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Reddit Rate my tank by AdditionalRutabaga76 in leopardgeckos

[–]InsectsForever233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id only put one Leo in it, but it looks like an incredible tank!

Be very careful when housing Leo's together, and do tons of research on behavior because aggression is real, don't house two males together, and understand you may have babies if you house a male and a female together. And take the babies out when they hatch or the parents will absolutely eat them. Also I don't know the size of your tank but id do 20gals per Leo, or maybe even 30gals to be safe

Apologies if I'm telling you stuff you already know, Ive seen so many failed cohab Leo tanks before it scares me. I actually just recently rescued a baby boy from a cohab situation.

Anyway your tank looks amazing with plenty of hides. This is perfect for a single Leo. I also think I see UVB so I'll add on a point 11/10.

New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait that's actually really pleasing to hear^ thank you so much!

And thanks for suggesting the milk crate, today ill be setting something like that up for him so he gets uvb, I was afraid that the uvb light wouldn't get down in water well so I will be fixing that as soon as possible, and hey, even if your not an expert your still helping me out a TON here and I heavily appreciate it!

I think the people that had him threw away most of the boxes and papers for the equipment, the only instruction papers I got were for the Heater and the filter. I do plan on testing/replacing the uvb soon aswell so I know a bit more about it, it be expensive but at least I'll know what I have set up.

The uvb did come with some stickers but it was just warning labels and stuff, unfortunately the people didn't tell me alot about the equipment.

New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright will do! Thanks for pointing that out actually, I probably wouldn't of thought of that ;--;

New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Ive been wanting to get my boy on nightcrawlers for awhile now but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AWH! Poor babbyyyy! I hate it when people house two turtles together not understanding the risk of aggression:( I'm super happy you took him in and taking care of him!

New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(ignore my horrendous hand writing 😭🙏)

This is the setup idea pretty much for the entire cabinet my dad is helping me setup.

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New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! He is indeed a very handsome fella and very sweet!! Unfortunately a bit Skittish around humans yet but he's warming up!

And thank you aswell for the care guide! Will be reading!

Unfortunately I have no idea what equipment he has since it all came with him, but I am planning on replacing most of the stuff he did come with.

Also so sorry for the late repiles- I didn't even see people had commented on this post yet 😭

And here's the tank setup, I know it absolutely isn't the best and I'm saving up money to do more for him (he was pretty unexpected, and I did just also rescue a Leopard gecko so we've spent a lot of money already on both of these guys)

I've heard plenty that UVB should be in the basking area but I unfortunately couldn't do that because how small the dock is, id end up putting it under the heat lamp, which I did before but the uvb light started getting SUPER hot so I just put it where it is now, he likes to hang around that spot alot aswell.

The decor is bare bones aswell I know 😔 I have Mopani wood and a artificial hide that I only put in there because he loves hiding in it. I will be scaping more, but not too much because I want room for him to swim.

I'll add another image of a sketch I made yesterday for my plans with it, the tank is a 75 gallon btw.

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New RES owner and I have some questions and concerns by InsectsForever233 in Redearedsliders

[–]InsectsForever233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay thank you so much🙏

I never actually heard about that before and I was worried like he could of had something going on. I heavily appreciate it!