Brookesia vadoni is very cool looking, their green heads are quite spectacular. I wouldn't have thought about B. minima climbing the hard-water buildup, that really puts into perspective how small they are.
On a different note, I found an article about T. johnstoni, that I figured I'd post the link to. I just always copy and paste into google translator, works decent enough.
http://www.agchamaeleons.de/download-files/Chamaeleo_27.pdf
edit: Not sure if the 'copy' function works on that article.
It is great to see these arrive, Biffle started this thread almost a year ago and looking at the Virunga male, well today had to have been better than Christmas. I have major cham envy today!
To gauge how wet the soil is, I recommend lifting the pot the same way every time at varying intervals of watering. It is a less scientific way of gauging how much water is in the pot.
If you buy bagged potting soil it normally is somewhat moist when you open it. So pot the plant and lift...
Vermiculite will retain moisture. Perlite helps drainage, this is even more true if you get a hold of the large perlite. Another thing that can help is putting a layer of perlite or hydroton in the bottom of the pot.
Good air circulation helps with the plants general health, so try and make...
I clicked on his facebook page link in the "Rise of the Super breeders" article, didn't see much on chameleons. The article mentions F3 getting ready to hatch, and that article is from a while ago.
Springtails are really common to find in potting soil. This is more true with ones containing much peat. I haven't noticed a bunch in bagged coco fiber, but most the soil mixes seem to have them.
Nice, some of the photos I've seen of these guys are really cool looking. I'll try and remember to look for this when you post some more photos of him.
Wow, the mitso is looking awesome! Did you pretty much buy up the ones that have been for sale in ads over the last 6 months? Cool branch, but can't stop looking at that little guy!
I noticed in your previous posts you talk about WC parents from Florida and your eggs were from them. So is it safe to assume these eggs were from one of the WC specimens from Florida?
Hope this thread grows! Very interesting...