i got a 20 gallon from petsmart for 40 bucks. when you set it up you want to cover most of the screen lid (i use aluminum foil) to keep heat and humidity from escaping rapidly and dehydrating the cage and your monitor.

LOL, Jamie. bring it on! ok, if your husbandry is correct, your ackie is shedding fine, and is hydrated there is no reason to soak because it does stress the ackie out and we all know you dont want any unecessary stress with reptiles.

now, say you were slacking off with keeping the soil moist and that was your fault, then you would soak because you dont want the tip of the rail or toes to die of constriction from unshed skin.

see, its a band-aid solution to poor husbandry that is only needed if youre not taking optimal care of your ackie.