Tank question

Geckos Crested Geckos
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Hi. First post on here but excited to join the community.

Quick intro on my experience as a hobbyist: I’ve kept a corn snake, leopard gecko and a praying mantis. I’m now in a position where I can have a smaller set up and want to get a crested gecko. I have a question regarding tanks:

I’ve just got an eBay offer (from a legit business account, I checked) for a ReptileOne RTF-600HT tank (60 x 45 x 60). It’s a good price but as far as I can tell one side of the Viv has a mesh vent taking up maybe 10cm. My concern is maintaing the humidity in a tank with this feature.

I was looking at a Habistat glass Viv with the same dimensions, little bit pricier but not hideously so.

What do people think? I was wondering if I lined some cork bark up over that part of the wall and had some trailing plants hanging down (I aim to go bioactive) then that might work.

Thanks!

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Unless you live somewhere super dry, it shouldn’t be an issue. I live somewhere relatively humid, but i use the same type (different dimensions, and reptizoo branded, but 99% certain it’s exactly the same otherwise) for my BP, and he’s never had a bad shed. He’s got a nice thick layer of coco husk that i add water to about once a month and that’s enough. In my Exo Terras (cresties), i only need to mist about once a week.

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Thanks for the reply. What does BP stand for? I can’t work it out.

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Ball python

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Course it does :person_facepalming:t2:

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It’s okay lol, it takes a sec to figure out reptile-people language but eventually you’ll be fluent :slight_smile:

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