he's in with a slightly larger female,... but he's on calci sand about an inch and a half deep through out the 30-35galon tank and there is a large rock that looks like it used to double as a hide plus a log that is proped in the corner as a second basking space they are fed seperately and are given basking light 12hrs out of the day i turn the light on when i get up with my son at 9am then it gets turned off when he goes to bed at 9pm the thermostat in the back of the tank reads between 80-90 without light and between 95-110 with the light