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sgtpepper0 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:36:34 GMT

Grant's right...

RE: Have you decorated the interior of your cage or even made it?

Grant — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:50:37 GMT

herpsrule13 (11/3/2009)

I beleive the name for red eye tree forg is Agalychnis Callidryas. Do you have some sort of different morph?

Heterozygous xanthic is not a scientific name. It is the frog's morph.

Heterozygous means that the animal carries the trait, but it does not appear in the animal itself. So, if it was bred to another animal that has that trait (whether they are heterozygous or not for it), some of the offspring would show most likely recieve that trait.

Xanthic means that an animal contains extra yellow pigment.

RE: Have you decorated the interior of your cage or even made it?

herpsrule13 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:54 GMT

sqtpepper0- the black great stuff is for ponds

i just noticed under your red eyed tree frog in your signature there is a scientific name? I beleive the name for red eye tree forg is Agalychnis Callidryas. Do you have some sort of different morph?

RE: Have you decorated the interior of your cage or even made it?

opal — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:49:36 GMT

I use styrofoam backing that has a smooth side facing the reptile.

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sgtpepper0 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:18 GMT

I8luv8my8uro (10/31/2009)

hey sgtpepper nice tank!! Did u use greatstuff to make the backround???

It was the black Great Stuff, but Great Stuff indeed. Thanks for the compliments!

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sgtpepper0 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:43:12 GMT

herpsrule13 (10/30/2009)

That is a very nice RETF tank, pepper! very nice, Do you plan to clean it once every 6 months?

Yep. We have ordered a whole bunch of coco husk bricks, hydroton and organic potting soil. It will be a chore, but very nice to look at.

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I8luv8my8uro — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:41:08 GMT

hey sgtpepper nice tank!! Did u use greatstuff to make the backround??? I've made two backrounds like that! Sorry i just excited bout stuff like that! HAHAHA! Cool cages peeps!

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herpsrule13 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:33:39 GMT

That is a very nice RETF tank, pepper! very nice, Do you plan to clean it once every 6 months?

Maxium, awesoem tanks! how you have room for those ill never know...what is in the one covered in leaves? the exo terra?

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sgtpepper0 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:05:06 GMT

By the way Jsin, nice looking gecko! Looks like good genes at work.

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sgtpepper0 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:48 GMT

Thanks! It wasn't too expensive either, about $120 for everything. And everything is real. But, in my opinion, it is easier to decorate a tropical tank than a desert tank. My geckos' tanks are far from awesome, lol.

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leogecko — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:59:25 GMT

Sgtpepper0, I wish I had come up with a nice-looking design like that!

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sgtpepper0 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:33:51 GMT

Here are some pictures of my Red Eye Tree Frog's vivarium... Me and my fiance worked really hard to get it just right.

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I8luv8my8uro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:18:43 GMT

sweet tanks guys!! Maxum i wasnt able to see your pictures.... ..

cool tanks!

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PenguinMaster — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:54:48 GMT

CODY'S NEW TANK:

Yes it's a little blurry...

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leogecko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:25:58 GMT

Maximum, you have designed some very creative tanks!

How is your new blue-tongue skink doing?

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Maximum — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:54:16 GMT

Here are a bunch of tanks from over the years.

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jsinhardcore — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:59:39 GMT

I really should incubate a few eggs once and a while. They make some nice looking het. LVPA's

a hatchling from about 2 years ago.

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Grant — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:05 GMT

Wow, congratulations! Good job on that!

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jsinhardcore — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:50:54 GMT

Your leopard gecko looks like it has a more temperate to semi-tropical set up, almost more like what an African fat-tailed gecko would live in. It looks as if it would have higher humidity than a leopard gecko should have (due to the soil, leaves, etc.). I am just wondering, have you found keeping your gecko this way successful? I've kept my female in a more desert like set up (twenty gallon long, reptile carpet, thirty percent humidity, approximately ninety-three or so degrees basking spot provided by a heat pad underneath the tank, seventy-five to eighty-five degree ambient temperature depending on the season of the year, and just a small humid hide to aid in shedding) for about four years, and she has been quite healthy the entire time.

