Dubia Roaches/heat mat?

[MonsterPyxie]

thanks for posting, I will check it out when I get home from work.

It could have been something that simple. I plan on using the tape style stuff when I get a "rack" to house the new snakes im getting. But when i do...... I will be very careful.

I still have the bin that has the hole burnt in it, sitting in my garage, I could snap a picture, its a big nasty hole!

[Sublime]

Yeah this tape is widely used for python racks for it's flexibility and low cost. I obviously want to use it for different purposes though because I'm not into snakes. Rob save your money for more pixies or pacmans please, lol. I want to see more frog collection. Not snake collection.

[MonsterPyxie]

Yeah this tape is widely used for python racks for it's flexibility and low cost. I obviously want to use it for different purposes though because I'm not into snakes. Rob save your money for more pixies or pacmans please, lol. I want to see more frog collection. Not snake collection.

haha, I want more pyxies, but I'm looking for breeding projects right now. Boa's are really peaking my interest!

I did find a 55gal lid for $15 that I bought for the 55gal tank I already have. Going to use that for the Pyxie. So i'm making strides for the good of the pyxie's haha.

Debating if its safe to house a few of them together in the 55gal like a few other members have done.

then again a half grown male is probably too big for a 55gal

[Sublime]

You could try housing them together when they're not babies. Around juvenile-adult size and age. Reason being, the babies have been known to be more cannibilistic then older ones. As long as they're being well fed, same size, keep a close eye on them and you should be fine once they adjust to each other. I should note that you should have them in a quarantine tank for a period of time before moving them both in together. A half grown male is definitely not too big for a 55 gal, not even a grown one. That is plenty big for several, they will use all the room you give them. Burrowing, large water source, and what not. What are the dimensions on the 55 gal? Good to know you're making an attempt at adding pixies to the collection . An adult male with an adult female is a little risky because of the size difference, unless it's breeding season and you're making an attempt to breed them.

I don't know, get someone elses opinion or experience if they've housed a female and a male together. I just know they should be relatively the same size if you're going to house them together so they don't make an attempt to make a meal out of one.

[MonsterPyxie]

It's a old 55gal. it was made in like 1987 I think the sticker on the side says. The glass is super thick, and it has to weigh close to 180lbs. I would have to measure it, but i'm pretty sure its a typical 55gal size.

i was thinking of having about 6" of dirt to burrow, and then on the other side 6" of water, separate the dirt and water with acrylic, and also have some sort of insert that I can divide the tank if need be. would also like live plants, and water plants, with fish if possible. Make it really nice looking to show off

I'll worry about hosing them together later. thats a ways down the road, but I wouldn't do it unless I thought it was safe for them. Wouldn't wanna find one hanging out the mouth of another!

[Sublime]

A 180 lbs? **** dude, I ain't lifting that. That's no joke, lol durability right there. Never heard of people doing it with acrylic, sure it would probably do the same job. I've seen people using plexiglass or glass though. Just make sure when you do a divider like that for half land and water that the edge of the acrylic or whatever you're using is beveled or rounded so it doesn't hurt the frog. Live plants couldn't be planted directly in the soil, these guys will just burrow it out (Need to be potted). Fish choice is also really important if you decide to do that. Yeah all that sounds cool. 55 gal is huge for one pixie, although I'm sure he or she would love the extra space.

[Kreamcheese]

Alright guys, got some of my roaches, ordered a bunch more. I have a neck/back heater on the bottom, it's something like 12" by 8". Then I have 2 50-60 gal zoo med heat pads wrapped around the sides of my 30 gallon bin. Both of the zoo med heaters are on the zoo med rheostat on max. The bottom of the bin is very warm from the heat mat on the bottom. But my temp says 75 for my bin. What can i do? Like I said I cant keep them anywhere but the garage. Can I have a heat lamp hovering a few inches above the metal mesh cut out I have on top? Feel like no matter what I do I cant get the right temp.