I was at work wedged in between a wall of a garage and a chain link fence when the earthquake occurred... pretty bad location. However, not nearly as bad as my co-worker who was working in a crawlspace under a mobile home!
27 Laid, 13 Fertile, 6 Hatched, 4 Healthy Survivors, 1 Male, and 3 Females. I still have two eggs incubating, but I don't expect them to hatch. It was my first clutch and I'm sure I'll do better next time.
None of the other females show this much red. However, they all seem to have a little...
Thanks for the positive feedback! I only got one male from this clutch, and he's being held back. It looks like I'll be needing a new male to pair up with this pretty girl.
They're internal clock doesn't go based on the time of day, but the duration of their artifical day. I set my mister time to mist an hour after the lights come on, mid day, and an hour before the lights go out. I feed whenever I'm available to do so, which will vary from day to day, so they're...
Hey everyone,
My Sambava panther babies are about 4mo old now, and I've been noticing that one of my females is exceptionally red compared to the others. I was wondering if this is pretty common and if the red coloration carries into adulthood?
Here's a couple pics, but I'll try to get...
I'm guessing that you're not experiencing scales, but rather hardwater mineral deposits. This happens to me all the time... I wouldn't worry about it at all. If you want to rid yourself of it use RODI water.
I think that it depends on the dedication of the novice keeper and how much research & preparation he/she is willing to put in. They're certainly much smaller and probably a bit less forgiving than a F. pardalis, but I have no experience with them.
I like to use SIKA TOP SEAL 107 for concrete. It comes in two types, hard or flexible, and it's used for lining containers holding potable water. Mix it up, add some dye, coat it over some foam... brilliant!
3mo is acceptable, but I've decided to keep mine until about 4-5 months since my females seem to be really small. I just feel more comfortable shipping out slightly larger chams.
Capture and Transit can put a lot of strain on something as intelligent as a cephalopod. LFSs never ID anything properly, nor can they ever tell you where the specimen shipped out of. I bet you'd love So Cal, because we have bimacs all along our local coastline in the tide pools. =)
Anyway...