM
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*penny drops* ahhhh.... so ridge tailed monitors = ackies?
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13-Apr-05, 01:22 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
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*penny drops* ahhhh.... so ridge tailed monitors = ackies?
| Indeed it does, it comes from their scientific name Varanus Acanthurus.
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13-Apr-05, 02:02 PM
| | Has Happy Herps.... Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
Yes, ackies, ridgeys, spiny tailed, all the same thing. Very nice they are.
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13-Apr-05, 02:23 PM
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 so how much are you wanting for them? Difficulty of care - eg - same as dragons?
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13-Apr-05, 02:32 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Melbourne Age: 18 | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
get the book Australian Goannas by Matt Vincent and Steve Wilson. It will tell you most of the stuff you need to know.
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13-Apr-05, 02:33 PM
| | Has Happy Herps.... Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
$250 each. If you set your enclosure up correctly giving them all they need as you should with anything, they are very easy to look after. I would recommend them as one of the better monitors, if not the best, to start of with.
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13-Apr-05, 06:16 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Red Centre Age: 30 | | | | RE: Re: RE: Ridge tail monitors
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Oh and just quietly...I think you'd be much better off getting some Blackheaded Monitors...everyone has ackies...you want something you don't see EVERYday
What do you mean I see them plenty out here.....
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