Hello all,
I am completely new to keeping reptiles... well I will be when I get to the keeping part. Currently I have a couple of fish tanks, one of which I am hoping to sell the fishies and convert to a lizard tank. It is 2ft long and a taller tank. Its dimensions look alot like this picture although without the hood as my tank just has two sheets of glass on top with a thinner removable strip-light -
I believe I would have to buy (if thats possible) or make a sort of mesh hood instead of the glass sheets.
The first thing I've been trying to research is what species of lizard are available to me. I live on the Central Coast in NSW. I particularly like the look of geckos and I think I could house one or two max in my tank. I read on one of the way-too-many sites I looked at that most geckos don't like high environments so I'm worried my tank isn't suitable? Is this enough ground space? Preferrably I would like a breed of gecko that would like to climb a little bit as I intend on setting up the tank with some taller plants/objects if I can.
Originally I fell in love with the knob-tailed gecko but would they rather sit on the sand all night/day and not use much else? Any other suggestions, even if not geckos? Though beautiful patterns are a favourite with me
Another question I've been pondering - do all geckos dislike lighting? Is there a way to get lighting on the tank but not disturb the lizards?
Thankyou so much it's great that we have this forum and I'm even more excited about the sales area for when I get everything organised!
- Anna
I am completely new to keeping reptiles... well I will be when I get to the keeping part. Currently I have a couple of fish tanks, one of which I am hoping to sell the fishies and convert to a lizard tank. It is 2ft long and a taller tank. Its dimensions look alot like this picture although without the hood as my tank just has two sheets of glass on top with a thinner removable strip-light -
I believe I would have to buy (if thats possible) or make a sort of mesh hood instead of the glass sheets.
The first thing I've been trying to research is what species of lizard are available to me. I live on the Central Coast in NSW. I particularly like the look of geckos and I think I could house one or two max in my tank. I read on one of the way-too-many sites I looked at that most geckos don't like high environments so I'm worried my tank isn't suitable? Is this enough ground space? Preferrably I would like a breed of gecko that would like to climb a little bit as I intend on setting up the tank with some taller plants/objects if I can.
Originally I fell in love with the knob-tailed gecko but would they rather sit on the sand all night/day and not use much else? Any other suggestions, even if not geckos? Though beautiful patterns are a favourite with me
Another question I've been pondering - do all geckos dislike lighting? Is there a way to get lighting on the tank but not disturb the lizards?
Thankyou so much it's great that we have this forum and I'm even more excited about the sales area for when I get everything organised!
- Anna