Nano-Cube 24G Vent Viv

[alifer]

Originally Posted by Frogtofall

Very nice Rick. That brom you like is Neoregelia "Tiger Cub". Your broms in order from left corner clockwise are...

N. fireball "Green" EL2038
N. fireball x punctatissima Rubra
N. pauciflora
N. "Tiger Cub"
N. rubrifolia

The planting is excellent. I also use the suction cup method to attach broms to the glass. Except instead of glue, I just use the little metal hook and crush it around the stolon.

Hey Antone,
Thanks for the ID on the broms and the words of praise on the layout & planting.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who uses suction cups to hold broms.
Rick

[addam4208283]

i know i just posted on NR.com but figured i would do here too. your vive looks great. how is it with keeping FF in? also what kind of vents doyou plan on putting in there?
ADAM

[alifer]

Hey Adam

I don't have any flies in the viv yet, but the fungus gnats can’t get out until I open the top, then they fly out, so I don’t expect flies or frogs to escape.

I'm getting the three vents on Sunday from Dane @ junglebox.net

[DaSlackMan]

Looking good! What has been the temp/humidity readings during the day and night?

[alifer]

Originally Posted by DaSlackMan

Looking good! What has been the temp/humidity readings during the day and night?

Hi Joe,

The lowest humidity reading is still in mid 90% range during the afternoon and the morning humidity before the lights come on is reading 99%.

Since I added the scroll fan to the hood my high temps have been 76 to 77 and that’s with the temp/humidity gauge in the upper front corner. That’s about just a degree or two warmer than the temps in the room during the day.

The low temp early in the morning is 67 to 69, it depends on how cool the nighttime temps in the room gets.

My house does not have AC and the heat is turned off until next winter, so the room temp changes 10 degrees or so from day to night. I live close enough to the ocean that daytime high temps normally run in the mid to upper 70’s during the summer. I think everything will be fine unless we get some scorching Santa Ana wind and the temps jump up into the 90’s or 100’s.

I have a 5-gallon water reservoir sitting on the floor, which is slowly, but constantly circulating water into and out of the viv. Since the water reservoir sits on a wood floor over a concrete slab I think my water temp will stay in the low 70’s, even during a heat wave. I hope that will help to regulate the viv temps, or at least provide some cool spots for the frogs to hangout during heat waves.

-Rick

[alifer]

2 juvi Vents in the same brom

[biocmp]

Cool pic!

[alifer]

^^^Thanks


It seems hard to get a decent shot of the Vents, but i do see them out a lot

[alifer]

I have a long overdue update.

The three Vents in my care survived the July heat wave and are doing fine.
It looks like I have 2 males & 1 female based on the sizes.


I’m guessing the two that hang out together are a male & a female.
I thought I found eggs last week in one of the broms,
but I have not seen tads yet.


The broms from Antone have done well, with the N. rubrifolia (top right corner) doing really well.


I also found a large planting what I believe are a Neo species of broms growing at a local office complex,
so I put a couple of cutting in my viv to try them out.


My 72 watts of light are not enough to keep the dark red colors on the broms,
but they still are growing well.

-Rick

that viv turned out awesome, hopefully you will see tads soon !!! Give us another update when you see some tads or froglets!!