I have my 3 CWD (about 2 inches svl)in a 60 gallon enclosure. two of them seem to be on the floor of the tank and rubbing their nose on the side of the cage while flailing their arms and throwing substrate around. their noses is dark colored now. They did this when i had them in their temporay 20gallon tall tank and their doing it again.Please help me.Thank You in advance
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nose rub
herplvr2004
Jan 10, 2004 09:22 PM
Replies (2)
jkd
Jan 11, 2004 03:10 PM
Your 60 gallon tank is WAY too small for 3 water dragons. Just for a point of referance, and I am pushing the minimum for size of a tank, I have 2 water dragons in a tank that is 48"H x 60"L x 36"D. You really don't want anything smaller than that. In fact, 60 gallons is small for just 1 dragon. Also, if it is glass the dragons are probably trying to get out and will continue to rub their noses if you don't put up a visual barrier down low where they rub.
jkd
Jan 11, 2004 03:11 PM
Sorry, I missed that the dragons bodies are only 2" right now. 60 gal is probably fine as a temporary housing, it's probably the glass that's doing it.
