Firstly, I can recommend Bynoes Geckos- Heteronotia binoei. I have a pair & think they're fantastic. They are active & fun to watch. They are too small & fast to be handled but are easy to care for. I have mine in an aquarium with a desert sand/peat mix substrate with a layer of dead eucalypt leaves and some pieces of bark to hide under. I mist the cage regularly in summer to try & keep temps to an acceptable level, though it stays quite dry; (I'm in Brisbane, Australia & we had a 39C Christmas.), & they get a 25W blue bulb to bask under in winter. I feed mine small crickets which they actively hunt- they wriggle their tails like cats while doing so! I also have a trio of Thick-tailed Geckos- Nephrurus milii which I find less interesting; they are strictly nocturnal- almost photophobic & I rarely see them. There is an excellent care sheet for them in Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 11 (1) December, 2000. It's accessible from their site under care sheets at: http://www.vhs.com.au/ Their are not a lot of "tropical" rainforest type geckos in Australia, I'm not sure what you could put in your second tank as is. Most Diplodactylus & Oedura geckos are of woodland or semi-desert habitat. Phyllurus cornutus is found in Nth QLD rainforests but is not easy to obtain & quite expensive. I'd rethink your tank plan if I was you. Find a gecko you want first & design an appropriate tank afterwards. Feel free to contact me if I can help you.
Jeff Crocombe Rhianna Blackthorn wrote: >Hello everyone. > >This is my first post in the forum, so I hope it isn't to clumsy. > >I have always wanted geckos, and now, 12 years from originally wanting them, >am in a position to buy some. I am an Australian so hopefully some Aussies >on this list might be able to help me with some information. I live at >Ballina, on the far north nsw coast. > >I have two tanks I bought specially for geckos. They are both 1.5 feet long >(50 cm roughly). I have decked one out with soil, tropical plants, and >sphagnum moss so it has a good humidity content and is very tropical. The >other I garnished with course washed river sand, and a desert plant. I have >climbing branches available for each tank should they be needed, and have >ordered hides for them. My task now is to find a tropical gecko, and a >desert gecko. > >I like just about everything in the Dip. Species, and most of the velvets. I >am able to get a Bynoes, and I believe they are found in the desert. So now >here is my problem. Can anyone suggest suitable animals to house in the tank >sizes I have, in the environments I have. I believe because of the tank >size, I am only able to get one animal for each tank? > >I am fairly nieve to gecko's, having really concentrated on dragons. Any >help / advice that people can provide would be extremely helpful. > >With thanks > >Rhianna > >"I understand, I am just beginning, I am just beginning to understand." > - Quoted from "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice. > > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ SEPARATOR ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 27/12/01 > >########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. >########################################################################### > >
