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aidan · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: how many in a tank

how many crested geckos in the exo Terra
45x45x60=
60x45x60=
i deciding what 1 to get to see how many i can have in each 1 with lots of coverage.
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2.4. beardies
1.1 fire n uce beardies
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
0.0.1 corns
0.0.2 crested geckos

PaulG · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:56 am Post subject:

well for a start you can only have one male in.
in the 45x45x45 I would say 1.2 maybe pushing 1.3
in the 60x45x60 i would say no more than 1.4
that is my opinion.
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Scott W · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject:

45*45*45 I'd say 1.3 if very well set up
60*45*60 I'd say 1.5 again if well set up.

Personally I would go for the larger size, it just makes your life a lot easier Wink

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Phil1988 · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

Would agree on that one, I have a 45x45x60 and currently have 1.1 in there. I would probably go up to 1.2 but with the risk of them not getting on I wouldn't have the space for 4 big tanks if I had to seperate them so I wouldn't go to 1.3.

As there is no guarantee on the sex of the crestie until around 9months-1 year you will have to decide what you want to do. If you want a male and female pair you would probably be better buying 2 juvies and growing them up in hope that they are one of each. Although then you will have to be prepared to seperate or sell off one if need be. Buying an adult female can be quite expensive.

aidan · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

IL probable go for the bigger 1 then because if i get like 3 or 4 then i can buy 1 or 2 later on if i get a few males
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2.4. beardies
1.1 fire n uce beardies
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
0.0.1 corns
0.0.2 crested geckos

jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

What about if you bought one 60 x 45 x 60 exo terra and keep maybe 2/3/4 females and then get either a 60 x 45 x 60 or a 45 x 45 x 60 and keep a male seperate int hat and introduce him to the females for breeding.

Just a thought.

Jake

Phil1988 · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

I did think of that at first when I was getting into it but then I didn't really have the space and wouldn't want to go through the introducing and seperating each time I came to put them together.

aidan · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

why is it hard introducing them i no you have to make it like natural ground but do they fight or something
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2.4. beardies
1.1 fire n uce beardies
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
0.0.1 corns
0.0.2 crested geckos

Phil1988 · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject:

http://www.captivebred.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12671 my very well documented episode of when I introduced my two.

And yeah mine started fighting, I had to clean out the whole tank and wash everything and introduce them to a fresh viv. I don't think I could be bothered to do that everytime I wanted to introduce the male.

aidan · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject:

yer now i understand properly why
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2.4. beardies
1.1 fire n uce beardies
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
0.0.1 corns
0.0.2 crested geckos