Sporeworld's Enclosures (Circa 2009)

[sporeworld]

Hola, all!

I thought I may be suffering from some credibility issues, so maybe a few pics will help. I read the forums greddily for about a year before trying to act like I knew anything...

(BTW, is there a better way to post pics...?)

 

[sporeworld]

Here's where I am now - not much different. Screen cages with track lights above. Reptifogger on the side for humditiy. Temp readins at their highest are about 110 degrees (under a 65watt flood light). About 90 degrees exactly over most of the screen tops.

 

[sporeworld]

Here are some early experiments with viewing and humidity control (mostly for Orchids)...

 

[sporeworld]

Here's an interior view of a kinda plain enclosure...

 

[sporeworld]

Here's a Holiday Themed enclosure (with fake mistletoe)....

 

[sporeworld]

Here's what I call the "Running Room" for my Gongy's. A little more space to move and not as cluttered - they went in here when they were almost adults.

 

[sporeworld]

Evidence that my Idols "Like it HOT!"

 

[sporeworld]

(More to come, when i figure out how to post these properly...)

 

[LauraMG]

Very nice, and very creative!

(BTW, is there a better way to post pics...?)

There is an easier way, but you have to use an outside photo storage site like Photobucket, Flickr, or the like. In the text window, there is an icon to the right of the smileys that looks like a picture. If you upload to an of those sites, they give you a URL for the picture and you copy and paste that into the text box that appears when you click that little picture icon. That way it appears in your post without having the thumbnails and such. Make sense? (I suck at explaining things sometimes.....)

 

[PeterF]

Hot

 

[sporeworld]

Makes perfect sense. I'll post more substantial images that way when I get back to the office. Thanks!!!

 

[LauraMG]

Makes perfect sense. I'll post more substantial images that way when I get back to the office. Thanks!!!

Anytime!

 

[Seattle79]

Very neat, perfect setups. Great enclosures you got there.

 

[Kriss]

Great job. These are very creative and attractive set-ups and shows a real passion for keeping mantids

 

[sporeworld]

Thanks! I love my Lil critters!

 

[GreenOasis]

Pretty awesome, man!

Are you some sort of CPA or something? That's a LOT of file cabinets! :blink:

Seriously, though...I hope to have the money to get setup like that someday. Maybe once I can kick all these teenagers to the curb! :wacko:

-Carey Kurtz-

 

[MrPitseleh]

Here's where I am now - not much different. Screen cages with track lights above. Reptifogger on the side for humditiy. Temp readins at their highest are about 110 degrees (under a 65watt flood light). About 90 degrees exactly over most of the screen tops.

You are just too modest, those are pretty cool Enclosures and the fact that they're on filing cabinets makes them seem Even more organized.

 

[Precarious]

I wish I had that much space! I like enclosures big enough to put a real plant in. My manids love when I let them out all day on a plant.

And that's a nice group of Idolos you've got! I see one molting in the back.

 

[sporeworld]

(big smile). Yeah! Big drama when they molt. We all come over and watch...

But I think I have it too hot in my cages for plants. I can't seem to keep them hydrated properly. They're all artifical now.