Filled with air?

[S13]

Wow, he is a chunky butt LOL!

[InfinitysDaughter]

Well I'll be honest. 20 a week dosn't seem like a lot to me because Azy eats about 6 a day. But she is really REALLY active so she works it off pretty fast. And 2.5? Hes about half an inch longer then Azy, he should really be in a 20 gallon. It looks like you dont have any large branches or drift wood for him to climb on. Azy dosn't like to climb the walls of her tank for the same reason, too wet so she slides down. But shes all over her drift wood.

As for the moss, I'd take it out all together. Its really not safe. If your worried about humidity (in the small tank, you shouldn't be, but if you get the larger one you might have some issues) I'd get whats called frog moss, or carpet moss. Its a solid piece of moss that is nearly impossible for them to ingest.


For the short term, until you can look into a 20 gal tank (look online. you might be able to find a slightly used one cheep ), I'd get a piece of wood that is as wide as he is that you can set somewhat diagonal in his tank from top to bottom and encourage him to climb on it (angle it more horizontal diagonal rather then vertical diagonal). If he realizes he has something to climb on then he'll probably start being active at night which will help work off that extra weight. And Omar is right, cut down on the crickets at least for a short term. When he starts loosing weight and you get him into a larger tank you can maybe give him some more but only if hes extra active. Normal whites shouldn't eat as much as Azy does.