23-01-2013, 07:02 PM | #21 |
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Will update this thread soon.
We have decided to move them into a vivarium as we sometimes struggle with humidity and temps in the table - although they do use their humid hide every night now. As soon as I move them I will update with pics and their current size |
22-02-2013, 08:50 AM | #22 |
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Right our new vivarium should be arriving this week coming. The viv we are getting is 5 foot long and just under 2 foot wide .
It has additional vents in the side panels so ventilation should be fine. Once its all set up and planted I will post some new pics. |
23-02-2013, 07:46 PM | #23 |
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Hi Matt,
I have 2 of Andy's hatchling's, had them in a table but like you im struggling to regulate temps and humidity so gettin a 4ft viv set up at the mo. Will keep following you progress and see if I can pick up any tips! |
23-02-2013, 07:54 PM | #24 |
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Excellent How old are your two?
Our vivarium is arriving on Wednesday and we have most the kit for it - just need to see how the CHE does at heating it, but I think we are going to need a spot bulb of some sort also to make sure its warm enough as its a pretty big viv. |
23-02-2013, 08:37 PM | #25 |
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Think they are between 2 and 6 months old? Ill try post pics.
I was hoping to order the arcardia luminaire 39w but its out of stock just now Going to use a 50w basking bulb on a dimmer thermostat too, hoping i wont need a CHE too but will need to see how it goes. |
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You seem to be doing something right... Why don't you describe your care and setup in detail.
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02-03-2013, 05:27 PM | #28 |
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Our viv is almost ready for the stars. We've got a 5 x 2 x 2 viv for them, with a substrate of top soil (half of which is mixed with a block of coconut coir(sp?) then we have a corner of cyprus forest substrate, and some orchid bark areas.
We've planted a number of spider plants that we hope will get established well, along with a heather and some lavender. As for the equipment we have a T5 12% lamp along with a 150w basking spot bulb (on a habistat dimmer) and a 150w ceramic (on a habistat pulse prop.). They should keep a basking spot of about 35 and good ambient temps through out. The spot bulb is at the warm end and the ceramic in the middle over a 9ltr rub which is their humid hide. There are two other hides in there in the form of a bark hide and a ceramic pot. We want to move them in to their new home tomorrow, providing I can get the temps sorted. |
03-03-2013, 12:21 PM | #29 |
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They are both in now and seem to love it. Lots of exploring going on. Will pop some more pics up later |
03-03-2013, 02:35 PM | #30 |
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Rather than add any more pics on this thread I made a thread in the housing section Last edited by Matt__uk; 04-03-2013 at 07:07 PM. |
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