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I recently purchased a baby sumatran water monitor. I am already planning his big cage. MY question is about his water. Abviously he needs a big water pond. My question is is it worth putting a filter on the water or just do water changes? I have a spectacled caiman and added a nice filter set up on it but dont know if it would be worth setting one up on the monitor since they make a much bigger mess. Any suggestions for the future or has anyone done a filter?
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Tom
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I had good luck with a vortex filter I built. I had an actuated ball valve dump about a gallon out of the votex three times a day. After the vortex it went through a wet dry system and finally through a uv sterelizer. All of this was around $1000.00 by the time it was finished. If your not willing to put the money into filtering it right its not a good idea.