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Just a question, but would taking an ATO approach be useful? In my RODI tanks I've always had either a bubbler or power heads, partially for the bugs, partially from paranoia over residual chlorine. RODI is great for chemicals and minerals, but not so great with bacteria. Infact, the systems...

Thank you all for the responses. Just to clarify, we weren't really planning on buying a cham at the show, other than fending off my wife's urge to "rescue" everything she laid eyes on. In the end we came home with a new heat mat and dubia breeding colony from the guy we've been buying feeders...

Thank you. Unfortunately, we are back at the hospital again. The bright side is that I have a lot more time to read through this forum and marvel at amazing cham photos. That is a lot of great info! The cage I have did not come with a solid panel for the right side, so that will be screen no...

We went to our local reptile exhibit yesterday as an information gathering and just to look around. We did find someone selling chams there, but I'm not sure about purchasing from them. The poor chams looked so miserable in little plastic tubs. My wife wanted to buy them all. Thankfully, we...

I have a dragonstrand and they are very good. I was just offering another option for the OP to play with a printer.

I tried that with fish tanks, but they corroded. To be fair, the canopy I built was not well designed and I had to move the lights all lot. Back on topic though, what about branch holders?

I would love to, but they lived a long, happy life and have not been with us for some time. All four lived 7+ years, so I feel we did well. I'll see if I can dig some old pictures from somewhere.

I had an idea after reading through a few different posts about insect farming. This is not a well formulated and certainly not a well researched idea. I have not tried worms yet and I despise crickets. Don't ask why, even I don't know. We do not have a cham yet, but we do have geckos. I...

Thank you. I have to be kind of careful what I post to any social media. We adopted her from foster care a couple years ago and it has been a bit of an uphill climb. I'm not sure we are on the downhill just yet, so all other hobbies are slowing for at least a few days.

Unfortunately, I'll be putting this on the back burner for a few days/weeks, or at the vet least on a slow simmer. My daughter came home from the hospital yesterday, and things are difficult. I want to devote the appropriate time and energy. Anything worth doing is worth doing right, so this...

I had thought of PVC too, since that is what I had built for our hedgehogs. We had a rabbit cage and the frame had two posts going up with one across the top. I used carabineer clips to hold the lights and cords. I even took the time to notch the top of the PVC so the clips would stay in...

Just a random thought, but what about lighting brackets? It might be a bit too individualized by brand/size fora single generic piece though. As I'm looking at lighting, I would like a way to distribute the weight of the light to the frame rather than the screen, if possible. Maybe some sort...

We are in southwest Michigan, and are happy to look after pets. I, however, make no guarantees of things left behind

Good morning! Brief update and a couple questions. I believe I have nearly everything I need for the cage. I have a Sandi light for the plants, Acadia ballast and bulb, and a 65 or 75w bulbs for the baking light. I plan on testing the basking Beach hear before deciding as it will need to be...

I tried socks and canisters both on my 75 gallon and 220 gallon tanks. I noticed a drop in O2 and an increase in bacterial load, both good and bad. Again, this was saltwater, so the goal is to increase the O2. I dropped the canisters and replaced with a sock/spill on filter to take care of...

That is a lot of great information. Thank you! I don't have a ton to report as I'm trying to collect needed materials. In the meantime, my wife keeps perusing various websites and forums for pictures in a not so subtle hint that I need to get my backside in gear. I believe she is only looking...

I only have one not so great photo of what I am working with. Please ignore the disaster going on in the background, foreground, side ground, and everywhere else. I'll get to the mess someday. The branches, dowel rods, and mist king nozzles came with the enclosure, so we'll make use of them...

That was very helpful! Thank you! Now I need to get moving on ours. My wife is getting anxious.

I used them in our 220 gallon saltwater tank. I did not have great success with them. I attended a lecture on modern gadgets in reefing while at a frag swap and was given a few numbers that explained why I was not likely seeing the results I was hoping for. I sat down and did the math one...

That looks wonderful! I hope ours can look that good one day. The information you have was very helpful. I will definitely be looking into the light recommendations. That's also in the list of things to tackle. I was considering using the egg crate like you suggested so that it could be...