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Anyone wanna help me out??? this was suggested to me as one of the only combos that woudl work to live in a 80 gallon tank
Opinions on this???
Both seem veyr similar in what they need in the tank, diet, lighitng etc.....

what would i need in tank, i knwo a basking light,, but what else

thanks guys

well 80 gallons is anice sized aqaurium.what you wnat to remember when mixing species is they need to be around the same size so one does not get eaten.also you wnat to make sure you know when the animals are active.it is good to have a night time and a daytime animal.or you can have arboreal and ground dwelling lizards as with your skinks and anoles.in an aqaurium that size you have more options than that.i have a 65 gallon reptarium that i used to keep 2 fence lizards,a racerunner,adn a few ground skinks in(dont mix things with ground skinks).ground skinks are bad because they either become food or die of stress(mine died that way).some good arboreal species are
anoles,house geckos,crocodile geckos,bibrons geckos,green tree frogs
good ground lizards are
armadillo lizards,leo geckos,flat lizards,small skinks
remember that before you choose your animals choose the type of habitat you want to set up.once you do this find out wich types of animals are suitable for this type of habitat.hope this helps and if you have any questions just ask
nick

so what then would i need for the tank to house the skink and anole mentioned above???

and cna i put any skink in there??

first of all i need the demensions to make sure it is tall enough for an arboreal lizard.i would reccomend putting a pair of anoles and a skink in their if the enclosure is tall enough.as for kinds of skinks.do not use any of these.
sandfish
sneiders skink
berber skink
great plains skink
broad headed skink

mainly stick to the small forest dwelling ones like five lines and other small US skinks.if i could have the demensions it would really help.
nick

its a 77 gallon tank...i have to find out dimesions...i have not bought it yet...

nut so far you see no problem with the skinks and anoles?