sporeworld
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Never leaving well enough alone, and inviting your collective critisms, I bring you another installment of "Pimp My Enclosure"!
So, I stopped and impulse bought some tall, thin aquariums with screened tops. Not a fan of how they slide open, but they make a nice display and hold in humidity. I lined the back with screen a few weeks ago (threads from this week make me consider removing it). I'll pop a plug in the top like I've done on other enclosures. I went nice and simple - little bedding on the bottom, some chaotic plants tossed around, and we're in bizz-ness. I need to find some pots or vases that I'm into to keep things neat and organized. kind of a sketch at this point...
I have another one with bamboo - I'm interested to see how well they climb on the leaves before resigning myself to just twigs. If they do well, I might remove the bottom and replace it with mesh and line the bottom with river stones (so I can lift it up and wash it down without opening it).
Here's are two old screen cages with just a clutter of plants that I suspect they'll also just ignore on their way up to hang from the top, as usual. Interested to see if either style make a difference, or if there's a specied preference.
Here's what we call the "ICU" (as in "I See You" AND "Intensive Care Unit"). These are the observation rooms. Little nymphs can be put aside and observed.
Here's another work in progress. It's a mesh can - lots of air-flow. It's stackable, and not much to clean. The mesh is too wide to be practical, but it's good for experimenting. I intend to make a cloth version, turn it on it's side, and stack em like wine casks. That way, it's a perfect curve for molting. Work in progress...
For something a little extra, I checked out some fake plants with lights built into them. Not only could that look cool, but similar Christmas-style lights are wrapped around trees here in SoCal that, in part, provide a small amount of warmth. Be interesting to see if this has any effect on temps or night/day rhythms.
Finally, here's a charming little enclosure experiment with glass front and back. The glass panels are removable, and I could replace them with screen for better ventilation. Has potential, but needs work. It hangs very nicely over my computer. I think a larger version of it would be a good Mantis-Of-The-Day kind of display.
Of course, there's always more little projects in the works...
So, I stopped and impulse bought some tall, thin aquariums with screened tops. Not a fan of how they slide open, but they make a nice display and hold in humidity. I lined the back with screen a few weeks ago (threads from this week make me consider removing it). I'll pop a plug in the top like I've done on other enclosures. I went nice and simple - little bedding on the bottom, some chaotic plants tossed around, and we're in bizz-ness. I need to find some pots or vases that I'm into to keep things neat and organized. kind of a sketch at this point...
I have another one with bamboo - I'm interested to see how well they climb on the leaves before resigning myself to just twigs. If they do well, I might remove the bottom and replace it with mesh and line the bottom with river stones (so I can lift it up and wash it down without opening it).
Here's are two old screen cages with just a clutter of plants that I suspect they'll also just ignore on their way up to hang from the top, as usual. Interested to see if either style make a difference, or if there's a specied preference.
Here's what we call the "ICU" (as in "I See You" AND "Intensive Care Unit"). These are the observation rooms. Little nymphs can be put aside and observed.
Here's another work in progress. It's a mesh can - lots of air-flow. It's stackable, and not much to clean. The mesh is too wide to be practical, but it's good for experimenting. I intend to make a cloth version, turn it on it's side, and stack em like wine casks. That way, it's a perfect curve for molting. Work in progress...
For something a little extra, I checked out some fake plants with lights built into them. Not only could that look cool, but similar Christmas-style lights are wrapped around trees here in SoCal that, in part, provide a small amount of warmth. Be interesting to see if this has any effect on temps or night/day rhythms.
Finally, here's a charming little enclosure experiment with glass front and back. The glass panels are removable, and I could replace them with screen for better ventilation. Has potential, but needs work. It hangs very nicely over my computer. I think a larger version of it would be a good Mantis-Of-The-Day kind of display.
Of course, there's always more little projects in the works...
