chameleonowner32
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To start with, this is just my method for keeping Oustaleti, not a how too.
Cage is 4.5ft long, 2ft wide and 43in at its highest. Amazon greenhouse with base combo 120$. Sprayed wood with Olympic waterguard clear 18$, let dry inside and outside over the course of a week. Sprayed 3 coats.
Bottom drainage container, 30$, is a 2ftx 3ft cement mixer tub, 25$ from lowes that I cut to fit. Zoo med substrate tray in black add on cage.
The top has pre-made metal screen adjustable windows, 10$ each from lowes, that I spread apart to cover the top for lighting, same screen size as a typical metal cage, helped keep the lighting distance from known test done. 1 8500 grow light I believe, lowes. 1 zoo med t5 10.0 Ho uvb, zoo med 100watt basking combo dome.
Airflow can be adjusted depending on outside temp variables to adjust inside temp and humidity. Bottom adjustable window, 15$ from lowes, allows to create more or less of a chimney effect. Cage has 3 temp and humidity zones for basking, hydration and uvb absorption.
Hydration is a 40$ cvs cool humidifier with adjustable flow ran to top of cage far left and gets pulled over and up the far right depending on where the front door is zipped too. Don't have a timer yet, so I've trial and error tested to find out exactly how much water to put in the humidifier to where it stops running after a set time at night. All fogging is done overnight unless on a weekend when I'm home. Tubing was like 10$ from lowes.
Plants include 3 types of Ficus, Pothos, Fiddle leaf fig, Draeciana, and Variation Schefflera Umbrella.
Vines, 2 types of zoo med bend a branch I believe, 18" moss branches, and Zoo med spiderwood that is drilled into pvc that I placed in between the metal greenhouse poles, real sphagnum moss to provide Veritas climbing and hold humidity.
Temp and Humidity dynamics, since this guy is wild caught unlike my previous Oustaleti born into a controlled environment. I've been allowing much more humidity to keep these giants hydrated. 45-55% all day with ambient temp ranging from 75° left side, 95° basking, and 80° uvb far right. At night temp goes down to around 62-65° with 90-100% humidity depending on fog levels.
Cage is 4.5ft long, 2ft wide and 43in at its highest. Amazon greenhouse with base combo 120$. Sprayed wood with Olympic waterguard clear 18$, let dry inside and outside over the course of a week. Sprayed 3 coats.
Bottom drainage container, 30$, is a 2ftx 3ft cement mixer tub, 25$ from lowes that I cut to fit. Zoo med substrate tray in black add on cage.
The top has pre-made metal screen adjustable windows, 10$ each from lowes, that I spread apart to cover the top for lighting, same screen size as a typical metal cage, helped keep the lighting distance from known test done. 1 8500 grow light I believe, lowes. 1 zoo med t5 10.0 Ho uvb, zoo med 100watt basking combo dome.
Airflow can be adjusted depending on outside temp variables to adjust inside temp and humidity. Bottom adjustable window, 15$ from lowes, allows to create more or less of a chimney effect. Cage has 3 temp and humidity zones for basking, hydration and uvb absorption.
Hydration is a 40$ cvs cool humidifier with adjustable flow ran to top of cage far left and gets pulled over and up the far right depending on where the front door is zipped too. Don't have a timer yet, so I've trial and error tested to find out exactly how much water to put in the humidifier to where it stops running after a set time at night. All fogging is done overnight unless on a weekend when I'm home. Tubing was like 10$ from lowes.
Plants include 3 types of Ficus, Pothos, Fiddle leaf fig, Draeciana, and Variation Schefflera Umbrella.
Vines, 2 types of zoo med bend a branch I believe, 18" moss branches, and Zoo med spiderwood that is drilled into pvc that I placed in between the metal greenhouse poles, real sphagnum moss to provide Veritas climbing and hold humidity.
Temp and Humidity dynamics, since this guy is wild caught unlike my previous Oustaleti born into a controlled environment. I've been allowing much more humidity to keep these giants hydrated. 45-55% all day with ambient temp ranging from 75° left side, 95° basking, and 80° uvb far right. At night temp goes down to around 62-65° with 90-100% humidity depending on fog levels.
