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 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

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 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

 #2045856

 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

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 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

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 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

 #2045952

 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

fantastic, we will of course need to see some pictures, i also have baby jacksons born 07/29/09 and can be seen elswhere in the forum under the post "welcome to the jungle" , baby jax get dehydrated super ultra easy , they also inhale water super easy, generally i am against aquariums as cham housing but personally i feel a 10 gal aquarium makes a better nursery for the first 6-8 weeks before you move them into a screen cage , it makes it easier to keep a close eye on them, and also raises and stabilizes humidity, and it makes it easier for them to find their food and keep track of how much they are eating ,and you dont have to worry as much about tiny feeders escaping and easier to see how much food is left in the cage, pinheads make a good first food, so do hydei but they get bored with them quickly , you can get true pinheads and true 1 week crickets from the chirpntime cricket farm on ebay, as soon as they get 2 weeks old you can get regular houseflies (cultured not wild , & not blue bottle) they are about 1/2 the size of blue bottle flies and it will be a lot easier for them to find and get to in a 10 gal , you can put the flies in the fridge and immoblize them long enough to put about 30 in at a time, you can see when they are all gone, so they dont escape when you open the cage. when they are 30 days you can move onto 1/4’ cricks and blue bottle flies. word of warning they are little debris eaters, keep your substrate covered, i use a paper towel cut to fit and the edges tucked between the substrate and pot, the plants get sad looking quickly, so i rotate at every cage cleaning (about once every three days) the previous posters (julirs&lunaC) were right in recomending ditching the powersun, it will cook them neonates regardless of temp, my personal preferance is for the zilla combo dome with the desert 25 circular and a 25w black light (not blacklight) night halogen, it puts out a very subdued light , but , heat is not needed, they (neonates) are perfectly happy at 75* and are perfectly ok at 65* at night,try not to exceed 80* ever, i mist at least 10 times a day but just a fine two sprits, not so much that they actually get soaking wet , some times if they seem extra thirsty i will switch to a solid stream and just squirt the plants wherever they are not, i use bamboo skewers leading to each corner, so they always have a way to get back up to the plants, they will do the glass confusion thing , just put a skewer in front of them and it distracts them, they will crawl right onto it every time, also i keep a white terry cloth liner cut to size on the bottom, i have several so when they cage gets dirty, i just put them all in a container and pull everything out rinse the tank in the shower and put it all back together as quickly as possible , (takes 5 min) i have my plants trimmed so i can leave the lid off most of the time , if you leave the lid on they will all be on the screen in short order, i dont like leaving them in the upside down position for extended periods, so thats why i leave the screen off whenever i can, but if you need to get them all out it makes it handy , just wait until they are all on the screen and remove it , rather than trying to physically get them off of the screen, just lay it upside down and they will all start racing off , as far as the supplementation thing, i have given them one dose of reptivite and dust twice weekly with rep cal once with d3 once calcium only , hope i have covered most of it and if you have any probs feel free to email directly ; i will get back to you sooner than posting in the forums good luck

 #2045953

 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

when i cut out a duplicate picture i also cut out my email so here it is again ;

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 #2046076

 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

my email doesnt seem to be getting through, so i will try one more time, if it doesnt get through it must be getting removed by the moderator, if necessary you can always pm me @ cf forums ,my email is; , i missed a couple of things any way , if you use a 10 gal tank you can prevent hydei from getting out, even without the lid on , by wiping the inside upper inside rim with veggie or olive oil,and if the weaker ones are not eating there is one thing you can do ,if they will gape (they usually do for the first few days)make a liquid with a tiny dash of reptivite (about the equivalent of 2 or 3 grains of salt)the same for calcium, crush about 30-50 pinheads (refridge first to make them immobile),wouldnt hurt to even add an orange cube to the mix, crush it all really well and mix with a tablespoon or two of water, filter through a fine screen like a teabag filter, put the liquid in a dental syringe (the type with a curved tip ,no needle) and when ready to use let ONE drop hang off the end of the syringe when one gapes just touch the drop to his tounge , do not try and squirt or you will most likely drown them,keep refridgerated for future use, also if you get any fruit flies dont bother with melongaster , and keep your culture on a coaster on some fly or shelf paper,mites cannot be avoided and they love to attack ff cultures, you dont want to be dumping mites on them when you sprinkle your ff on them, but i would switch to one week cricks as soon as you can,by week two you should be able to use two week cricks (1/8") and the smallest of dubia if you have any available, also put 1 or 2 orange cubes in the tank to keep feeders alive & hydrated, they will congregate on the oc and having a tiny branch or two over the oc makes a good hunting opportunity , keep me posted and let me know if you have any questions, xanthoman

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 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice

one last thing, i would try and get them a couple of hrs of real sun asap , its ok to do in the 10 ga. [with the lid off (if you go that route)] but keep a temp probe in it and a spray bottle handy to control temps, you can also lower temps by spraying outside of cage , do not leave tank or cage unattended or crows will instantly spot and kill the neonates, how exciting, i will be waiting to hear back

 #2046119

 First time with baby jacksons, looking for advice