Crested Gecko Setups

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I have been thinking about my future Crested Gecko plans, and I want to know how you guys keep your geckos.
I have my subadult male in a 12x12x18 tank, and my little one is in a 3 gal tank that I used to use for fish. I will be upgrading that soon, but I would love some ideas about how you guys keeps your cresties!

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I like to spoil mine :smiling_face: I actually compiled supplies for a really long time, so that I could have a real nice enclosure. I keep mine in an Exo Terra 24x18x24. Here are some pics;

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What bulb do you use in the light fixture, if I may ask. Beautiful set up!

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I actually use a couple… an exo terra deep forest light, Amazon.com , and a exo terra repti glo 2.0 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00101JIA6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 , and the other one, was a daylight spectrum bulb that was in the house.

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Thank you very much!

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Hi. I’m sure it cresties will love an upgrade :grin:

I keep my adults & juvenile cresties in bioactive enclosures. I think they prefer it as first time I put them in there, most of them have buried themselves in the soil lol

I like to provide plenty of hiding and climbing options. I mostly use coconuts for hides (big hit the with most my cresties) and logs, cork bark, hand made bridges & I even have some pipe insulation for them to climb on. The pipe insulation was a lockdown buy as I couldn’t get anything else and just kinda stuck with it as it works well.

I love bioactive enclosures & would definitely recommend.

I’ll get some up to date pics of some of my enclosures today to send

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Here are a few. Some of the plants I grew myself and aren’t fully grown, so I’ve used fake plants until they get bigger, while others are in need of a cut back but it’s too early in the year for that

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Does anyone have any thoughts on my enclosure? It is a 17x16x21 inch enclosure. I know they are the most random dimensions.

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It’s really good. Only thing i’d suggest is to add more coverage to the top, however the plants in there will grow with time :+1:

I always keep some fake hanging plants to hand so when I trim the plants down in spring, it isn’t left bare

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Thanks! I try my best to remember (ADHD is tough).

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I feel ya buddy:)

Also unrelated, I kept getting confused as to why I was getting notifications about this post. I forgot I made this :joy:

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You should be really proud of your setup, you’ve done well :+1:

There will always be something that can be improved, I’m forever looking at mine and thinking I should change stuff.