I'm looking to set up a new enclosure and I've been thinking of doing something that I've not seen any mention of being done before so I just wanted to hear everyone's thoughts on it. Basically I've been thinking of getting an aquarium and filling it with water then a smaller aquarium inside that that would be filled with substrate and then there would be banks or trailing plants around the sides so the garter can climb up into it easier. To provide a section that was completely dry I thought that I could place a heat lamp directly above the land area.

I don't think I've explained myself very well so here's a really bad drawing of my plans.


Anyway how well do you think this would work?