I dont got to worry about humidity because there is hardly any in my apartment or in the jar and its glass and never had any to begin with.The.only humidity is in my little 3 gallon tank I use to hatch creobroter ooths and I understand everyone but still I got faith enough that I can make this My beliefs is that with hard effort and work anything is possible and with the right attitude and right preperations anything can and will work if applied properly and given a chance.I got lets see prob 30 or so nymphs maybe less but never counted them and if they eat each other thats ok its not like they cant be replaced and since I got also 4 in mason jars and bout 12+ in oceanspray and some other fruit juice containers I am good to go!Checked on them today and their all still alive and well so one misconception bout airflow has been written off and all my critter keeper mantids have dirt for their floors and never had any fungi or mold problems!
Pickled Nymphs
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Just don't get it do you? Just because they lived one night doesn't mean the airflow is good enough. You dont' have mold problems in critter keepers because they have proper airflow. All uneaten food in that jar will mold. It won't work.
ok guess this was a mistake to post this but I realize my mistake and next time wont happen again!
Should of known better when I posted this but I know not to repeat this type of post and just dont want to waste more freaking small containers and be forced out of my apartment because of more containers being filled then I know what to do with!
trying to save some of the containers for recycling then on using for insects anyways!
Should of known better when I posted this but I know not to repeat this type of post and just dont want to waste more freaking small containers and be forced out of my apartment because of more containers being filled then I know what to do with!
trying to save some of the containers for recycling then on using for insects anyways!
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dont use crickets for the nymphs being still small even for Tier 2 and the crickets I buy from the pet store are kind of still too big even though it says small when I buy them!
if the nymphs die then they die no love lost if that happens and I wont be complaining if they do. For sheesh sakes its not like I am doing this to every freaking species I have which I wont do its only one batch and it is finished and I am done explaining myself and my case!
if the nymphs die then they die no love lost if that happens and I wont be complaining if they do. For sheesh sakes its not like I am doing this to every freaking species I have which I wont do its only one batch and it is finished and I am done explaining myself and my case!
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Emile.Wilson
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Its pretty careless on your part.
MantidLord
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People who say stuff like that shouldn't even have pets. You're just throwing them down the toilet. If you don't want everyone's advice then it is your fault. Right now you're starting to sound like a certain someone who never listened to members intelligent input.
PhilinYuma
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I am sure that a lot of mantis keepers have seen those big, narrow-necked glass bottles and wondered about using them as enclosures. You can do us all a big favor, Paul, by posting pix of this enclosure, say once a week, to show us how well you do. BTW, in the picture, it looks as though you are using the original stopper for the bottle. Is that so?
$20 says you'll have lost at least 25 of them within two weeks, if not all of them. Seriously, I'll wager money.
Or, I could send you $20 plus shipping and you could send them all to me, make yourself a little money, and not kill all those poor creatures. I'd need you to ship them in something else though
Or, I could send you $20 plus shipping and you could send them all to me, make yourself a little money, and not kill all those poor creatures. I'd need you to ship them in something else though
Morpheus uk
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If you want to house a bunch of small nymphs and dont want to set up loads of individual tubs then look into net cages.
Do to negative remarks I finally Got them all out of the bottle and no one congrat me cause I dont want or need it and only problem now is what to house them in as all I got right now is a 12x12x12 cube net cage and not sure if this will hold them till adulthood!But I am probably going to fail even using that to house them so whats the use!
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and yes that is the original lid that was with the bottle which I poked holes in and my apartment is only so big and dont want to have net cages all over the place and have less room for me to function and since I took them out now I feel miserable!
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Well Paul one way to save room is to tie a piece of thin rope to them and to each other and stack them like that and hang them from the ceiling. A lot of people do this and especially in the winter, because heat and moisture will rise so they will be warmer up high too.
superfreak
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oh gosh i thought you were talking about the nymphs! HAHA :lol:
Giosan
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I think the only way to care for your mantids right, if you don't have enough space and are bound to put them in such jars or in other small jars.. is to just stick with 1 or 2 species?! Slow down on lots of different species if you haven't got the room.
