Hello! Welcome to the forum and glad you found some information during your lurking to be helpful. I see you fell into the pit of the 'starter' kit by ZooMed. It's been a while since I've had a veiled so I'll let someone else respond on the cage size (will probably need to be bumped to a...
Oh, the lighting is definitely dialed in to more of the actinic side of the spectrum for sure and doesn't visually look like 6500k at all. I've yet to see any Cham this 'tricked', as you put it, by lighting in general. Only time I've seen them want to get to a light this bad is if they were cold...
Didn't see the note about it being a shared reservoir... When it comes to submersed impeller based pumps you want to make sure they stay 100% submerged and that they never run dry, otherwise you're going to wear down the pumps quickly as their impellers are going to either burn through shafts or...
As of this moment I know there are no true UVB LED's that are on the market for consumer use. That said though, as someone who is in the reef hobby, a set of lighting I've got happens to have a UV spectrum that I'm able to control. This didn't occur to me for a while that this may be useful for...
Also, there is a big difference between AC pumps and DC pumps. Keep in mind that limiting the head pressure for a pump is never a good thing. It will be required for what you're after, but back pressure on an impeller in the long run will wear a pump out prematurely, so if you have a dripper...
There you go! Not all small pumps are created equal :)
You just need to find the right pump for the application. Are you only dripping a single cham or will your dripper be used for multiple enclosures on the long run? I ask because this will also change your pump specs as you will have...
Is there an ideal enclosure for Mantids? Do they prefer a lot of ventilation with something screened or a little more stagnant with a glass enclosure? I've got a few extra enclosures sitting aside that I've been cranking out to prepare for Jackson's babies, wonder if one would suffice for an...
Nice DIY! I was looking into something like this with the off the shelf wire rack system a few months back. One thing I could never really figure out was how to mount the screen tightly enough without zipties causing too much strain, looks like you found something that worked!
Have you noticed...
I would say this all is determined by head pressure (the amount of pressure exerted by the pump to drive the fluid up X vertical distance) in proportion to the dripper required operating pressure to get the appropriate GPH drip rating.
Let's go through and try some debugging. First, if you can...
Well I mistook all your posts earlier and now figured out my problem, I thought you were getting at that Jackson's needed to be supplemented with veileds and panthers in their diets... I kid I kid...
Where are you finding mantis oothes at Lowe's? I've seen two people mention that and it's sorta blowing my mind. Figured that would be more of a mom and pop nursery thing and even then not a regular thing to carry.
That's where my only problem with cham's lie. I just want it to come off as a sheet like other reptiles. I remember my Veiled years ago used to bloom in shed and was a Bloomin' Onion until he knocked it all off. Triceros are all "I'm going to shed my one leg today" and three days later "Time to...