My "build"

[Lija]

I believe no cleaning is needed, that is what springs are for

[awelcome]

that's good to hear, just hope I can find some that won't cost an arm and leg to get them to me lol

One more question though on the subject of cleaning.... especially since I don't have springs yet.

Since I got her a week ago I have only seen 1 poop, because she did it on a leaf. On a side note, I was NOT expecting it to be so big lol. The pet store person told me it would be tiny and she'd probably do it in her water..... We removed that with a tissue. I assume she's pooping, or at least I hope she is since she's eating so well, but I never see it. Should I be digging around for it? How will I even find it among all that stuff in there? Also... I hope it's not weird... I do have a pic of the first one if you could tell me whether or not it looks ok that would be great.

[DigitalPunk]

You can check out the prices from NeHerp. I have found their shipping prices to be much more reasonable that Joshs frogs for live insects and everything else (Josh i use for frogs


Live bugs - New England Herpetoculture LLC - Live Bugs

Spring tail culture kit (the give you a **** load of food) - New England Herpetoculture LLC - Bug Breeding Kits

Supplements - New England Herpetoculture LLC - Consumables (All)

Why are you getting color enhancer? You really only need to dust with Calcium w/D3 and a Multivitamin (I haves used Repcal Multivitamin) but just switched to Repashy because I read their delivery method for vitamins is better.

You may want to get 2 Spring Cultures. One to dump into the tank and the other to start a breeding culture. Your Cobalt will eat all the springs it can find and they are essential to your tank being virtually maint free.


Cleaning - All you really will need to do after springs are added is wine the glass down every other week and restock the spring population regularly.

[awelcome]

I was just thinking of having it for the bit of yellow on her.... I see a lot of people suggest/mention they use it when I was reading through posts. I might hold off on it though.... can't give DH a heart attack lol. I will check those out. Thanks.

Ironically if I look up Springtails in my zipcode all I get are exterminators and talk of infestation rofl.

[DigitalPunk]

LoL

Color enhancers are not bad at all, I am not trying to talk you out of it. I was just thinking (because cost has been an issue) that it isn't "Needed" right now. Lump it in with your next order. A lot of the supplements are on Amazon as well, but I buy from the hobby sites to support them and keep them around for us all

[awelcome]

Holy cow, WAY better price! I can get the whole kit SHIPPED for less than the kit at Josh's lol. Thanks for the tip. What other things are better from there vs. Josh's. I will have to do some browsing.

[awelcome]

of course I haven't gotten to the part where they say whether they will be guaranteed live or not.... NE to OR is a bit of a jaunt lol.

[DigitalPunk]

Springs are resilient little buggers. They ship their springs in ABG mix so they don't get crushed as much in shipping. With it being ABG mix it will mix into your tank soil nicely

I love their Wood selection! I buy all my wood from them, soil, leaf litter, fruit fly culture media, fruit fly culturing supplies... really I buy just about everything from them but the tanks, frogs, and some plants.

Amazon has some good prices on Exo Terras and with prime shipping. I had one issue where a door broke on me and the company that sales them called the manufacturer and had a new door shipped to me free of charge in a matter of days.

The great thing about NeHerp is after you place your order for wood you can email them and send them a picture of your tank and describe how you want to use the wood in your order. They will hand pick pieces for you as best they can to fit your plants Look at my 40B build. I sent them the picture of the tank and told them how tall it needed to be and I got the perfect piece of ghost wood. Love those NeHerp Peps

[awelcome]

Ok, so going through checkout... looks like it's standard shipping (4-5 days). Is that going to be ok for live bugs? It doesn't say one way or the other if they guarantee live arrival.

[DigitalPunk]

Ok, so going through checkout... looks like it's standard shipping (4-5 days). Is that going to be ok for live bugs? It doesn't say one way or the other if they guarantee live arrival.

I ordered some Isopods from them in Feb and when they arrived most of them were dead. I emailed Jessica and told her. She put another culture in the mail to me without a hassle.

[awelcome]

I did read on their site about their policies and guarantees.... looks like I am in the 5 day zone, and they say if the weather is below 50 or above 85 in either location to select express shipping but I can't find an option for that anywhere. It also says not guaranteed unless live within one transit day. I think I may contact them first and see what they suggest to do before I make the order. How long does a culture of them last? I am thinking if I ever need to order more it would be best to plan them around the cooler but not cold months lol.