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I'm currently building a 6'x2'x3' terrarium with live plants and as 'outback-ish' as possible for my beardies and i was wondering if it was safe to incorporate other types desert climate lizards and creatures to make it more realistic as a natural environment to them.

Archie,

if you think about the land that the beardie is from along with the other fuana, i'd say no. just beardies. i can imagine a noce piece of rock in the middle - back wall, some drift wood and that's about it. beardies like to get "clumsy" and if you planted your viv, it would be destroyed.

deven

With four beardies in here and live plants. it has yet te be "destroyed.
Paul

Oops, sorry, Deven.

i can't tell from the image if those are potted plants or if they are local the the beardie but at any rate paul i didn't mean to offend you. i didn't think anyone would take such offence to what i wrote. so you have any up dated photos that are clear?

No, I was not offended at all, and I could certainly tell you didn't mean any, that wasn't my point at all. I myself am an advocate of naturalistic setups for any species, even beardies/desert types. My only intent was to show, and to let others know, it is possible with the right planning.

I actuall just did a substrate change (250 lbs worth!) and a little rearrangeing so I'll post some newer pics in the next day or so. The plants I do have in there are: Sansevaria (snakeplant)on the far left ground, a Ponytail palm in the wall mounted planter on the left side. A jade plant sits front and center with a "blue carpet" juniper bush behind it. The tree looking plant on the far right is some sort of draciena (sp?) i believe.
Again Deven, please don't think I was offended/defensive, and I'm sorry if that seemed to be my intent.
Paul