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how often and how much water do U use when U water the plants
only the tropical plants are surviviing in my tank, but I M not sure if I M watering to much, or too little
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Elizabeth (ecb)

'Goodness gracious'
my grandma used to say
'the worlds a scarey place now
things were different in my day'
what horrors will be commonplace,
when my hair starts to grey?
-Kevin Gilbert-

I keep the soil evenly moist letting just the top 1/2" dry between waterings. I have the best luck with pothos, philladenrom, the arrow head leaf stuff, and parlor palms.

Marcia

dry to the point the color changes to a duller lighter color?
or just to where the soil particles have good air space in them
I am going to need to learn the names of each of the plants I have in the tank

Thanks for answering M
BTW how are the babies coming?
I still want one (if U R letting any of them go to other homes)
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Elizabeth (ecb)

'Goodness gracious'
my grandma used to say
'the worlds a scarey place now
things were different in my day'
what horrors will be commonplace,
when my hair starts to grey?
-Kevin Gilbert-

Like the top 1/2" will be lighter in color and weight. You don't want the lower layers to be real wet either, but rather light weight and loose. That is when to water. I like the philodendrum because it is a good water meter. If you let your tank dry to the point that the leaf stem of the philodendrum starts to bend down you really need to water. If you let it go to this point a couple of times you will get a feel for how long it takes it to dry out. Once you have a fair idea you would actually want to water before the philo hits the drooping stage.

The other thing you can do is get a good hygrometer and when the humidity drops below 70 give it a good spritz.

You have a drain on your viv don't you? If so, just give a good rain with a sprinkler of some sort. I use a watering can with a sprinkler head on the spout and the dragons enjoy the rain as much as the plants do. They will rub their heads and bodies on the wet branches, lap up the puddles from the leaves and branches and often this stimulates them to jump into the pool for a good round of swimming, splashing and grooming.

I do have the babies but they are still not ready to go to good homes yet. I have sold out on all but a couple of last years babies and the new ones are only 1 and 3 months old. I will keep you in mind though and will let you know when I consider them to be ready to go.

Marcia

oh now U did it
U have some nearly grown AND a baby
I might have to aleaviate U of one of each

I M 90% sure Erowen is female (from Ur sexing page), so would U recomend I get 1 male or 2?
I was thinking to get one of each 1:1, then I will have 1:1:1 (unless she drops eggs (she is 5.25" NVL)and she is getting quite plump these last couple months)

she has SO MUCH personality, I just love her more and more (as does my eldest daughter, the one with the Ball Python)
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Elizabeth (ecb)

'Goodness gracious'
my grandma used to say
'the worlds a scarey place now
things were different in my day'
what horrors will be commonplace,
when my hair starts to grey?
-Kevin Gilbert-

You misunderstand, 1 is 3 months and 9 are 1 month. At 3 months the baby is barely larger than the 1 month old. I won't even consider selling them until they are 5-6 months old! Also, I was given 6 a couple of years ago with the promise that I would return kind with some of the offspring. This favor is being called now so the eldest and some of the others are promised at this time. I will let you know though when this is final what I have. It is also very difficult to sex a baby with a 3-5" body so I don't guarantee gender until they are 8-12 months. I can take a best guess but you can ask Joe about that! LOL!

Marcia

LOL, lets not get started on gender issues!!!! I am still not 100% sure on some of my capra's but I think I finally have a 2.4 group isntead of a 3.0 that I started out with!!! Marcia is normally pretty good at guesing the gender though, a lot better than anyone else i know!! Good luck with all your babies marcia, hopefully you will have a few to spare for everyone who still wants MORE!!
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Joe
joebradbury@attbi.com
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Well, you know, I was a bit confused with Luke not too long ago. He sort of went into a hunger strike and really got thin. After a while I though he was a Lucy after all and put him in with my girls to see how he/she behaved in a group. I can't explain it but he became more active and is a very aggressive feeder again. Now he displays when I open the doors to put in feeders! LOL! He looks so tough!

Anyway, now that he has some weight back on there is no doubt that he is a Luke, not a Lucy but for a bit I just wasn't sure! I think weight can be a real issue in determining this.

Marcia

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Elizabeth (ecb)

'Goodness gracious'
my grandma used to say
'the worlds a scarey place now
things were different in my day'
what horrors will be commonplace,
when my hair starts to grey?
-Kevin Gilbert-