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 Ideas for new tank?

OK well my dads best friend owns a large glass shop in VA, we live in NC, and he recently cut me some large pieces of thick high quality glass for a terraium. My dad used aquarium silicon and long story short i have an awesome empty 30x24x21 tank and no idea who to put in it. I have one eastern fencie, Soliel. 3 Gray treefrogs, Leopard frog, Firebellie toad and a rough green snake. At the moment everybody is in a ten gallon, not together seperated by speacies. As soon as one of them go into the big tank then another set is going into a twenty gallon. My plan was to put my Eastern Fencie in there and get her a couple companions so my question is 1) do you think i should put her in this tank? and 2)What plants would be safe to put in the tank? btw the gallon measurment comes out to about 65 gallons. I will post pictures soon as i find my camera
09/20/09  07:51am

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   Message To: Wintergreen   In reference to Message Id: 2074039


 Ideas for new tank?

I would put the fence lizard in it.

Bark substrate, branches to your liking; but also to the lizards liking as well. In my enclosure I have fake silk leaves. Only decorations that I have that came out of the wild are the branches and limbs.
09/20/09  02:54pm

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 Ideas for new tank?

Well, as far as space needs go you should put the fence lizard in it and get her a two companions. Your fence lizard is your most active pet when talking about daily movements. Soliel will love you for it.

I’d cut some trees up into branches and make sure they are pest free. Add some fake leaves or greenery. You can buy safe plants to add to enclosures at pet stores, but keeping them alive is like owning another pet. I prefer fake leafage. I also prefer bark substrate, but with that much room you can make it a combination if you would like. You have a lot of options. You can also sell the tank and start making them on a regular basis. I live in the middle of NC right next to VA, so ummm.... any chance you have other cheap tanks lying around??


Your only other choice would be the Green Snake, but they are relatively small and very inactive compared to the fence lizard. I read Rough green snakes do not require a large enclosure as long as they have ample room supplied to them so that it can move around freely.



09/22/09  10:50pm

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 Ideas for new tank?

Thanks for the help it turned out realllllllly good ill put up some pictures soon as i charge my camera Right now the tank has soliel my female a large gold male that i caught and two tiny babies that the adults ignore its a very cute family the only reason the small ones are in there is beacause they were saved from a cat and i didnt want them to get killed by the cat or my friend who got them



10/08/09  06:20pm


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