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Dankmeleon
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mistking cart
auto fill float valve reverse osmosis resovoir
Dankmeleon
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no edits on these pics btw
gregdabender
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Hey Dank how old is that cham?
Justin Carl
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Baller-shot caller-got 20 plants around my cham cages-hollar
Looks good
I wish I had a lanai coverd porch to do that.
How long do you keep them out before it gets too hot?
Looks good
I wish I had a lanai coverd porch to do that.
How long do you keep them out before it gets too hot?
Dankmeleon
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i got him at 4 months of age in october of last year so I guess that makes him just over a year old
and he just started showing these pimp colors when i brought him some females home, he knows the deal
and he just started showing these pimp colors when i brought him some females home, he knows the deal
Dankmeleon
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hahah that made me laugh
they have indoor cages as well but i have them outside to a science. i have had no uri problems except for with very young chams, which is why i like to get them established....they don't get direct sun all day.
they all have large cages with plenty of shade. in the position of my cages, they don't start getting even the least bit of direct sunlight til about 1030 to 11 oclock, which is starting to grow earlier with the sun.
from then they get at least a few hours of directly "morning light with a good misting session.
from then the umbrella shades everyone until I get can them back indoors.
also I have a covered lania with lights so I can easily pull them under that and put lights on them, and it stays about 10 degrees cooler than it is outside.
some times i'll leave them outside all day, no problems, but i try not to its just too hot for them...however you can def teeter with the line
i just be real careful because i'm not the master scientist and i value my chams more than that and the thought of uri creeps on my mind always
Dankmeleon
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also I live on a nature preserve harbor with 50000 acres of pine with the bay on one side and the gulf on the other and the gulf so there is a natural breezy affect that keeps my city about 10 degrees cooler than areas around me, and considerably cooler than central florida
but its also my personal understanding that your chams only benefit from spontaneous outdoors and also rainstorms, over doing it is something that is not beneficial, however I get away with putting them outdoors a lot, and they get HUGE.
it is my personal belief that a cham on a natural humidity cycle does a lot better than indoor housed chams, and thats not even getting started on natural sunlight.
I'm sure they also benefit from other factors, like fresher air, wind, maybe even being under the stars who knows?
the solar system may be as much a part of the chameleon natural breeding as lighting humidity and temperature
but its also my personal understanding that your chams only benefit from spontaneous outdoors and also rainstorms, over doing it is something that is not beneficial, however I get away with putting them outdoors a lot, and they get HUGE.
it is my personal belief that a cham on a natural humidity cycle does a lot better than indoor housed chams, and thats not even getting started on natural sunlight.
I'm sure they also benefit from other factors, like fresher air, wind, maybe even being under the stars who knows?
the solar system may be as much a part of the chameleon natural breeding as lighting humidity and temperature
Justin Carl
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Yea, that is a sweet setup.
I'm looking for a place with a screened in porch like that.
Hopefully the house prices keep heading south.
For the first time Florida has more people leaving then coming in.
So for us young guns that is an advantage.
Give it a little longer and house price and interest rates will be low.
Your lucky to have you place facing on the east side like that.
It only takes a few hours of unfiltered light for them to produce D3 on their own.
About the whole URI thing...
I've never had a problem with my veileds being outside.
Even when it rains at night.
You would think Panthers would be less prone to getting URI.
I'm looking for a place with a screened in porch like that.
Hopefully the house prices keep heading south.
For the first time Florida has more people leaving then coming in.
So for us young guns that is an advantage.
Give it a little longer and house price and interest rates will be low.
Your lucky to have you place facing on the east side like that.
It only takes a few hours of unfiltered light for them to produce D3 on their own.
About the whole URI thing...
I've never had a problem with my veileds being outside.
Even when it rains at night.
You would think Panthers would be less prone to getting URI.
Dankmeleon
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i agree i have no worries about the veileds at all, they can stay outside all day if they wanted to , which is over doing it but still.
also i agree you'd think panthers would be at an advantage but they also come from cooler areas with a lot more cover, which scares me when the temperature is above 88
also i agree you'd think panthers would be at an advantage but they also come from cooler areas with a lot more cover, which scares me when the temperature is above 88
lbesok
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Every thing looks really nice! As always I'm jealous of all of those nice lucious plants. What's that big RO thing? Reggie looks super stunning, I love him he's so sweet!! I can tell he's ballin, he's got all those sweet young things surrounding him lol.
As a side note I've had a few URI's with my panthers.... I believe it has been a result of excess misting. A regulated misting system has got to be down the line soon.
As a side note I've had a few URI's with my panthers.... I believe it has been a result of excess misting. A regulated misting system has got to be down the line soon.
Dankmeleon
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the reverse osmosis resevoir has a shut off valve that fills it with fresh ro water and when it gets the water fills it, it has a floating ball connected to a valve so it gets pushed past the 45 degree angle and shuts off your reverse osmosis line to conserve water.
ro can only make water so fast so for garden and hydration applications its really easy to set off a t in your fridge or sink ro line to have it fill your res, then once your res is full it shuts off and your sink or fridge still pumps fresh water fine
i put it off for so long, little did i know it was like 3 pieces of plumbing
now my chams get cleaner water than most americans
inside the res is an airstone aquarium bubble and a small recirulating submersible pump
ro can only make water so fast so for garden and hydration applications its really easy to set off a t in your fridge or sink ro line to have it fill your res, then once your res is full it shuts off and your sink or fridge still pumps fresh water fine
i put it off for so long, little did i know it was like 3 pieces of plumbing
now my chams get cleaner water than most americans
inside the res is an airstone aquarium bubble and a small recirulating submersible pump
