Outdoor pit

[eden roscoe]

hey
Me and my dad are in the process of making an outdoor pit/avairy. The dimensions are 5m long,2.5m wide and 2m tall. Also it will be fully enclosed and there will be a pond inside that measures 2.5 long, 1.5 wide and about 0.8m deep at the deepest point. I am planning on making the pond out of heavy duty pond liner and it will slope up to a bank. It will also have a large bio filter set up with a pump. on the land area i plan to have rocks and branches, along with hides dug into the ground. I do not know what to use for substrate but i was thinking river sand.

I plan on keeping EWDs and murray short neck turtles in it. Also i was thinking of bluetongues but which type. i am open to any sugestions on what to keep in it, how many species and basically anything else you would like to add. Also i live in Bulli near Wollongong if it helps. Thanks in advance.

 

[DA_GRIZ]

in my aviary, i have water dragons, eastern and alpine blotched blueys, eastern beardie and eastern snake necked turtles. and your aviary sounds awesome.

 

[eden roscoe]

yeh we are building it so it will be ready for spring. Also how do the EWDs go with the eastern beardies and the blueys.

 

[DA_GRIZ]

fine. had abit of troubles with dominace between the beardie and male ewd but they sorted there differences

 

[serpenttongue]

Eden, You can have both eastern and blotched blueys in your aviary, just make sure you provide adequate dry, shaded areas and winter retreats.

 

[jinjajoe]

You could also put Shingle Backs & also Pink Tongues in your pit...... as with the Blueys make sure you pick southern locales.........

 

[DA_GRIZ]

to humid for shinglebacks here. i think you'll find they will get scalerot real easy.

 

[eden roscoe]

yeh i have 7 shinglebacks and im not putting any outside. also if the pond slopes up to a bank will that be enough to make sure blueys and beardies can get out of the water if they fall in.

 

[eden roscoe]

will i need to put a cage around the pump in the pond

 

[eden roscoe]

bump

 

[eden roscoe]

what is the process of putting the pond liner in, do i have to put a layer of sand first and if so what type? also do i have do put something to stop tree roots breaking through

 

[Darren86]

Hi mate,
You can use sand, though it doesn't bind together and has a tendancy to fall down the pond slopes, especially if its going to be 800mm deep. I think you would be better off using some kind of clean soil that will hold together more, maybe some of the loose soil you dig out, this will simply act as cushion for the liner, just ensure it is free of rockes and roots. Also if your worried about the pond liner you can protect it using a product called geo fabric, this is a tough material that will stop roots and rocks possibly cutting the liner. You would place the geo fabric between the sand and the liner.

hope it helps

 

[the_brad]

i wouldnt put EWD with beardys!! i found that out the hard way. they were all adults too. with in a couple days my pair of beardys were killed.

 

[DA_GRIZ]

i wouldnt put EWD with beardys!! i found that out the hard way. they were all adults too. with in a couple days my pair of beardys were killed.

thats odd, i keep my eastern bearded and ewd together with no problems

 

[FAY]

thats odd, i keep my eastern bearded and ewd together with no problems

We do as well, but depends on a few things........
Are the beardies adults or juveniles????

Is the pit big enough for the beardies to get away from the EWD's???

Are there plenty of hiding spots for them????

Are there bushes where the dragons can get uphigh and hide????

All these factors need to be addressed to make it safe for the beardies.

 

[eden roscoe]

the beardies will be adults, the pit will be big enough and there will be heaps of high branches. also there will be heaps of hides.

 

[eden roscoe]

Everything is finally finished and animals went in a few days back. Currently in there are 5 eastern water dragons and 2 murray shortnecks.

 

[chickensnake]

Everything is finally finished and animals went in a few days back. Currently in there are 5 eastern water dragons and 2 murray shortnecks.

No pics

 

[eden roscoe]

damm how do i insert them

 

[eden roscoe]

got them working