150 gallon Viv build

[Lija]

Lillypad, yes I did eliminate the cat food from her diet, and yes, from time to time I do supply her with super worms, but I run out quick and my local privately owned pet store doesn't carry mealies, I haven't checked, but does petco or petsmart? And I totally should have taken pics of her today bcs I fed her some strawberries, collard greens, and her favorite non live food, boneless skinless chicken. She was having a ball!

Have you tried breeding mealies or superworms? Or dubia? All of that is easy to breed and you will have constant food supply without a need of running to the store i'd be careful feeding raw chicken due to possible salmonella contamination and what they are feeding to the those poor birds. Have you tried nightcrawlers? Mine goes nuts over them.

[Bombina Bob]

Ive personally never had luck breeding my mealies, Ive tried the rack system with the adults on top and the larva on the bottom, the boxes the beetles are in have holes for the new worms to crawl through, whats your technique?

[Lija]

Dont have one lol i have nobody who can eat mealies only skink, but im not gonna go crazy over mealworms, he loves his nightcrawlers lol Phoenix eating - YouTube

[AlexanderSalamander]

I'll definitely try breeding some supers, and I haven't actually tried night crawlers, although my tiger salamander does love them. One thing that surprised me was that I once got some feeder guppies for my tiger, who actually likes the water! And I gave one to my skink just to see what would happen, and she loved it. What a surprise! But yeah the vitamins in worms+supers are good along with their protein so ill get on trying to breed some. BTW do they need light or can I keep them in a cabinet beneath my 150 gal?

[Lija]

They couldnt care less about the light food and warmth are all that's needed.
I have never thought about guppies and sally... Hm, i should get some when he is healthy.

[AlexanderSalamander]

I'd even try goldfish if Sally is big enough, when I gave Saphira the guppy she liked it but it could have been much bigger and she could still have handled it.

[AlexanderSalamander]

So my materials will be here on friday, i did a HUGE amazon order. I cant wait to start, but i do have one not so small issue. Around the top edge of the glass, there are hard water/mineral stains, and i have tried vinegar, windex, and just plain scrubbing to get them off. I have heard that steel wool works but im kinda worried that that would ruin the glass. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about getting it off, and also, what would the viv look like if i couldnt get the stains off, bcs my other vivs havent had this problem.