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    Bioactive Substrate recipe

    For anyone reading along.... I'm now researching remedies for my fungus gnat issue. Honestly, it is completely out of control. Quite a few people recommend drying out the substrate and spraying it with a water/hydrogen peroxide mixture. This apparently kills the fly larva. A few of the...
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    Bioactive Substrate recipe

    Thanks for the replies. My issue is getting bad. As I said, my table is big and there is a lot of soil/coconut coir in there. I dont think baking it is an option.. I think I'm going to change out all the substrate with new and introduce predatory mites to the mix. Specifically "hypoaspis...
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    Bioactive Substrate recipe

    I have a very large indoor tortoise table for my trio of Hermanns. I also have a terrible problem with phorid flies, fungus nats or whatever you want to call them. It's really getting out of hand and the fly population seems to be growing exponentially.. My current substrate is a mix of...
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    Tiny flies... phorid flies?

    I have a huge phorid fly issue and am trying to combat without success. Actuall . I'm not 100% sure they are phorid flies. They're tiny like a fruit fly, but only fly a few inches over the substrate and land again. Less than 1/16th of an inch in size. I have a very large tortoise table...
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    2019 Hatchlings thread

    Talked to Chris over email. He said the crooked scutes are perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. Makes me feel better.
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    Questions about Humidity

    Thank for the advice. Looks like I'm ok. Just want to be confident that I'm doing everything 100% correct.
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    2019 Hatchlings thread

    Thanks. I've been watching them closely over the last few hours. I noticed that one of them has a few crooked scutes on his shell. I'm hoping this doesnt cause issues later. Also. The scute right above his tail appears to be split into two which is unlike the other ones. Hope this isnt a...
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    Greenhouse/tortoise table build

    They arrived this morning.
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    Questions about Humidity

    So, I just received my trio of hatchling Hermanns today. I have some questions about Humidity. My greenhouse/tortoise table build is a few threads down. Basically, it's a very large tort table inside a greenhouse in my basement. Ambient temps in the greenhouse are right around 78...
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    2019 Hatchlings thread

    Got my trio about an hour ago.
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    2019 Hatchlings thread

    Well. I finally get my Trio sometime Friday. I'm looking forward to it. I think I'm ready. Well..I hope so anyway. My kids are excited and I built the best enclosure I could. If anyone is interested, I have a build thread going. Take a look...
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    2019 Hatchlings thread

    Wow Kipley. So sorry to hear this. That's terrible. My mind is racing trying to figure out what happened.
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    Greenhouse/tortoise table build

    Just got word from Chris Leone that my trio of Hermanns should be arriving on Friday. A bit later than expected because I just got back from a business trip and had to push the date back a little. Needless to say, this is what my table looks like now. I do need to add a few plants but that...
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    Greenhouse/tortoise table build

    Thank you!
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