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02-05-2007, 01:58 PM
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What is the rule as far as how many females can be in a tank. I would like 4 females together but how large of a tank will I need. And what is the best way for introducing a new female to the tank? Thanks for your help!

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aslong as you have a big enough tank you can house as many females as you want make sure they all have hides and are being fed out of tank so you know who is eating..Rich will be able to say how big a tabk you need I would think around a 50 gallon mayb idk.
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I think the rule of thumb is 10-gallon size for every Leo, but I could be wrong. I would introduce the new female after you have changed around the tank or have given them a new one. This way you don't have any dominate female. I have 3 female Bearded Dragons in a large enclosure and about every two weeks I'll re-decorate. You might want to check out the section on using sterlite for cages, that is what I have my Leopard Geckos in. But they are housed two females together in a sterlite close to the size of a 20-gallon aquarium.
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Well my sister Leopard Geckos are in a 20 but I am not worried about them by putting in another one because they dont care when my aft is in there...and I was just oging to put three in my 20 now and stay at a 20 for at least 6 more months because they are only juvies. My females are for sure a year and we are not sure about the other one. I do have pictures and I was curious if I could get an update on what everyone thinks all mine might be...
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Thank you soo much for the help

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Yup I believe it is 10 gl per leo for adequate space. Changeing the decor will work as well for introducing, not sure if I would do it so often, it tends to stress them out. You could go with a 40 gl breeder or as Colleen said, the sterilites work great.
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