I do not get on here much anymore, but I seen your questions concerning emeralds and thought I would lend a hand. I have been keeping emeralds for 15 years and have been successful keeping them thriving by keeping things very simple. There are plenty of hobbyist out there that like to give them a bad name and it usually has to do with there on ignorance in keeping them.If emeralds are maintained appropriately, they will out live most red tails out there. Here are some simple things that I do that I will share with you without writing a book. I will buy an import and NEVER panacur or flagyl the animal it has good microbials in the gut that it needs for proper health and more importantly digestion. I take an 8 dollar 120 quart clear rubbermade with a couple of back yard branches and a human back heating pad set on medium duck taped on the outside on one end of the perch with news paper substrate and a water bowl and leave it alone for the next four to five weeks, so it can calm down and get REHYDRATED. I then offer an appropriate size meal, usually no bigger than the largest part of the abdomen and they do great in there 22 dollar set up. The room temperature is kept in the mid and low seventies and they prefer it that way. The heat pad gives them access to warmer temperatures but they rarely take it even with a meal or even when they are gravid! They are sprayed only once a day, they do not require intense humidity. I feed them I see them defecate and then I feed them again in 2-3 weeks. Let them know what it is like to NOT have a meal in them.Emeralds could care less wether their in a $500 neodesha or a rubbermaid, as long as the temperature gradient is optim. I could go into alot more detail of why this works but I,m not writing a book. Stan chiras wrote a great article on emerald husbandry and there are only a couple of things in it that I disagree with, so go under caresheets and give it a read. I am usually pretty busy but if you e-mail me with a question I will give you a response sooner or later, Good Luck!