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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Pet Island > Herp Megathread 3: No one will come to my house
 
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Mister Bates
Aug 4, 2010
 I have acquired a crested gecko.





I have never kept a reptile before but have a lot of experience with fish, so I approached this the way I would design an aquarium, with a hardscape attached to the background, then a substrate, invertebrate cleanup crew, leaves and other botanicals on the bottom (chunks of bark, moss, etc.), and plenty of live plants. I tried to provide plenty of climbing surfaces and verticality. Eventually I may move to a larger tank than this 18x18x24 (in particular I'm already thinking about how I could have gone taller with more things to climb or perch on), but wanted to start with something relatively basic since I've never made a vivarium. I obtained this guy from a local breeder; he is about 18 months old, is extremely active and curious, and does not seem to have any fear of humans whatsoever. He does not have a name yet.

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Mister Bates
Aug 4, 2010

luchadornado posted:

I'm getting some goddamn frogs and no one can stop me. Probably 2 poison dart frogs of some sort, although I'm really in love with the idea of mossies even if they're not a beginner frog. I'm doing my research, so I'm not concerned about that part.

If I'm in the US where do I get a terrarium? No one really talks about that - I see a handful of recommended places on reddit that are either a) dead b) don't ship to the US c) not currently shipping. I see people saying just to build your own. I've got a glass cutter, A4 gloves, 100% silicone caulk, all the stuff I would need if I went that route. They all seem to say just go to home depot or michael's and get some cheap glass and go to town, however that stuff is super thin. I've found a chart that suggest a 30"w 12"d 18"h terrarium would want 6-9mm glass which is way thicker than a picture frame.

What's the blessed path here?

I got mine (a ZooMed 18x18x24, which is probably too small for dart frogs but they sell bigger ones) at a local exotic pet store but Southern Agriculture has the exact same model I bought for the same price, I see them every time I go in to buy cat food. Any chain pet store would also have them.

That having been said, my friend who keeps dart frogs swears by InSitu and insists I should never buy any other brand when I inevitably do a frog vivarium, and they do definitely ship to the US: https://insituecosystems.com/

Leperflesh posted:

I've kept cresties for close to 20 years, definitely ask me anything

that setup looks fine for one crestie of that size IMO. You do need to make sure there's plenty of ventilation, when you have glass on four sides make sure the top is screen and not blocked. You'll be misting daily and need that moisture to dry during the day so that it's not 100% humid all the time, or you'll get mold and mildew etc.

What are your thoughts on keeping a standing water dish in the enclosure? I have one in there right now just in case but he has yet to drink out of it, although I have seen him licking water off of the plants and glass.

Mister Bates fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Aug 27, 2025

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