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hi i am getting a water dragon in a few weeks and need to know how big do they get wgen they are adult and also when they are an adult what size of tank do they need? how hot should it be, do i need to mist them and if you could please post me a pic of your setup. also if i missed anything you need to take care of them please list them.

THANKS!

Check this site.
http://[bleep]/care_sheets/lizards/water_dragon.htm
It has most of what you asked about. Make sure to add a kitty litter box (what I prefer using. Easy to clean and makes for plenty of soaking room.) filed with water. Lots of plants, and climbing branches. Dragons are arborel Animals and prefer to stay as high up as they can in the encloser and like to be able to hide in folliage.
I would start out with a 20 gal long to begin with or you can jump straight into a 40 gallon if you dont want the hassle of getting a bigger one later and want to give it a good healthy enviro.
Be sure to dust your crickets with Vitamins! Broken bones, shedding problems, and mutations and all sorts of other problems can arise without the use of reptile vitamins.
Not sure on total head to tail length of full length though. Anyone know?

My Website

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Just Hatched, growing fast!
Http://www.Nifty-Critters.com

Sorry, for some reason it messed up the website so I will put it as alink on the bottom of this page.
WATER DRAGON CARE SHEET

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Just Hatched, growing fast!
Http://www.Nifty-Critters.com

thanks everybody especially zoolady the websight was great!

..feel free to ask anytime. Always try to help.
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Just Hatched, growing fast!
Http://www.Nifty-Critters.com

head to tip of tail 80 cm or close to 3 feet. Females are a bit smaller.

ps, i just measured mine yesterday. He's 25cm

they can get around 36-40 inches with males being a little larger than females, unfortunatly you won't be able to sex a baby dragon. get a bigger cage though,i dont think they are ever small enough to go into a 20 gal cage, mine loves to run around and jump from branch to bush. i have a 75 gal right now my water dragon is only about 18 inches long and i really wish i had a larger cage already, as they LOVE the water and a large pool for them will take up about 1/3 of the cage.