Terry's 24x72x40 Build w/ pics

[Mink]

but, sanitizing exo terras is a pain
deli cups are cheap, easily sanitized and can be thrown away when wanted.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Set up with a biologically active substrate (with springtails and isopods), cleaning in an exo terra is infrequently necessary--usually just needs a wipe down of the glass. With such tiny lizards, the less you can handle them until they reach a more manageable size, the better--at least, in my experience. Trying to move them around often results in tail losses and escapes and all sorts of issues. Not something you want to do often, if you have a choice.

[no694terry]

found her/him. wish i had a macro lens and less glass to shoot through

[kitcolebay]

Very cool pic!

[no694terry]

im confused, i havent seen the baby anole since i took that picture, but then today down on the edge of the water i see a baby anole, but it seems smaller. any idea how quickly they grow as newborns or do i have another baby and the one in picture is still MIA

[WingedWolfPsion]

Female anoles will usually lay 2 eggs at a time, about 3 weeks apart, and may lay 6 clutches. If you have 2 females (one of each species) in there, they may both be laying. The first anole looks like a brown anole. They will probably double their size in a month, if they can find sufficient food.

[no694terry]

off topic but anyone know what the half mm size white bugs are that keep makin swirlys all over my glass in the fog

[Morke]

Just dropping off to comment about UVB
Wolf, the evidence you tell us about nocturnal reptiles being spotted under sunlight or having burrows facing sundown are correct, but not in the way you think.
They are found there not because of the UVB need, but because of the HEAT they need.
Basking in nocturnal and carnivorous reptiles is related to temperature regulation.
Saying that they all benefit from UVB is a generalization that shoulnd't be done, for a group as large and as parafiletic as Reptilia
Not all reptiles benefit from UVB, but neither are they harmed. Some of them just don't need it nor they need to avoid it.
Snakes, for example, don't have any use for it, and their methabolism simply ignores UV. Even most diurnal snakes won't benefit from it.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Most snakes get all the vitamin D they need from their prey, but there are some species that require UVB in captivity. I have never once read anything that would suggest that snakes do not benefit from UVB, however...do you have supporting studies for this?

Really, though...again, the question was not about whether all reptiles can benefit from UVB, it was about a diurnal lizard, and all diurnal lizards that do not feed largely on mammals do need UVB in captivity.

[no694terry]

An update. Critters are all good since february. Spray paint is holding up nicely. I added a hose today that hooks to a seperate pump in the bottom, I brought the rain. The purple passion grew a lot but seems to get leaf mold sometimes and lust a lot of its purple luster I assume from lower lighting. One of the neatest critters was a common toad my daughter found in yard, we have had it about 3 months but I released it back to wild yesterday as it eats most of the crickets and doesnt leave much for the tree frogs. Ill post a couple new pics tomorrow