my criket/cham enclosers

[okiroo]

heres clairs home (i plan on it being her adult home aswell.) please tell me any adjustment that could to be made. i know the bulb is touching the mesh but its not hot and hasnt caused me any problems. i put 100 crikets at a time in that thingi. atm they are eating some speacial k, a blueberry, spinach leafs, and a carrot. also they have water cubes high in cal. the gauges read- hydro-58%,temp-80. any thoughts to help would be super nice! thankyou!

 

[camimom]

heres clairs home (i plan on it being her adult home aswell.) please tell me any adjustment that could to be made. i know the bulb is touching the mesh but its not hot and hasnt caused me any problems. i put 100 crikets at a time in that thingi. atm they are eating some speacial k, a blueberry, spinach leafs, and a carrot. also they have water cubes high in cal. the gauges read- hydro-58%,temp-80. any thoughts to help would be super nice! thankyou!

How big is that cham cage? Adult veileds need roughly 2x2x4 to be comfortable. NTM you need more foliage in there, they like hiding places.

 

[SSimsswiSS]

i know the bulb is touching the mesh but its not hot and hasnt caused me any problems.

If the light bulb is touching the mesh you will have problems. Either a melt down or possible fire. Mesh will fade and degrade over time where light touches. Chameleon can come into direct cotact with bulb which is a bad thing.

 

[okiroo]

ok, ill have to get something to hand it on. thankyou. its a 65gal 28"x16.5"x30" i could buy a new one if she needs it when shes bigger. iv got 2 pothos and one corn plant. alos multiple fake plants. i can hand anything really though. any idea for that?

 

[camimom]

ok, ill have to get something to hand it on. thankyou. its a 65gal 28"x16.5"x30" i could buy a new one if she needs it when shes bigger. iv got 2 pothos and one corn plant. alos multiple fake plants. i can hand anything really though. any idea for that?

Scheffelara and pothos really take up alot of room. there is a list on the forum somewhere that has all the cham safe plants on it. find it, buy some and get that cage filled.

 

[okiroo]

ok. i will asap. when i fix these problems compleatly ill be happy to update on this as fixed. thankyou so much for your time and helping me.

EDIT- im going to collect more sticks and bake them and some vines untill i can go to the store. how do i elvate my light exactally?

 

[camimom]

ok. i will asap. when i fix these problems compleatly ill be happy to update on this as fixed. thankyou so much for your time and helping me.

EDIT- im going to collect more sticks and bake them and some vines untill i can go to the store. how do i elvate my light exactally?

Well, some people will hang the lights from the ceiling. What i did was go to lowes and get soome metal shelves, then place 2 shelves on the lowest and highest settings, then place the lights on the top shelf.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/kinks-home-57236/
go to this thread, look at post number 6. thats my set up now.

 

[okiroo]

i will. thankyou so much! gosh i love these forums, everytime i need help or need to know something someone helps quickly. idk what id do without everyones help

 

[meleondollars]

No need for substrate in the cricket keeper. I would remove that for ease of finding them, eliminates places for them to hide also you can clean it in between batches. My .02$

 

[okiroo]

i do clean each time/ the reason i keep that in there is becuz when a few die i shake it and they sink to the bottem. they all crawl on the egg thingi and i just shake them into the cup. but i know whtchu mean.

 

[sdheli420]

i do clean each time/ the reason i keep that in there is becuz when a few die i shake it and they sink to the bottem. they all crawl on the egg thingi and i just shake them into the cup. but i know whtchu mean.

here is my set up..i just use paper towels as the "substrate" you could set yours up like a micro version.. (look at it from 0:47 on the vid)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UOMX_jnKnU

 

[okiroo]

thats an awsome idea!!! next batch im totally gunna do that!