New enclosure in progress =) + New pics

[Fatal_S]

Sounds good. Can't wait to see completed photos. What's the skink gonna live in when the monitor takes over the big tank?

[Buddy]

My skink has a 4ft enclosure right now, but by the time the monitor is big enough to claim his enclosure I'm hoping to have a 5-6ft waiting for him

[Fatal_S]

Very nice. So is the monitor moving into the skinks tank, or are you going to have an empty tank needing a new inhabitant?

[Buddy]

No, I'm gonna use the one I have. It'll be some work getting it all cleaned, disinfected and of course all rearranged, but i figure it will fit him for quite for a few months at least. And then I'll have even more work in front of me getting both enclosures cleaned and rearranged when it's time for them to switch. But I just can't leave this empty while I'm waiting for the monitor to grow into it, knowing my skink will love having all this space

[Buddy]

If my new enclosure for Buddy isn't done yet, that is. Hopefully I'll just have the big one to clean out by then.

[Buddy]

So, Buddy moved in today I ended up with 35 gallons of wood chips for substrate. Temperatures are fine, he seems to enjoy all this space, he's all busy exploring and even took a chunk out of the bark to see if it was edible (luckily he spit it out.)

I do realize that I need to fill up all this space somehow.. Were gonna make a cave for him this weekend, gonna try to get a hold of a big branch as well.

[Fatal_S]

Lol, he's tiny! Itty bitty skink. That tank is just so massive!

[Buddy]

Yeah he does he looks like a little lost baby..

Need to build him some kind of "ramp" along the front glass though, he loves to see what goes on around the room, but the front is too high so he can't reach up there. He can see through the side glasses though.

[Richard.C]

Haha,looks like a juvie in a 6 foot aquarium

Set up looks great,i like your back ground to,buddy will need a compass getting around in there,looks great

Theres bacteria ect in store bought substrates to,plus using them with lizards its pretty hard not for it to get any

Outdoor soils can be used to,they live on it in nature,plus store bought substrates where also once outdoors to

[Buddy]

Thanks! I need a lot more plants and stuff though, a big branch with some vine plants would look great.

Well, I'm kind of skeptical to using outdoor soil.. Yesterday I bought exo terra's plant soil and some reptile sand to fill up the monitors new tank. The sand didn't blend well with the soil though, so I ended up with one section of soil and one with sand for now..