LB's ***TEMPORARY*** Tank

[LauraCox]

Morning update! I decided to give you guys an update while i'm thawing some raw steak for LB. The tank seemed to have held it's humidity really well over the night and temperatures dropped but just the appropriate amount. One of the thermometers I had sticking to the tank came free and was floating in the water... this wasn't completely unexpected since I used the super cheap ones I had laying around. I'm going to PetCo or PETsMART to get a new heat bulb (as mine is slightly cooler than I like) and I'll probably pick up an actually decent temp and humidity probe. Anyway, the real test to see how she likes her tank is how well she'll eat. *fingers crossed*



Chuck tries to figure out exactly what is in that tank.



Waiting for her breakfast.

[ViperJr]

You know what to do... Cat vs caiman, round one, FIGHT!

In all seriousness, what temperature do you keep it in (not trying to poke at you or correcting you, just curious (I know close to nothing about crocodillians))? And what size is that tank, dimension-wise? It looks huge.

[LauraCox]

You know what to do... Cat vs caiman, round one, FIGHT!

In all seriousness, what temperature do you keep it in (not trying to poke at you or correcting you, just curious (I know close to nothing about crocodillians))? And what size is that tank, dimension-wise? It looks huge.

I keep both the water and ambient air at right around 31-33 degrees Celsius with the basking spot no higher than 40. Humidity sits at nearly the same- about 80-90%. The tank is 2 meters long, half a meter back, and .6 meters tall. It's slightly over 492 litres. She's about 33 centimeters long so she has some space but I would still like to give her more.

[ViperJr]

You just won the Internet, talking in metric and celsius instead of that US gibberish. Faith in humanity? Restored!

[LauraCox]

You just won the Internet, talking in metric and celsius instead of that US gibberish. Faith in humanity? Restored!

I don't understand why everything isn't in metric anyway. It's so much easier. I was raised in New York but my mom is from Germany and my dad is a biology professor at Cambridge (although he too is American). I grew up knowing both which makes conversion easy but I am still astounded that the US hasn't switched over to the universal norm. Well it doesn't really astound me... considering it's america.

[UncleChester]

Also a bravo on the metric from me. I find myself defaulting to imperial on this forum as the membership seems skewed to the US, so it's nice to see metric from someone with a US flag under their name.


How did the feeding go?

[LauraCox]

Also a bravo on the metric from me. I find myself defaulting to imperial on this forum as the membership seems skewed to the US, so it's nice to see metric from someone with a US flag under their name.


How did the feeding go?

Thanks for the kind support of my rebellious measurements. LOL.

The feeding went OK. She didn't eat until well into the evening when her lights turned off. They are nocturnal so I guess if she's a night-time snacker i'll know to put her food out later so it doesn't rot. She ate a HUGE piece of raw bloody steak. It was beautiful and I am proud.