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Hi
I was recently offered a leopard gecko and was wondering what size of aquarium I would need to house 1 or 2 for their whole life. I also want to know if I can use a undertank heater for the tank instead of a heat lamp. I would prefer to be told teh amount of gallons that i would need instead of dimensions.
Thanks in advance.
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Pat
Don't Shop for herps at Petsmart And Petco

a 10 gallon is the minimum, a 20L is the better. the UTH is actually better then the lamp, as they like the belly heat and are nocturnal.
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your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself, "where is my mind"

n/m

when carefully set up, 2 gecko's can live comfortably in a 10 gallon tank. in all cases a 20L is better, but a 10 gallon will work for no more then 2.
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your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself, "where is my mind"

I kept 2 adults in a 10 gal before... honestly I don't think they were very comfortable. I gave them plenty of hides, but that small of a cage is way too cramped. It's really not even big enough to create a proper thermal gradient anyway. Personally I think a 20 gal. long is the minimum for 1 just because you barely can get the cage setup properly with a 10.

I guess this situation is similar to all our conversations about tokay geckos. Some believe a tokay (sometimes even a pair) will be plenty fine in a 20 gal. and others believe the absolute minimum is 65 gallons (100 gal for a pair). It's all just a matter of opinion and personal experience.

Josh
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Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train coming your way...

Before you guys start to freak out it depends on the lizard!Every lizard is diffrent,ya
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they're talking about leopards

....theres a leo forum on KS...
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