New excavator clay setup for Merlin

[lizardmom]

I think I am going to be happy with this setup! I am running the heat mat and ceramic heater to monitor temperature for a few days, but so far so good. Floor of the hot side at 90 and air temp 78-80 on hot side and about 70 cool side.

One more question though, how big should he be to move him in? He is 26g now, and seems ok in the 10 gallon, although I rarely see him out. He sits in his hot hide a lot with his head sticking out the door, just watching us. I don’t want to stress him by moving him too early, but I also don’t want him in a too small tank.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I think I am going to be happy with this setup! I am running the heat mat and ceramic heater to monitor temperature for a few days, but so far so good. Floor of the hot side at 90 and air temp 78-80 on hot side and about 70 cool side.

One more question though, how big should he be to move him in? He is 26g now, and seems ok in the 10 gallon, although I rarely see him out. He sits in his hot hide a lot with his head sticking out the door, just watching us. I don’t want to stress him by moving him too early, but I also don’t want him in a too small tank.

As soon as you're comfortable with the temps, it's Move-In Day!

Expect a lot of exploring at first. Then I hope Merlin gets increasingly more active.

 

[lizardmom]

Temps have been good for 24 hours so I went ahead and moved him. Here is the finished product



He inspected the place and then ent into his moist hide to sleep.

 

[Seth9999]

Little Merlin pooped out from all supervising, nap time. We'll looks nice. I like decorate mine to. Good job. :yahoo:
I would keep eye out on Merlin belly, if thats substrate I think it is. One I looked at was bit rough. Maybe the one I had was different brand. Looks neat .
I like that name , Merlin. Good luck.

 

[lizardmom]

Its exo terra sand mat. He seems to do ok on it. It is what he has been on since I got him. He was on something similar at the pet store as well. I will definitely keep an eye on it though.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Welcome to your new home, Merlin!

 

[sunshinebridge]

I recently got excavator and I was planning to mix it into some eco earth with a little play sand, anyone know if this will be suitable for a juvie? I have eco earth on about half of the tank to get them used to it at first with their regular paper towel on the other half.