he is about a foot long right now, and i have a 30 gallon tank for him. ut should it be bigger so he will have more room when he is full grown?
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I think you should move him into a 75 gallon tank, thats what I have my 20 incher in, and he loves it. I say if its inevitable it might as well be immediate, and you should switch him into his adult cage. Good luck finding a tank, and the space to put it!
A popular size enclosure for baby bearded dragons is 20 gallons; adults require enclosures of 40 gallons and larger, with 8 square feet of floor space being preferable. Thus bearded dragons should be upgraded to adult-sized enclosures within the first year of life.
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The largest you can afford, if you can!
For minimum i'd say a 50 gallon aquarium. If you can, there are some aquariums that are wider rather than taller/longer, and are called 'breeder' aquariums.
If you can afford a larger tank (try used, if possible, www.craigslist.org and go to your city is a huge resource! and the price of a brand new 50+ gallon can be in the 150$++ range), the larger the better.
You should aim for something he can comfortable turn around in, as well as room to walk in ( 4-6 times the length of his body i'd imagine, and 2 times as wide for comfort) yet tall enough to accomodate a basking branch
Hope this helps
I would say a 40 or a 50. What ever you can afford. btw Bearded Dragons ROCK!!!!
As always as big as you can get but the minimum would have to be at least 4 feet long.
in my professional opinion i would say a 75 gallon but a 40 gallon breeder or a 55 gallon would suffice
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