This is for my soon to be Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman. They're more aquatic than they are terristial at the hatchling stage, and my guy will be just a little fella, roughly 4 - 6" long with tail. I'd honestly expected him to be a smidge smaller, but, oh well. More space for him!
It's a 125g, 6' long and around 2' tall, maybe a smidge over. Nearly 2' across.
Jazzed it all up with a lot of natural looking aquatic hides, a shady 'tree' on the land to lay under, and a nice little cave to lurk in on the land side, as well.
Go my water heater going, my filter/flow generator running(procudes and current while filtering), got a night and day bulb, and a UVB bulb as well.
Here's the pics:
This is the water side. Takes up most of the tank, gives plenty of room to swim around and hunt feeder items. Has a swamp like tree stump with vines providing a little shaded hidey spot. A large aquatic branch/vine piece that arches up out of the water. Provides a lovely basking spot or just a piece of surface area to sit on out of the water. Another wood piece that allows hidey areas under the various 'levels' the wood walls stick out at. Little plant piece that adds some more natural look to it. There's a water heater back there to warm up the water. Also have a filtering system that produces a current. There's also a nice floating log to just chill in or hide around.
Here's the land side. Obviously nowhere near as much space as the water has. Still, for the size of this little guy, it's a nice hunk of land to just cruise around when he feels it's necessary. Has a little cave to hide in, if he wants, and a shady tree to lay under. Sorry about the dirtiness on the side that makes it a little difficult to see. The substrate was very messy to deal with, especially since I had some issues with the divider and some flooding, but I fixed it.
Opinions? Anywhere where there can be improvement?
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