One important husbandry tool.....

[TheFallen]

Im addicted to Icees from Speedway and thought the cups would work for tads or FFs. Also, the POLYPRO 16 lids fit perfect.

[Philsuma]

Originally Posted by TheFallen

Im addicted to Icees from Speedway and thought the cups would work for tads or FFs. Also, the POLYPRO 16 lids fit perfect.

That's a GREAT find - FREE, and the poly lids fit !!

Now, we can go even greener and save the cups as well as the red slurpee straws that are great for egg transfering.

[TheFallen]

Philsuma, Im always trying to find ways to reuse things and since I get these every week I might as well use them for something. Thank you for starting this thread, I made a list of "items around the house" I can use for darts.

[Philsuma]

Found this little guy at the "Five and Below" store for like, $3.00. It is great for reaching deep into vivariums and doing some cool....gardening.



Back Scratcher Extendable Telescoping Metal

[poison beauties]

I have used that micro backscratcher to manuever frogs out of the plants. Great way to get froglets where you need them to remove from the viv.

[Dendro Dave]

And a...



For removing "pests"...in the viv. KIDDING

Kids do not try this at home! (or school, or work!)

[tclipse]

the cheap snap lid containers at lowes... $1 for a 2.2 quart container, or $3 for a 6.5 qt.

I use the 2.2's for misc. stuff, (i.e. transportation, bean beetle cultures, etc) and the 6.5's for springtails/quarantine/growouts.

[tclipse]

Originally Posted by Philsuma

Cowboy brand charcoal...


HUGE brick like pieces for springtail culturing. I will never go back to the tiny chunks that float away and are hard to deal with.

This stuff has minimal dust as well....a quick wash and you are in biznazz!

Carried in Lowes stores...

why not just use a small-ish turkey baster to pick up springs instead of the flood/reseed method?

Step 1 - tilt the culture so a bunch of them fall into the water
Step 2 - find a concentrated pocket of springs in the gaps b/w charcoal piecies
Step 3 - use the baster (don't fill it all the way cause I'm assuming some would get trapped in the rubber ball, but they can't climb the slick plastic of the tube itself.

I washed my baster out the first few times to see if I lost any springs in the moving process... not a one. That being said, I use cowboy also, and it works great.

[Philsuma]

T Pins...

Just made a couple new vivs with cork and ABG / Clay / Flourite backgrounds and I'm using these pins to attach plants and broms to cork.

The pin is sharp and sticks in very well and the "T" part tends to help hold the plant in place.

They are cheap and reusable too....meets all the eco criteria.

[bobzarry]

This CF light fixture. Sold as an outdoor light fixture they put out a great amount of light at the right color temp 6500K 4550 lumens.
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I bought mine at Home depot but amazon has it for less.