Hi and welcome,
There's a lot to learn and most of us have made mistakes starting out but thanks to this forum have been able to right our wrongs without too much impact on our torts and saved us a fortune in vet fees and equipment.
As already stated they'll be much happier and healthier separated, they are solitary and territorial creature so don't get lonely, but can be very aggressive towards another tort in its space causing serious injury or even death. Your male will also constantly harass the female to mate - not very pleasant for her in a small space where she can't get away.
Many pet shops and some online sites often sell unsuitable or unsafe equipment - especially bulbs. They are just interested in profit and don't really know about tort care, and even if packaging says they are for torts there are good and bad products - some have been found to damage tort eyes and shells so although still available to buy aren't necessarily safe. Avoid the 'all in one' bulbs and any that are coiled or curly cfl types.
I like Arcadia products and have a T5 HO tube kit for UVB and a flood bulb for basking (spots are too intense) I also use a CHE run through a thermostat for night heat and extra heat when it's needed.
If you have a dome go for the wide domes because deep domes tend to make bulbs over heat and burn out, and clamps have been known to fail and cause fires so it's safer to hang everything - you can also adjust temps by raising or lowering them then.
It's difficult to retain heat and humidity in open tables so you could think about using mini pop up greenhouses over them to hang the lamps inside.
Hope that's useful - the caresheet will help your torts thrive but please ask as many questions as you like.
There's a lot to learn and most of us have made mistakes starting out but thanks to this forum have been able to right our wrongs without too much impact on our torts and saved us a fortune in vet fees and equipment.
As already stated they'll be much happier and healthier separated, they are solitary and territorial creature so don't get lonely, but can be very aggressive towards another tort in its space causing serious injury or even death. Your male will also constantly harass the female to mate - not very pleasant for her in a small space where she can't get away.
Many pet shops and some online sites often sell unsuitable or unsafe equipment - especially bulbs. They are just interested in profit and don't really know about tort care, and even if packaging says they are for torts there are good and bad products - some have been found to damage tort eyes and shells so although still available to buy aren't necessarily safe. Avoid the 'all in one' bulbs and any that are coiled or curly cfl types.
I like Arcadia products and have a T5 HO tube kit for UVB and a flood bulb for basking (spots are too intense) I also use a CHE run through a thermostat for night heat and extra heat when it's needed.
If you have a dome go for the wide domes because deep domes tend to make bulbs over heat and burn out, and clamps have been known to fail and cause fires so it's safer to hang everything - you can also adjust temps by raising or lowering them then.
It's difficult to retain heat and humidity in open tables so you could think about using mini pop up greenhouses over them to hang the lamps inside.
Hope that's useful - the caresheet will help your torts thrive but please ask as many questions as you like.