10 Gallon Tank for a Crestie?

[ketz]

Hey,

I've been thinking about getting a Crestie for a while but I've been doing a ton of research too. I have a spare 10 gallon tank in my basement and I was wondering if that would be ok for a crestie of any age, juv-adult. I figured as long as I put up lots of things for it to climb on it would be fine but I wasn't sure.

Does this sound alright?

Also what substrate does everyone recommend as the best for a naturalistic set up? I've heard a couple different things.

 

[goReptiles]

It's would be fine for a juvie, adults need at least a 15 gallon tall as bare minimum. You could take the 10 gallon and set it up on its side so it stood tall for a while, but an adult would be a little cramped.

If you're going with naturalistic, then you want to go even bigger tank. The more natural it is the more cramped an adult would be with live plants and whatnot. You could use coconut coir (bed a beast) as the substrate. Just be careful if you added crickets to the diet because the gecko may grab mouthfulls of dirt.

 

[mom2twinsplus2]

Definitely too small for an adult....I have mine in 20 gallon talls and they seem like a good size for 2 but I think I will need to get something bigger if I ever decide to put my male in with the girls.

I have my youngish fat tail in a 10 gallon at the moment and she seems good in there...I am not sure how much bigger she will get than she is now so I am waiting to see if she will need something bigger or not as an adult. 10 gallons are such a convenient sized tank to display and cheap to buy but they are really kinda small for most things, it seems.

Alison

Alison

 

[Wind Dancer]

you'd be good for at least 6 months if you start with a hatchling(depending on what you feed it-CGD only babies grow slower, which may be a good thing!, than babies that also have crix, etc). organic potting soil can also be used as substrate, but i'd wait for the baby to get a bit bigger before you put in loose substrate(mine has a few live plants in terra-cotta pots + air plants on a branch and paper towel substrate and it looks great, plus i know it's safe.).
this is a link to a dart frog tank, but it could work for a crestie, and then you'd have a ready-made dart or pygmy chameleon tank when baby grew up! the only thing i would change about it possibly is to get a tank topper, you know the ones, that split the tank down the middle, into two 'cubes' ? and skip making the door portion if you're not thrilled about that part.