Crested Questions

Any thoughts on how densely it should be planted??

I'm going to plant it pretty densely, primarily various species of bromeliads. I plan on DIY'ing a sculpted background that I can hide planters in, and do lots of air plants here and there. (Which are also bromeliads) It's a 45/50 gallon tall, and I'm going to do a little crestie colony. (females, maybe a male the appears every once in awhile.) I also plan on having a fogger and a "Clean up Crew" of giant Millipedes, spring tails, and Isopods, the goal to be making it (mostly) self sustaining. It's gonna be SO SWEET.

Hehe.

A very good general Viv tutorial/general info:

http://www.blackjungleterrariumsuppl...101_ep_50.html

My tub got the boot??? :( Jk, that looks like it will be sweet! You have some BIG plans!

I have one female full pinstripe crestie. Shes great and a lot of fun to watch. I just moved her from a large kritter keeper to a 10 gallon. I mist day and night and provide no heat since my house is always around 74 degrees. I feed CGD every other day (they like it best the say after i noticed) and dubia roaches as a treat. I put untreated bamboo sticks in to climb and lots of plants for them. Good luck and post pictures when you get him/her!

I will :)

Do you know what kinds of plants they have growing where they normally live?? That way I can try an emulate the look in the choices of take plants...

and our house tends to be around 80-85 in the summer; thats too hot for them?? We go on extended vacations during the summer, and usually leave the AC off...

Also, where can I find reliable pics of the different morph types?? I didn't know there were different morphs of these guys too...


(There was something else I wanted to ask...can't remember now XD)

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

I will :)

Do you know what kinds of plants they have growing where they normally live?? That way I can try an emulate the look in the choices of take plants...

and our house tends to be around 80-85 in the summer; thats too hot for them?? We go on extended vacations during the summer, and usually leave the AC off...

Also, where can I find reliable pics of the different morph types?? I didn't know there were different morphs of these guys too...


(There was something else I wanted to ask...can't remember now XD)

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Over 85 degrees is usually the temperature where they can get stressed and die. I would try to keep them in a cooler room if possible in the low 80s high 70s the most to be safe. I use pothos for now. I do not know much about plants but I am researching to make my crestie a very natural looking tank. They come from the island New Caledonia near Australia which is a cool climate usually around 60-80 degrees year round. Im not sure what plants are native their just make sure they are not toxic to reptiles since cresties lick water off plants.

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Originally Posted by brobertson

My tub got the boot??? :( Jk, that looks like it will be sweet! You have some BIG plans!

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lol, your tub has been re-purposed and modified to be a small rat tub. It's still put to good use. ;)

Hey there!
I myself decided that after the boy and I get our apartment, I'm getting myself a crestie as a moving in present / living room decoration ;) I'll be building my first-ever vivarium for him/her. I was watching some YouTube stuff and think you might be interested in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pkh0m-oCY

I thought it was a great watch, with little information bubbles popping up. They apparently have a verbal tutorial to talk you through it, but I've yet to look.
To answer your previous question, they apparently like it VERY densely planted.

Most of the advice given is good so I'll just add this in... Some powdered gecko diets are not complete and DO require the addition of dusted bugs. It depends on what diet you're using but it's pretty well known that adding bugs periodically does help with the growth of geckos. Also, I would NOT recommend baby food. It's sugary and addictive and cresties will hold out for it and skip the nutritional stuff. If you want to give a treat, bugs (I wouldn't recommend mealworms as some cresties have a hard time digesting them), Pangea Fruit Mix (which is what I use for my geckos) or real fruit mashed up are good alternatives. Hope this helps.

Here is our caresheet that we provide all of our customers who purchase our crested geckos. It pretty much covers every question I have ever seen in any forum about crested care.

http://www.thelizardhorde.com/caresh...tedgeckos.html