No monitor experience + water monitor = bad time
You dont want one.
They get HUGE ( 5 1/2 -8 ft but mostly around 6-7ft and need a 16X8X8 cage pretty much a room a light bank with prolly 4 lights , A LOT OF DIRT, A 100 gal water pond , A LOT OF FOOD chicks, rats, quail, fresh water shrimp and a veriety of foods, a lot of work and time and not worth it )