studiocham
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My tubbed CH from Mike are still doing well. In fact, I was late with their first meal today, and they all rushed around when the first crix hit the tub. The largest ones have been picking off the quarter-inchers among the crix, and it looks like this week, all six will be up to quarters.
On the lamps, I have been having to turn off my basking lamp when they get too warm. It depends on the building temps in the main studio. When the kiln isn't firing, they are in the cooler kiln room, so I leave the basking lamp on by day. The UVB fluorescent is a ReptiSun 5.0, with the middle of the tube across the short side of the tub, so they can get away from it. The hotspot is a 50w ReptiBulb UVA. I remain impressed at how fast these guys reacted positively to their return to the tub method, as they were at Mike's. My best guess is that they do imprint.
I am cleaning the tub & fake plants every other day with Nolvasan solution (left in for 20 mins). It's astonishing how much so few melleri can poop!
The fake plants have got to go before they hit the chewing-on-greenery stage. I think I have a few weeks yet with these.
To everyone "tubbing": please keep updating this thread because it is important to record everyone's results. Thanks for sharing!
To Kat: apologies for brief PM reply. I am preparing for my biggest trade shows of the year, and I've been short on replies to everyone. Details are beyond my brain now.
On the lamps, I have been having to turn off my basking lamp when they get too warm. It depends on the building temps in the main studio. When the kiln isn't firing, they are in the cooler kiln room, so I leave the basking lamp on by day. The UVB fluorescent is a ReptiSun 5.0, with the middle of the tube across the short side of the tub, so they can get away from it. The hotspot is a 50w ReptiBulb UVA. I remain impressed at how fast these guys reacted positively to their return to the tub method, as they were at Mike's. My best guess is that they do imprint.
I am cleaning the tub & fake plants every other day with Nolvasan solution (left in for 20 mins). It's astonishing how much so few melleri can poop!
The fake plants have got to go before they hit the chewing-on-greenery stage. I think I have a few weeks yet with these.
To everyone "tubbing": please keep updating this thread because it is important to record everyone's results. Thanks for sharing!
To Kat: apologies for brief PM reply. I am preparing for my biggest trade shows of the year, and I've been short on replies to everyone. Details are beyond my brain now.