My Exo Terras...

I've been thinking about trying the exo terras with Multituberculata since october or so.. just have not made the leap. Do you prefer them for the Montane species over the screen?
 
Showjet thanks for finally posting I have been waiting for pictures for a while. Glass terrariums are normally mostly seen over sea's (more in Europe) and with these relatively new Exo Terras I was anxiosly waitn to see how they look. It looks as though it could be a new developing trend here in the states.
 
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These are amazing Showjet!!! It gives me inspiration for doing something with the 18x24x36 in my garage. Do you have pictures of your A/C for these setups? do you run a humidifier in them or just mistings? What are your typical schedule for mistings? times and lengths?
 
Actually I use walnut and other branches that I collect in the greenhouse. I normally replace them once the start to visibly rot. Which is normally 3-6 months. However they are watered ever hour to keep the humidity high in the greenhouse and in regards to how much water they receive hold up fine. Plus actually my chameleons seem to respond positively to new branches to explore. I figure I would mention this due to previous post on this thread. Plus most of my long term plants have got moss growing on them as well.

Garage conversions to Chameleon rooms. That is awesome!!!
 
The plant in the 5th pic is idk lol, its a type of shrub that has been thinned out to how I want it to look, almost bonsai'd per say, it is used in a lot of landscaping to create a visual barrier, bush is darker green and new growth is a burgundy red.
I do prefer them for montane over screen because I can keep their humidity requirements high and not need to worry about putting a basking light over the top which generally heats them up inside too much anyways if left on for an extended period of time. I use screen for panthers and veiled for that reason only. Although my hoehnelli LOVE to bask they definitely dont need to to thrive. I do sometimes put a single pendant 60w bulb over one here and there throughout the day for them to get some basking time tho but only for short periods >30 min.
I dont use a humidifier. I use a hand held pump sprayer and use ro/di water that I make in my garage for my aquarium company. Ive been using it for years and they do just fine on it with no signs of them lacking anything in the water or diet. I spray the cages once in the morning after the lights come on and once at night before they go out, and just enough to get it wet all over their branches and plants. Even with this amount of spraying it is consistently staying at or above 70% humidity inside them at all times.
Hope that answers some questions and helps out!:)
 
I do prefer them for montane over screen because I can keep their humidity requirements high and not need to worry about putting a basking light over the top which generally heats them up inside too much anyways if left on for an extended period of time.

So you dont use a basking light for the montanes in these eh? Does the UVB light give of enough heat to heat it up to the temps they need? Which are low in the first place.. Or... How exactly do you get to the temps they require?
 
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