Thanks, all, for your advice. I must say I'm disappointed with the no waterfall call -- I've kept aquariums for 15 years now and setting up something without flowing water seems positively unhealthy! :-) But I understand the concern over drowning. What would be considered a dangerous water level? Honestly I just wanted to trickle water down a branch and recirculate through a bed of gravel. Would that be too much? On Julie's suggestion I'll skip the false-bottom idea as unnecessary.
My other thought about the flowing water is that it would help with humidity. I plan to have a completely screened top to the 55g with no glass. In my mind's eye I picture substrate depths ranging from 2 inches upwards, depending on landscaping design. Is an average depth of 2-3 inches sufficient? As for temps, my room temps are around 75 to 80 in the warmer months, so I'm not worried about that. But in the winter I would prefer to heat at night. Are infrareds the standard? With the mayo jar trick, is that for the geckos to crawl onto if needed or to heat the surrounding air? I hope you'll have patience with my questions, and appreciate that I'm trying to do my homework ahead of time. I know on my aquarium list I sometimes get tired of the same old "newbie" questions, but I really am thankful for your help. I don't want to make mistakes at the expense of a creature who depends on me, if I can help it. Thanks! Chrissy >From: Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Gecko] newbie questions, advice please? >Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 11:20:38 -0700 > >Hi Chrissy, > >Jesse Johnson wrote: > > > True about the waterfall. It looks nicew but raises the humidity too >high. > >That would depend on a number of factors we don't have access to here - >ventilation, >substrate depth, ambient room temps. 50-70% is golden for most Phelsuma. > > > I wouldn't > > worry about them drowning as long as there are ways to get out and >nothing for them to > > get trapped under. It is my experience that phelsuma are pretty good >swimmers and > > definately do not like it. Any time I have seen a day gecko fall in >water, it got out > > very quickly. > >That would go against the majority of the postings here. If there is a >chance the Phelsuma >could drown, why take it? > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
