"Tankmates"?

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coura;3902601; said:
Bad idea generaly speaking, the only way I think it would work would be in a ginormous rainforest enclosure with matas and chondros but no chams
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Not necessarily...I have to find the picture, but I saw a tank that was half water and half vivarium. You had to look close, but the was screen over the top of the water, and the fogger blew over the top of the screen. Theatrics, yes, but still damn cool...........and he had fish in the bottom though...
 
foto69man;3902873; said:
Not necessarily...I have to find the picture, but I saw a tank that was half water and half vivarium. You had to look close, but the was screen over the top of the water, and the fogger blew over the top of the screen. Theatrics, yes, but still damn cool...........and he had fish in the bottom though...
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That sounds like it would look cool, but probably not something I would spend the time to set up. I was thinking if I do anything larger than a regular water dish it'd just be a small molded black plastic pond that was set down into the substrate. Again, only a few inches of water, but at least it'd look a bit more natural and professional than a ceramic bowl. Plus when I needed to change the water I could just take the whole thing out, dump the water, put fresh in and set it back down in the substrate.
 
Even if I did do a tank that was just for Sheltopusiks, I'd still be interested in doing a mixed tank (separate from the Sheltopusiks). Could anyone who has done this successfully throw in their knowledge? What are some problems that you've encountered? Any advice on what to do/avoid?
 
it can be done in a large tank but the problem is that it wont be exciting for you. say have a few green tree frogs and a few anoles in a 125g for example. provide shallow pools and humid areas...but sunny places as well for the anoles to bask and dry off. to put all those animals in a 20g like petland isnt fair. they may last for a while but i guarantee they wont breed.
 
Not necessarily looking to breed every animal that I get. Not saying that's justification to use a 20 gallon - I would use at least a 75 or larger, and that's only if they're small animals - but breeding isn't the number one concern. For the Sheltopusiks, it would be high on the list, but for a mixed tank, not so much. The thing is though, I'd want to do something a bit more interesting than anoles and green tree frogs. It's my understanding from reading that it would be best to look for animals that come from the same geographical location, so perhaps a biotope (apologies if I used that incorrectly) type of enclosure?
 
I saw one member had an enclosure keeping several semi-aquatic lizards together, I think that could be pretty interesting...
 
rudukai13;3908604; said:
I saw one member had an enclosure keeping several semi-aquatic lizards together, I think that could be pretty interesting...
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Most semi aquatic lizards need very big enclosures in a combo...if it works at all. The exception are chinese croc lizards that are like 600$ a pop
 
foto69man;3902873; said:
Not necessarily...I have to find the picture, but I saw a tank that was half water and half vivarium. You had to look close, but the was screen over the top of the water, and the fogger blew over the top of the screen. Theatrics, yes, but still damn cool...........and he had fish in the bottom though...
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You have to put your animals well being above any aestetics, turtles and snakes or lizards unless they are very far apart are no good because turtles harbour microorganisms that can be letal to a lizard or snake, alot of chameleons wouldnt like a bit the stagnate and to moist air that would result from that and any of thouse can easily be killed by a aquatic turt of mid size. In a HUGE enclosure the mata chondro combo would be a good bet because both animals come from the same place so a reasonable termal gradient could be achieved without bugging either and both are very placid animals that would mostly stat in their nich.
 
Coura, what could you suggest that could work together in a large but not huge enclosure? Something like a 180 or so gallon tank?
 
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