Paludarium for leopard gecko?

[dinodeep]

Hi I am a student who is making a paludarium (half water and half land) for a school project. The problem with this is that I don't if a leopard gecko would work. Here is some information about the tank:

-water is 8 inches deep (but will be covered with branches to prevent drowning)
-Fish will include guppies and platies
-20 gallons (essentially 10 gallons of water and 10 gallons of land)

I know that they don't really suit the environment well, but is there some way around this? Here is some pictures of the tank: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx...1g1aU5IM2F2OGc

Thanks in advance!

[trailblazer295]

Perhaps anoles would be a better lizard, they like higher humidity and can crawl the branches and sides.

[Minkness]

You already posted about this.

Also, the way you describe it as being 10 gallons of land and 10 gallons of water is wrong. It's only that much if 'filled'.

8 inches of water is ok, but not ideal unless it's the full bottom of the tank, not just half of it. Even if you do it in a 20 gallon long, it wouldn't be enough water to properly cycle for the fish.

Add to that you want to add a leopard gecko to this set up? The humidity would cause all kinds of issues.

What happened to you wanting to do a frog?

[AwesomeGuy376]

I agree with trailblazer, Anoles would be a much better choice. Leos just aren't made for that environment.. And as mink said, the humidity will cause you a whole mess of issues... I would get some fire-bellied toads and put them in, i think they'd be the best land creature you can use to be honest. Also, I would recommend getting a filter of some sort for the water so the fish have clean water to process.

[sirtalis]

@minkness, when I used a bio-active cage for my leos, they frequently had humidity over 70% so I doubt it would be a problem, personally I would be worried about it drowning in the pool part, even you you did 1/2 land 1/2 water there really wouldnt be room for a leo, care sheets say 10 is acceptable but 20 is sooo much better for them, why would you keep them in a small and probably unsuitable habitat? Get a frog, it would use the land and water

[sirtalis]

Can I ask why you have 4 of essentially the same thread?