suggestions for bearded dragon enclosure?

will technically it is true you can use sand it's still probably safer to just use slate tiles it's not like the beardies care that much. if you do want to use a bit of sand when thay are older it would probably be ok to use a sand and peat mis that isn't too deep more like a dusting over the slate. i'm actually using a similar set up with a leo currently and really like the look of it though it is a bit messier, and he is bowl feed. as for the plants i have never heard of a bearded dragon eating a fake plant so really that feear is unfounded i would be concered about a like plant ether it tipping it over and eating it (yes eve succulents) and if it was a cactus i would be even more worried about the spines. it's just easier to not even bother with plants in this case, and this us coming from some one who loves naturalistic tanks.
 
he's doing 110 at lowest. shipping itself is 55, and its a deal already with how much these guys are worth. id rather play it safe and not use sand. if i did use sand itd be a natural kind. ill do a little research on the plants.
 
so i got the little guy tuesday, alot smaller than i thought. even though its the size the guy said, i just didnt think 6.5 inches was this small. he refuses to eat crickets, but thats from relocation stress, and atleast he'll eat the turnip/ mustard greens i hand feed him. his name is Blaze and here he is today in his feeding box staring at a cricket that he didnt eat :FIREdevil:
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and a few days ago, when he had a lot of stress marks
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and here is how the enclosure turned out
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ill probably switch the wood to the right with dragon manzanitta, i also have a dracnea that im going to wait a month and replace the soil to regular dirt, and then add that, ill probably get a non spiky cactus too, and maybe an aloe vera.
 
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