Nile monitor and 250 gallon

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You should not be looking to get a monitor because it could go in there, you should be looking to get a monitor if and only if you are after specifically a monitor, then do the research an find out what it needs. As it is, any fish tank will need a certain amount of modification before it will hold the heat and humidity monitors need. Screen tops are a no-no.
Monitors and turtles will not work together. The turtles will take chunks out of the monitor and the monitor will kill the turtles.
Roughneck monitors can reach four or five feet, so no.

If you made the right modifications, those dimensions could work for one of the dwarf monitor species, such as ackies, tristis, etc. There are a number of things to take into account, one of the biggest being that most monitors burrow, and all females need a place to lay eggs. If you were getting ackies, you would be looking at adding at least a foot of sandy soil to the cage to allow for proper burrowing and nesting. Really, you would be better off ditching the tank and simply building your own cage if you intend to get a monitor.
 
Yah i have done my research and was told a nile but i guess that isn't right and yes i wanted to get a monitor because i want to not because i have the space.
Do you know of any small water monitors or small monitors that like water?
 
jonathan7 said:
Yah i have done my research and was told a nile but i guess that isn't right and yes i wanted to get a monitor because i want to not because i have the space.
Do you know of any small water monitors or small monitors that like water?
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Ok here's the simple math:

Take the MAX length of the lizard. Let's say you want a Dumerils monitor (my favorite). Usually the max adult size is 48" (4'). Take that number and:

Max size x 2 = Length of enclosure needed
Max size x 1 = Width needed

Now for the height its
Max size x 1 (or less): For a terrestrial animal
Max size x 1.2 (2 sometimes): For an arboreal

Just so you know what these things are capable of:

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That^ is from an actual bite. Niles are some of the pissiest monitors i have ever worked with. Yes, some can be trained but most will be nasty/wild throughout their life. Even if they don't bite, the claws of a 4' monitor are enough to open your arm. MY 3' blue tail who never bit, decided to take off one day while i was holding him. What resulted was scratches (not even, more like cuts) that could have used a stitch or two.

My advice to you is do your research. The best starter monitors IMO are:

1) Ackies 2' max size
2) Timors 2.5' max size (not as personable and quite flighty)
3) Trees 3' max size (flighty and quite pissy)

Black and brown roughnecks (dumerils) would be my next choices. However, this only if you have 7' long x 4' wide enclosure to dedicate to them.

Lots of interest in monitors as of late. People are really not doing their research.
 
I am astounded with that bite that is brutal i am for sure that i am not getting on but yes i have been told about alsorts of smaller monitors but do you know of any small aquatic ones under 400 dollars
 
There aren't really any small semi-aquatic monitors. Timors are arboreal, argus monitors can hit five feet long and are terrestrial.

The smallest monitor that will really use the water a lot would be a Merten's, and they still get three or four feet, sometimes more. You would be building a cage and then maybe using your tank for the pond inside the cage...
Oh, and the Merten's itself will cost about as much as the cage will cost to build.
 
Have you looked into Caiman Lizards, they would seem a better choice if you could find one that was CB
 
Big Jay said:
My advice to you is do your research. The best starter monitors IMO are:

1) Ackies 2' max size
2) Timors 2.5' max size (not as personable and quite flighty)
3) Trees 3' max size (flighty and quite pissy)
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Aren't all tree monitors recommended for people with experience because of their high humidity requirements and because they stress easily?




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