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Since it's the 4th anniversary of having this 50 gallon vivarium, I thought I would share some pics!!!!
Just to preface, this tank has exceeded my expectations and I've made a good amount of money selling the offspring I'm constantly getting from all 3 lizard species. It's amazing how they all coexist so peacefully, in fact, I have never even had one fight (my work causes us to have the same schedule so I'm awake when everyone's active, and we all know that horrific squeak these guys make when fighting). Through research, I've found that they eat the same diets and thrive in similar conditions, so I figured I would try it. I can state for a fact that all 3 geckos will equally eat crested gecko diet AND dusted crickets because they are omnivorous. The frogs were the only thing I was ever worried about, but they are healthy and parasite free so I've left them in. In fact, I once bought them a seperate tank just in case because I was so nervous it wouldn't work out (now it's a fish tank lol).
Maintenance isn't really all that bad. I have a lot of help from a cleanup crew consisting of night crawlers, springtails, isopods, and giant isopods.
Sorry there aren't many pics of all the animals, but it's so dense it takes me about 40 minutes to locate them all when I do my monthly health check.
Contents of tank:
-1/1/0 crested geckos... the female worth $250 due to pedigree
-1/1/0 marbled geckos... the female has a tumor the size of a pea above her eye, she was a rescue and almost died in the store from dehydration
-1/1/0 golden geckos... the only reason I know they exist is because i dig through the leaves once a month just to prove they are there. when I got them they were kinda brownish but, one especially, has gotten in that amazing gold color they are known for since they fully matured
-0/2/0 common green tree frogs... HUGE females
-0/0/1 subadult white's tree frog
Just to preface, this tank has exceeded my expectations and I've made a good amount of money selling the offspring I'm constantly getting from all 3 lizard species. It's amazing how they all coexist so peacefully, in fact, I have never even had one fight (my work causes us to have the same schedule so I'm awake when everyone's active, and we all know that horrific squeak these guys make when fighting). Through research, I've found that they eat the same diets and thrive in similar conditions, so I figured I would try it. I can state for a fact that all 3 geckos will equally eat crested gecko diet AND dusted crickets because they are omnivorous. The frogs were the only thing I was ever worried about, but they are healthy and parasite free so I've left them in. In fact, I once bought them a seperate tank just in case because I was so nervous it wouldn't work out (now it's a fish tank lol).
Maintenance isn't really all that bad. I have a lot of help from a cleanup crew consisting of night crawlers, springtails, isopods, and giant isopods.
Sorry there aren't many pics of all the animals, but it's so dense it takes me about 40 minutes to locate them all when I do my monthly health check.
Contents of tank:
-1/1/0 crested geckos... the female worth $250 due to pedigree
-1/1/0 marbled geckos... the female has a tumor the size of a pea above her eye, she was a rescue and almost died in the store from dehydration
-1/1/0 golden geckos... the only reason I know they exist is because i dig through the leaves once a month just to prove they are there. when I got them they were kinda brownish but, one especially, has gotten in that amazing gold color they are known for since they fully matured
-0/2/0 common green tree frogs... HUGE females
-0/0/1 subadult white's tree frog
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