animalexplorer
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I've been inspired by some of the gang here. Paul
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yes, I'm using Spagnum moss and it holds the humidity up quite well.Thanks! Unfortunately these terrariums have these gaps on the hinge side of the front glass doors and I have to plug them up to keep up the warmer temps. There are 3 heat sources involved from a UVA, UVB light and a heat external heatpad that is attached on the outside. I just got some moss that I will incorporate into the substate setup, this will hold more moisture and hopefully I'll have a more steady humid level.
I saw a couple of others do it so I thought it made a lot of sense putting it in as well, I believe(The Gex Files) was the first one that I noticed but then precarious could of been the first to post? It looks crammed but it's not, the mantid has almost the whole top to run around with little obstruction. I am adding another terrarium where they will have plenty of room to molt, after they will be set up in their own enclosures. Changes will be made as I observe what I think is their likes and dislikes as they move about their terrarium. I also moved the temp/hum reader for 2 reasons, it was getting incurate results and it was blocking the view.Outstanding!
I'm with Brian on keeping it sparse - and how very clumsy they are... I suppose with a single specimen, there's less to worry about.
I think the whole twigs-on-the-top thing is perfect! Credit where it's due... was that Precarious that came up with it originally...?
To do it over again, I'd have even thinner branches on the top - I've got some artificial grape vines I'm working with now. I like how thin they are, but they give a little too much. I also use the coiled vines, but they don't seem to like molting from it. Interesting.
BTW, so far, my single Idolo specimen (watched VERY closely) has molted L2, L3, and L4 with exactly 18 days between each molt - like clockwork. Two days motionless before molting. About 40 hours before getting an appetite.
Interesting. I will have to get some of these for winter heating.I'm using a mini heatpat a zoomed RH-7(4 watt) I put it on the lower side of the terrarium which is the Exo Terra All-Glass Terrarium 12X12X18. You have an option of putting underneath the terrarium or on the side, I chose the latter. If you put it underneath you might damage the furniture that you have your setup on. The terrariums that I got have a nice raised bottom so if you do decide to put it underneath the plug in cord will not have the weight of the terrarium sitting on it as they incorporated a gap for a power cord.
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