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I've been thinking about getting some geckos for awhile now. I just upgraded some of my snake tanks and toads tank. I have some empty ones for geckos now. From my choices of empty tanks, I'm going to go with the 20H. My 30g would be a great size except for it's a bow front and hard to find a reptile lid.

My two choice's are, leopards or day geckos. Which one would ya'll suggest? I can't make up my mind!

well i would not recomend a 20H for a leo they are terestrial... i would recomend a 20H for a day gecko.... depending on the species. i would also recomen looking at golden geckos they are a good gecko but not to handle able unless you take the time to tame them.

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1.1 golden geckos

You can still use the 30 gallon if you still have the normal top. The only gecko I would put in there is a Gargoyal gecko since they don't require a heat lamp and will do fine with a simple fluorescent bulb. These geckos don't require any additional heating as long as the room doesn't go below 70F.

A 20H wouldn't be good for any arboreal geckos especially day geckos. A leopard gecko or banded gecko (there are numerous other geckos with similar attributes) that will do fine in a tank like that. If you lay the tank on one end it may be possible to use it for an arboreal species but getting the lights to stay in place may be an issue.

Well, my 30 gal is alot longer than the 20h but used to be a fish tank. The lid for it is glass but has escape routes.
As far as species that require heat lamps and special bulbs, that's no problem. I have plenty to spare between my turtles, snakes, tortoise and other reptiles.

I do have another tank, a 40 breeder(I think) critter tank that's about to be empty but one side has been broke and is duct taped. Do know if that tank would work or not. My python has never gotten out so it might be ok.

The reason why I said you can use the 30 gal for a gargoyal gecko is because you wouldn't want a heat lamp shining through glass (it would get hot and burn the gecko if it climbs on it). All you would have to do is cover the holes and a couple of gargoyal geckos would be fine as long as there is some kind of light for them to tell when is day and when is night.

What are the deminsions of the 40 gal and what is the top like?

I didn't think about that on the 30 gal. It would be very easy to fill in the open spots.
The other tank is about 30" long and can't remember how tall or how deep...it's up in my attic. It has a screen lid that slides on.
I do like the gecko you mentioned so that's a possibilty. I was searching earlier and found Dune and Dwarf Dune geckos. They were really cute but I couldn't find any caresheets on them. Guess, I'll keep looking...I'm not in a hurry.