Looking at adopting!
I'm a teacher in SW Arkansas at the high school level. I recently moved into a permanent space and it's quite nice. I also inherited a tank and I want to adopt a class room mascot (I run a high school tv studio). I've put together this set up and I'm looking for advice as to what you would put in here and how you would effectively set this up to make a good home. The tank is 4' by 1' and the substrate currently is organic coco coir mixed with washed premium quikrete play sand. Currently, all plant life in the tank is fake except one small fern. Eventually I would love to convert this into a bioactive landscape, but that's further down the road. I do have a very active culture of smugbugs.
I've grown quite fond of the reptile world and I have really enjoyed being a lurker here. I want to do this right by the reptile we adopt.
I also have a smaller 1' by 2' front opening enclosure I was looking at doing something with later
Thank you all so much for any advice you can give!