Strophurus ciliaris enclosure

[Acrochordus]

Hi, everyone i will be setting up an enclosure tomorrow for a pair of Northern Spiny Tailed Geckos (Strophurus ciliaris), i have the whole keeping side down packed i just need some inspiration, on setting up the enclosure, soo would people be able to post pic's of there tanks.
Thanks Tim.

 

[Acrochordus]

I know people keep these geckos, i really need some ideas on this enclosure.
Thanks Tim.

 

[AUSGECKO]

Hi Mate,

Here are a couple of pics of my ciliaris enclosure, i had to remove the doors to get some clear pics of inside, they tend to get a bit messy with the glass. They particularly like the UV light. Hope this gives you some ideas.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Acrochordus]

Thanks Gecko82, nice enclosure that has allready given all my idea's.
Thanks Tim.

 

[whcasual79]

geck82, does it take long to clean the enclosure come cleaning time??

 

[AUSGECKO]

No it doesn`t take long, I remove the animals and branches, laying tubs etc. and soak them in F10 for half an hour (not the animals ), empty the substrate in the bin, soak the enclosure for half an hour with F10 then hose everything off and put it all back together again. It does take a whole day to do all the gecko and snake enclosures though.

 

[Acrochordus]

Gecko82 do you feed your's crickets or woodies?
Thanks Tim.

 

[AUSGECKO]

I only feed mine crickets, I know some breeders that feed woodies but i have had bad experiences with them hiding all throughout the enclosures and my missus will put up with stray crickets but if woodies were to escape she would flip.

 

[Acrochordus]

sweet thanks mate.

 

[gecko-mad]

awesome set-up geck82

 

[AUSGECKO]

Thanks mate.

 

[Grunter023]

Is that a globe you use for heat Geck82 from the top? if so,what type of globe and is that your only source of heat for your ciliaris?

 

[AUSGECKO]

Hey Grunter, Yeah i just use a 60watt URS OZ Purple globe, It seems to work fine and gives off sufficient heat (they very rarely bask directly underneath it), they tend to bask directly underneath the compact UVB tube instead. Because of all the other animals i have in the room (i have pythons on the other side) the ambient temp in the room gets down to a minimum of 14°c in the middle of winter and up to around 34°c in the middle of summer. The globe blows occasionly as all light globes do but i get them at the right price so that doesn`t really bother me.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Grunter023]

ok cool..I am hopefully getting some next year and want to get it setup right. Do you have the purple globe on 24/7 and the UVB on for about 10-12 hrs a day or do you turn the purple globe off of a night as well?

 

[AUSGECKO]

Correct, The heat stays on 24/7 but with the UV it varys depending on the time of the year anywhere from 6 hours a day to 14 hours a day, i dont think this is crucial for breeding but im just pedantic :lol:

 

[Grunter023]

cheers thanks for replying Geck82

 

[geckos_are_great]

more pics please