when to move juvie garg into bigger tank

[maxvinyl]

Hi all! I got a juvenile gargoyle gecko at the end of September; he's currently about 6 months old and was 15.6 grams when I weighed him on October 7th. I'm probably going to weigh him again tonight to see where he's at, but I'm eager to get him into the bioactive 18x18x24 that I think is finally ready for him.

General consensus seems to be that 15-20g is a good weight to move them into a tank that size (or at least for cresteds, so I assume it's the same for gargoyles) so I'm less concerned about his size than I am about the fact that I've had him barely more than a month and he's only just gotten adjusted to his current tank (an extra large critter keeper--15x9x12, approx. 7 gallons). He's been eating readily for two weeks now, and I'd hate to put him off his food again so soon by moving him, but I'd really like to get him out of the critter keeper and into his permanent home. What's the best course of action here?

imgur albums of the tank(s) and my gecko himself: viv, gecko

 

[acpart]

I'd say go ahead and do it.

Aliza

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

WOW, your garg's 18 x 18 x 24 inch forever home is wonderful! Have you green thumbs?

What type lighting and light fixture are you using?

Are you using a layered substrate? I see something that looks like hydroballs, but I'm not sure.

 

[maxvinyl]

Thank you!

For lighting I have two 13w Jungle Dawns in an Exo Terra canopy. My substrate is a layer of hydroballs (hard to see, I curved the layer of mesh downward rather than upward so part of the layer is hidden, but it's about 2 inches), with ABG mix from Josh's Frogs and a layer of organic potting soil above that when I ran out of ABG mix. I'm kind of amazed it's doing so well so far, I have very minimal experience with plants since my cats tend to eat any plant they can get their mouths on!