I'd love to know how yours do, obviously kept quite differently!

.................................. Success? This pair is 8 years old and I get so many eggs from them I just feed'em to my monitor rather then bother incubating them.

The cool thing about a setup like this is the female will nest naturaly and back fill the nesting chamber in the soil opposed to just laying in a humidity hide. Now thats just plain cool to see and way less stressfull to the gecko.

Ill try to shoot a nesting series next time this female get "knocked up"

RE: Have you decorated the interior of your cage or even made it?

Grant — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:25:15 GMT

Jsin, do not take this the wrong way, I am not trying to insult or criticize your methods, I am simply wondering your reasoning.

I'd love to know how yours do, obviously kept quite differently!

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senior beaver — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:08:28 GMT

(sorry had to remove pic. to post others)How's this? I built this above my TV. It is 9ft. 6in. long, 32in. high, 2ft. wide. I put a heating pad under the floor on 1 half, water fountain, 2 daytime recess lights both different wattage, & 2 night time black lights.

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jsinhardcore — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:00:04 GMT

Here is a leo setup:

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fred60655 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:49:35 GMT

leo, you dont need the cash!! ur cage is all that and a bag of chips

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jsinhardcore — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:17:57 GMT

Katschamne

Both of you have some awesome set-ups! Jsin your monitor looks great as well. My on question is how far above the monitor's basking spot is the light? In the picture it looks very close to his head. Just a word of caution, be careful to have the light too close it can burn the lizard. Sometimes they don't realize that they are burning until they the damage is done.

.............................. 8" over the basking spots for the halogen FLOODS and 12" for the dome lamp. In the pic i think your referring to the light is actually in the background ( if you look again you can see where the light is hitting the floor). I do keep the Halogen FLOOD bulbs close to the basking sites though. Thats the secret to getting all the temps correct. By using low wattage halogen FLOOD lights im able to heat the surface of a LARGE (just about the monitors body size)area EVENLY to 130+F with out heating the air in the entire cage much , thus avoiding burns. Now if i used halogen SPOT lights it would be a totaly different story. Those have a very focused beam of light/heat and id have a bunt scarred monitor.

Thanx for the kind words

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Katschamne — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:45:45 GMT

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herpsrule13 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:34:15 GMT

thanks, very cool

hey, you deserve it. leogecko

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leogecko — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:13:48 GMT

Thanks for the compliments RabidReptile, herpsrule 13, opal!

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jsinhardcore — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:01:01 GMT

Savannah/Bosc's monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)

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herpsrule13 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:47:39 GMT

Jsin- i forgot the lizard that is, can you help? very nice setup and awesome lizard

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RabidReptile — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:13:38 GMT

Leogecko, I really like your gecko's tank!

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jsinhardcore — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:47 GMT

Here you go

Enjoy

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opal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:39:47 GMT

nice pics!

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herpsrule13 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:36:11 GMT

nice, leogecko

i am going to test out the waterfall soon. Will post pics

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I8luv8my8uro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:44:30 GMT

awe sweet!!!!!! I love both of urs!!!!!!

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leogecko — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:26:36 GMT

Okay, maybe not amazing, but I think it looks pretty good. It's a 40 gallon for a leopard gecko. I ever get some money I will make it look really nice.

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herpsrule13 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:04:02 GMT

I put together a false bottom dart frog tank with a waterfall and stream. You can view the final pics on the lsat page of "construction journal" in the General Discussion.

Have you decorated the interior of your cage or even made it?

I8luv8my8uro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:38:56 GMT

Do do have an awesome cage that you made? Or designed? Anywhere from real plants to great stuff foam backrounds, i want to see it!!!! Show off your cage here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!