Recent content by jleahl

Going on my somewhat limited experience....I'm guessing all females. The last one does have a longer tail, but a pretty smooth dorsal crest. How old are they?

In my enclosures, I put styrofoam peanuts (didn't have easy access to hydroton), screen, charcoal, screen, then topsoil (no perlite!) mixed w/coconut fiber around the pots. I planted a couple of plants directly into the substrate. Haven't lost any plants...in fact, they grow too fast. One of...

A couple of nights ago I was tucking my son into bed, and checking on his brevs at the same time. One of them looked a little unusual...pale, with some dark striping around his eyes (not his normal coloring). I gently tapped on the glass, with no response. Usually Dot will wake up a little...

My brevs turn a light brown when they're asleep. One of my males doesn't sleep nearly as much as the female or the other male...he's always digging around in the substrate when the other two are asleep. When my two males were in the same tank, one of them generally turned pretty dark when...

I haven't been on in a while...but here are my guys. I can't seem to focus w/my digital cam very well.... it doesn't have macro. Dot isn't usually that white....I took the pic b/c he looked funky. I keep hoping Yolanda is gravid, but I don't think she's fat enough. Maybe I should take Dot...

Looks good, Patrick; maybe a couple more plants would be good. Do you have a hygrometer in there? I'm wondering about the vented sides of the tank...I have a hard time keeping the humidity real high in my 10g's with screen tops.

You might want to put some sort of opaque barrier between the cages, to keep them from seeing each other. Even if they can't reach each other, they can still be stressed from the sight of another cham.

I am not a veiled keeper, but does her eye turret look dark bluish toward the bottom? Bruising or swelling, maybe?

Search on the feeding forum and you will find many descriptions on how folks keep their crickets. Buying in bulk is OK if you have a large container to keep them in; if not, don't buy more than 100-250. They need a source of water, warmth, and maintenance food available all the time, and they...

I think 1.2 brevs would be OK in there, if there were more plants; what are the dimensions? Yeah, you don't want the waterfall, for many reasons. In its place you could put some more plants; I'd get a lot more twigs and sticks for them to climb on; and I'm not real sure about the substrate...

Wow, Brad, that's a serious water garden! Awesome! My garden looks pathetic...partly 'cause it's been so dry here, partly 'cause I spend so much time on the computer! :rolleyes:

How old is your cham? How often do you mist? What's the humidity in the enclosure most of the time?

Cork is certainly not as messy as peat moss! But it can be a pain to cut. It does hold moisture well, but you have to work a little harder to get it wet in the first place.

that would be repcal with D3, which is OK for now; but you will want to get some RepCal without D3 (pure calcium), too; the older he gets and the more his growth slows, he will not need as much D3 and too much can cause problems. Herptivite is a good thing to have, too; I use the Herptivite and...

Sweet setup! Must have cost some $$$$... :D