New to this... two geckos one tank

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Calibur

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Hi everybody, new here. Anyways, I've had a juvenile female for about a month now and just got a 'friend' for her recently. I moved them both into a brand new 20g long. Although she's larger than the new one she's very docile and I haven't seen any problems housing them together yet (they're sleeping in the same corner as I type this). However, should I be aware of any signs that might indicate they're not getting along as I think they are?

Here's their tank:

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Is there anything missing? Should I add more hiding spots to accommodate two geckos?

And here's my two geckos, Reptar and un-named(haha any suggestions?):
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Do you think their size differences are large enough to be concerned? Like I said, the larger female is pretty docile. I do have a spare 10g in case things don't work out, but I'd rather keep them both in the 20g to conserve space.

P.S. anybody care to take a shot at what morphs they are?
 

STUTFL

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Ooh, I love the white-and-yellow (and I'm saying that as a description of the colors, not any attempt at the morph :tongue3: ) one!
Is that an ashtray? :laugh4:
Injuries, obviously, would be a sign of bullying by the larger animal (well heck, I guess either could bully but I'm going with odds here ;) ), as would unexplained weight loss or hiding more than usual.
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stellascura420

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Calcium dish and thermometer over the UTH. I only have one leo per tank so I'm not sure how many hides you need. Other than that it looks good and your leos are very cute! I have no experience on morphs though so can't help ya there. I love your water dish! :)
 

cyndi0502

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ideally, you should have 6 hides now...three for each gecko. the little one is pretty small, and i think i would have her in a separate tank for a while until she gets a little bigger, especially to make sure she doesn't have any parasites to transfer to your other gecko
 

Friedbread

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The pale white and yellow one is a Murphy patternless. The striped one's morph can not be accurately determined until he grows up, but for now I'd predict he'll be a hypo tangerine. So patternless and tang, just like my two. ^^
 
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Calibur

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Haha yes that's an ashtray - works like a charm! Anyways, I thought about it and decided to move the little one into the 10g so I could monitor its feeding and make sure it gains some weight. She seems to have runny stools but I'm hoping it's due to the stress of being in a new environment (or the fact that I switched her to mealworms). I'm just glad she's eating and digesting her food.

I'm just concerned that my older female might get more territorial with age? I was hoping that by introducing them into the same tank at an early age they'd 'learn' to be with each other.
 
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