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Post by Kyle856 on Jun 3, 2005 23:43:12 GMT -5
this is what i want to do..take a 65 gallon aquarium and fill it half way up with water and have a filter and heater in it and have alot of logs stickin out of the water and 2 hammocks and have a reptibulb floresant bulb and a basking spot and keep a baby water dragon is it a small turtle and some fish, not only feeder fish like some chiclids of some kind. Do you think this will be alright for a water dragon It will be having a whisper 3 filter so the water will stay really clean. If i can provide a basking spot and enough logs to climb on stickin out of the water i think i will be fine, But i would like to know for sure if it will be alright.
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Post by DaremoAlpha on Jun 4, 2005 10:48:59 GMT -5
to do something like that, if it was me I would put a divider in the tank so you would have a pond and a dry ground area too.
A turtle might bite the dragons tail tip off it is hanging eh. Thinking it is food like a worm.
Just my oppinions
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Post by Kyle856 on Jun 4, 2005 12:19:01 GMT -5
i appreciate your opinion and yes i am giving the set up and second thought to. The divider idea seems like it would work out the best but i have no clue how to do that. So if you could give me more information on how to do that i would appreciate it.
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Post by DaremoAlpha on Jun 5, 2005 18:41:04 GMT -5
Piece of glass or plexi glass and animal safe siliconed around the 3 edges touching the tank.. allow time to cure, build up substrata on dry side and fill with water on wet side. Then go back to plan A with logs and stuff for easy access in and out.
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Post by Pooka on Jun 6, 2005 11:37:40 GMT -5
Keep in mind that even with a high power filter you will need to skim the pond daily with a net and chnage the water probably weekly. I would be an advocate of drilling a hole in the water side for a drain plug of some kind. You would probably want a specialty shop to do that though as most tanks are made of glass that is hard to cut.
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Post by Kyle856 on Jun 6, 2005 12:28:23 GMT -5
the drain idea seems a little hard. I will Just use a divider and split it in two..one half water and one half land. I will use the filter and still do the water change per week and daily scimming. That beats water change every day. I think I will also get 2 dragons now because 65 gallon tank is alot for one baby even though the min. cage is 55 gallon. I have a custom cage that I use to have a 3 ft. savannah monitor in. Its 6ft long 4ft deep and 4ft high, wood sides and back, plexi glass on top and front with holes cut out for a 28inch floresant and 2 for basking lights. So that will be good for 2 adults. Could i do a basilisk and a CWD? i knoe basilisk aint to friendly and calm like a CWD tho. let me know what you think.
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Post by Pooka on Jun 7, 2005 10:10:03 GMT -5
Personally I recommend cages be 6 foot long 4 feet tall (at least) and 2 or 2.5 feet thick for an adult pair of dragons. As far as mixing different species I advise against it they usually end of fighting as they compete for the same territotory. Although I have seen countless exceptions to this rule, and they have gotten along great. Just be aware of the dangers before you add them into the same home.
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Post by Kyle856 on Jun 7, 2005 18:23:14 GMT -5
yeah I dont think Im goin with a basilisk. Just 2 CWD's. Im cutting the piece of plexiglass as the divider tomorrow and glue ing it in with some aquaseal stuff i got from petsmart. Then ill give it a day to try then set up the tank and get the filter going along with the heater. then the next day i will buy some dragons. Right now i am buying crickets online from wormman.com I should have pictures of set up and lizards by saturday...
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Post by Pooka on Jun 8, 2005 14:57:31 GMT -5
You may wanna have at least 1 to 2 full days to tweak your enclosure settings to be sure you have no temperature or humidity issues before getting your dragons. Pictures are great, I look forard to seeing some.
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Post by Kyle856 on Jun 8, 2005 16:08:49 GMT -5
Alright Ill take some good pictures of them and some good pictures of the tank set up because this is what this thread is about.
Thanks,
Kyle
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Post by garrrimalizard on Dec 1, 2005 21:39:52 GMT -5
sounds like a good idea, chiclids tend to try to bite things on top of the water, they cant do anything but they may scare the wds, and id also worry about the water temp for the fish, with the heat you need in the cage the water may get a little warm, so be sure the fish can handle it, and yeah watch out for the turle and the lizaqrds tail like posted earlier, like i siad , sounds like a good idea.
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