Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Mantid Discussions
Enclosures and Housing
Orchid mantis enclosure feedback
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Mantidforum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Wonderpants" data-source="post: 338557" data-attributes="member: 11964"><p><span style="color: #454545">After doing a fair bit of research and reading up, I decided I would start with an orchid mantis after all, which I’ll be picking up tomorrow. I think it’s a young male as I ordered a female, but it has a brown collar and the supplier said they were sold out of females. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙁" title="🙁" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" /></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Just thought it’d be good to get some final advice on the enclosure though, as shown below. I’ve been getting a feel for the humidity and heat levels over the last couple of days, and the humidity varies between high 70s up to virtually 100% after a spray, while the heat mat is set to 28C/82F, with the temperature in the top and middle of the terrarium around 25C/75F.</p><p> </p><p>I’ve been reading that males are OK with room temperatures though, as the temperature was set to a level recommended for females, so I’m wondering whether to turn the heat mat down or even off altogether.</p><p> </p><p>Any thoughts or issues with the settings or the enclosure itself?</p><p>[ATTACH]13296[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]13297[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wonderpants, post: 338557, member: 11964"] [COLOR=#454545]After doing a fair bit of research and reading up, I decided I would start with an orchid mantis after all, which I’ll be picking up tomorrow. I think it’s a young male as I ordered a female, but it has a brown collar and the supplier said they were sold out of females. 🙁[/COLOR] Just thought it’d be good to get some final advice on the enclosure though, as shown below. I’ve been getting a feel for the humidity and heat levels over the last couple of days, and the humidity varies between high 70s up to virtually 100% after a spray, while the heat mat is set to 28C/82F, with the temperature in the top and middle of the terrarium around 25C/75F. I’ve been reading that males are OK with room temperatures though, as the temperature was set to a level recommended for females, so I’m wondering whether to turn the heat mat down or even off altogether. Any thoughts or issues with the settings or the enclosure itself? [ATTACH]13296._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13297._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Mantid Discussions
Enclosures and Housing
Orchid mantis enclosure feedback
Top
