Monitor lizard in a 90gal?

[Slippery K]

Hey everyone. The wife wants to get back into keeping lizards (shes done it for over 8 years). Her birthday is comming up, and my uncle has offerd me his old 90gal aquarium 48x18x24 to setup a lizard tank. So my question is: if I were to buy the wife a baby savannah monitor, how long could it stay in the 90gal? I know its not a permanent home, just a starter till he gets bigger, and im not going to pass up a free tank lol the wife also still has all her old reptile equipment at her parents house.

 

[A. gigas]

Aquariums and monitors don't mix well. Just set up its permanent enclosure and throw it in. You can't give a monitor too much space, and even a newborn will do just great in an 8'x4'x4' cage.
Check out the photo gallery and videos here:
http://www.savannahmonitor.co/

 

[Experiment397]

That would last around 2 months ish depending on the amount you feed the monitor, as was stated though you still shouldn't keep most monitors in an aquarium.


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[barberking12]

7 to 8 months you can keep them in an aquarium just fine just make sure the size is right i used to own many monitors including niles and argus

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Why not go for something smaller like a Timor or Ackie Monitor?

 

[Wiggles92]

Aquariums and monitors don't mix well. Just set up its permanent enclosure and throw it in. You can't give a monitor too much space, and even a newborn will do just great in an 8'x4'x4' cage.
Check out the photo gallery and videos here:
http://www.savannahmonitor.co/

x2.

Why not go for something smaller like a Timor or Ackie Monitor?

x2 on the Ackie monitor.

I disagree on the Timor monitor since they tend to be skittish & will need a larger enclosure in proportion to their body size in order to make them feel secure.

 

[chairman]

Rule of thumb for lizard cages is 1.5 times length by 3 times length. A standard 90 being 18" wide gives you till the sav is 12". Properly heated and fed, I give it a month. Any reason you're looking at monitors to temporarily live in the tank? There are a couple great lizard species that could spend their whole lives in a 90.

 

[Slippery K]

x2.



x2 on the Ackie monitor.

I disagree on the Timor monitor since they tend to be skittish & will need a larger enclosure in proportion to their body size in order to make them feel secure.

We both like the looks of a monitor plus the size. She doesnt want any small lizards anymore. I was looking online the other day about building my own enclosure, which is what I willprobably do. I can build one in a couple hours for pretty cheap. Would not. 6x4x4 work? Im not sure I have a 8 foot space to use because of all the fish tanks lol

 

[Wiggles92]

We both like the looks of a monitor plus the size. She doesnt want any small lizards anymore. I was looking online the other day about building my own enclosure, which is what I willprobably do. I can build one in a couple hours for pretty cheap. Would not. 6x4x4 work? Im not sure I have a 8 foot space to use because of all the fish tanks lol

Which species do you want to get? Ackies can get to be a bit over 24" long, so I wouldn't consider them to be small; they're more of a medium-sized lizard. 6'x4'x4' will not work for an adult savannah monitor although that would be fine for a small colony of ackies.

 

[A. gigas]

8x4x4 is the bare minimum for a Sav. And by bare minimum, I am saying it is the equivalent of keeping an Arapaima in a 10' circular tank.