I never do this, should I give up before I start

[Yanbbrox]

i would NOT recommend a beardie for a tank that is so narrow. beardies need a wide tank, at least 18"-24". i'd highly advise against them for that tank.

they are great lizards though, great for beginners and your wife would fall in love with it QUICK. but you'd need a tank size of at least 40-48L x 18-24W.

i cant really find much that would be sensible for that tank, small turtles if you want it aquatic. crested geckos, house geckos, day geckos or anoles would also be ok if you want some sort of humid jungle setup.(..i'd recommend cresteds..)

Thanks for the extra input as quoted above the concern with this is the fact that the tank is very narrow, it is however very long. I've done some quick reading up on the geckos listed above and the max size for all these is 10'' including tail which raises another few questions, all based on a non aquatic setup.

At 10'' is it cruel to keep them in a tank this narrow or with the length make up for that?

I also like the idea of a humid jungle setup but again will the length of the tank be a problem from a heating point of view?

Finally I know this is a bit lazy to ask but how much roughly would I expect to pay for the equipment to convert this over for reptiles just to give me a figure to work with? My concern here is that most stuff I've seen for sale is based on a normal size tank so I'm concerned that there will cold areas?

 

[kafiltafiisch]

if you do cresties they max out at like 8" and thjeyd be fine but they run for a minimum of 50 out here there is an upside to that though because they dont need heating or lighting as lng as the tank stays anywhere from 60 min to 80 TOPS its neat i have five right now they are awesome theyd make a good choice too, yoo just need substrate and plants for feed they take crix and Crested gecko diet which is cool... they are very freindly too

 

[dzb912]

i dont know if its wide enough, but at that size, and especially if your scrapping the water, why not get a bearded dragon or a, eastern collared lizard ?

thats realy not a suitable tank for beardies
they get long and need a wider tank
i would suggest crested geckos
but this is not a good situation IMO
if you are new to herps why start out with a BIG tank with a comunity?
i would just get another tank and get just one herp before you get a bunch of them
you should just get a bearded dragon to start of with
or mabey even a leopard gecko or crested
but like i said having such a big tank for a comunity of herps when you have never owned one isnt smart
you might not even like it

 

[paul112]

Can you not put some of the animals from another tank into there, and have a more "reptile suited" tank free instead? I feel for you, that's a pretty wicked tank, but I'm stumped for what you could put in it herp wise. You *could* maybe sit it on it's smallest side, and have a hugely tall tank of anoles or something Don't think they're all that good for handling though.

I wouldn't advice any lizard which grows larger than the width of the tank, they need room to turn around comfortably.

That tank however, would look sick as a jungle set up. Again, Anoles would work here. You could look into frogs too, some Whites Tree Frogs could work although tree frogs could use more height than length, and whilst they get big and are a good "beginner" (they tolerate handling well too), they are also little bulldozers and could crush an otherwise nice jungle setup.

I'd like to see it planted up with ferns, with part of the setup as a pond/stream style thing. You can heat a cage that size by using heat cable or tape, although if you go for Diurnal reptiles, they will need heating from above aswell as UV likely.

Best,
Paul