Choosing new caging for herp room renovation

[HaikuDan]

I'm at a point in my new herp room that I'm building shelving and planning for some new cages. I'm having a hard time deciding on what cages.

My interests and goals lay primarily in gonis, felinus, coleonyx, basically every other eublapharine species I can someday get my hands on. Of course, I'm open to just about any gecko on the planet!

I use a random mix of tanks and tubs now. Do I want to go with 2'x2' PVC cages, or 18"x18"x18" exo-terras? Or 30"x12" Visionariums? Or stick with aquariums with screen tops with plexiglass on top to control humidity as I've been doing to varying degrees of satisfaction? Stackable is nice, but shelves of exo-terras seem space efficient too. But are they good for geckos?

Any input?

 

[Protean]

Personally, I would go a little bit deeper and make something more custom than just using exoterras or visionariums. Try something that is more specific to the species you are working with.

Jason P

 

[HaikuDan]

I placed an order for a 3 custom terrariums to evaluate and will get more in October if they work out well.

I chose this to some degree based on Thomas "modoki" Ernst's goniurosaurus enclosures, as my goni pairs and trios are my first priority at this time.

They are glass 36"x18"x13" (LxDxH) with sliding glass fronts and open tops which I will make a cover of approximately 12" of acrylic and 6" of screen. I will install a divider (of acrylic) to split these into 2 sections. If they turn out to not be tall enough, I will try 18" tall ones in the future. I may also try this divided sliding glass front set up with 48"x18"x13/18" (LxDxH) down the road.

They will be delivered on March 17th; I am eager to see how they come out!