tdt86
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Pls keep an eye out for signs of frustration due to the open glass sides. You might need to put a layer of paint on the lower half to avoid that. Looks cozy esp with a tweaked hide!
They are pretty much the same size, the tank is 2.5ft x 1ft. This tank is bigger than their other oneWhat size is it and is it for the two in the pic? Looks too small for one of them, but pics can be deceiving. I would also add some plants.
Man..you've worked hard to upgrade the little guys' home, and we're shooting you down. I have to agree that the aquarium is too small for even one of those babies. You can buy a pretty big plastic tub for around $30. You can even buy two of them and either cut a hole and insert a pvc tunnel connecting them, or cut out opposing ends and put them together.
I understand your thinking about the food in the plant saucer...you're trying to keep the food clean. You can achieve this by placing some flat rocks around the food dish. But, no matter what you do, they are going to track substrate through the food, that's just what they do. This is one reason you want a substrate that is edible or at least not harmful if ingested.
I think you need to re-read the posts about growing baby sulcatas smooth by keeping them humid and moist. One way to do this is to have a humid hiding place. You can't have humidity in a cardboard hiding place. Pack some moist sphagnum moss inside a cut-in-half-lengthwise plastic pot and there you are!
Should we still be spraying the substrate? It's getting dryI would:
Get a much larger enclosure.
Separate the two of them.
Get rid of that food bowl. The sides are too high.
Add more substrate.
Make a proper humid hide. Not cardboard and wide open.
I can't tell what all is going on on top with the foil. Can you post a pic showing all that and explain?
Yvonne I have a question about the sphagnum moss,
In my humid hide I only have a hole in it big enough for my sulcata to go in and out. But I have still found it impossible to keep sphagnum moss in it. Literally the LONGEST i can get the moss to stay in the hide is two days MAYBE, but even by day one the moss is already all over the cage and mixed in with substrate so that I can't even put it back....
Spraying usually isn't enough. Usually you have to dump some water in there. Every enclosure is different, so you will have to watch yours and add water to the substrate as needed. With an open top and hot bulbs on the outside of the tank, you are fighting a losing battle.Should we still be spraying the substrate? It's getting dry