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I've been thinking about doing this for a while. Unfortunately life has set me back a little bit... But I'm back up and going and want to share with you all.
This thread will be for posting pictures of many of my scaly friends but also open to questions and chit chat along the way.
Going to try for a pic a day but we will see how that goes. Lol
Current herps:
1 ATB
13 BP
1 crested gecko
2 leopard geckos
Also several fish that I may sneak in from time to time.
Fish:
1 Betta tank
1 nano community tank
1 African mbuna tank
1 South American cichlid tank
1 goldfish tank
Now the first pics!
Ruby my star
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And a couple of Ball pythons.
Spaghetti a banana black pastel Mojave male.
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And Bambi
My bamboo female.
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Many more to come but for now I hope you all enjoyed!
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They all look amazing! Congrats and that atb could pass for purple! How’s the disposition on that reptile? We want to hear it all. Lol. Thanks
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Albert Clark
They all look amazing! Congrats and that atb could pass for purple! How’s the disposition on that reptile? We want to hear it all. Lol. Thanks
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First thing to remember is never get your face too close to the enclosure lol
Honestly she isn't all that bad now but she definitely has her days that she has nothing to do with me. Most of the time I can reach in from underneath her and rub at her a little bit and get her to move on to my hand without biting me. I can usually hold her and work with her for 10 to 15 minutes but after that she gets more defensive again. I'm hoping that as time goes on that amount of time will increase but I know she will never be like holding a ball python.
One thing I have noticed is it's all about confidence. If you approach her and treat her like she cannot hurt you most of the time she does pretty good. But if you get startled and jerk away, that handling session is pretty much over.
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Thanks, she really looks amazing! I know it must be entertaining on feeding day. :D
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My 3 more snippy snakes.
Believe it or not this pastel enchi het clown girl is my worst. She is more snippy than my ATB lol.
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Her sister a firefly het clown is another ball that I have and is super defensive. She is part of an experiment for me in bioactive terrariums also. Interestingly enough ever since moving her to this more cluttered naturalistic setup she has calmed down some. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b7fb48778d.jpg
I just love her pattern.
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And of course one more of my ATB Ruby
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New day new pics!
Here is a nice juvenile black pastel pied female.
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I can cross her with this little male to shoot for some panda pieds.
He is an albino, black pastel, mojave, het pied.
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Now one of my non snakes.
This little guy is an albino but other than that I don't know. He has half eclipse eyes.
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And one tank. These are a few goldfish I have.
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Thank you all for looking!
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It's hard to tell from the pictures but the leopard gecko looks like an albino eclipse. Sometimes eclipses have one normal eye and one eclipse eye (I have a tangerine like that). There are also pied markings on the feet and nose tip (which is a sign of eclipse).
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Just one tonight.
Crested gecko having a bite to eat. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fd6796ded8.jpg
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OMG, what a cute face on that guy! :love:
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Truly amazing collection D! Individually and collectively I’m digging all of them. Congrats and best of luck with all your projects.
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That's a MOST impressive noodle you got there! :gj:
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Ruby is gorgeous! And your cute Husky looks just as excited about about her as my pupper gets over my critters too.
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That's a MOST impressive noodle you got there! :gj:
Thank you. She is not my most expensive but I think she makes the biggest impact. [emoji216]
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Ruby is gorgeous! And your cute Husky looks just as excited about about her as my pupper gets over my critters too.
That awesome! What kind of pup do you have?
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A little shetland sheepdog. She's SUPER attentive whenever I go near any of the enclosure.
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One day I'm hoping to get a KleeKai. I love Huskies and Malamutes, I just can't keep up with them. Hoping the smaller size will work out well. hahah.
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A little shetland sheepdog. She's SUPER attentive whenever I go near any of the enclosure.
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One day I'm hoping to get a KleeKai. I love Huskies and Malamutes, I just can't keep up with them. Hoping the smaller size will work out well. hahah.
She is cute. Very nice snake by the way also!
Yes I love my husky (Takoda) but he can be a handful at times lol.
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Armiyana
A little shetland sheepdog. She's SUPER attentive whenever I go near any of the enclosure.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...m/lUvRwBD.jpeg
One day I'm hoping to get a KleeKai. I love Huskies and Malamutes, I just can't keep up with them. Hoping the smaller size will work out well. hahah.
Really lovely snakes! I love the pics of Ruby sticking her face in the camera :D.
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Yep! Ruby is all that and a bag of chips. With a Diet Coke on the side!
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All of these enclosures look amazing, thanks for sharing. Is the long light above the aquarium a Beamswork light? I just bought one for my dart frogs (it just arrived yesterday) and so far it works great.
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All of these enclosures look amazing, thanks for sharing. Is the long light above the aquarium a Beamswork light? I just bought one for my dart frogs (it just arrived yesterday) and so far it works great.
Yes it is. I like it. It's bright without being too bright like some LEDs can be.
I have had it for over a year, maybe close to two, and I've never had any problems with it. Even dropped it on the floor and everything seems fine.
Edit: bought august 5 2019
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Couple of older pics. But new news. Ruby is getting a new habitat. Moving her to a 36"x18"x36" (90x45x90cm) exoterra habitat. I'm going to make and edit a video on it.
I am not sure if I am allowed to post the video or a link but if I can I will. If not I'll post pics of the finished project.
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All amazing and unbelievably pristine are the aquariums. What size (gallon capacity) are the filters in them. I always thought you needed to double the filtration efficiency in relation to the gallon size? True or no? Ruby is so cool.
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...Ruby is getting a new habitat. Moving her to a 36"x18"x36" (90x45x90cm) exoterra habitat. I'm going to make and edit a video on it.
I am not sure if I am allowed to post the video or a link but if I can I will. If not I'll post pics of the finished project....Sent from my SM-S426DL using Tapatalk
Sure, be my guest! :cool: (Assuming it's within our guidelines- see https://ball-pythons.net/forums/faq.php)
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All amazing and unbelievably pristine are the aquariums. What size (gallon capacity) are the filters in them. I always thought you needed to double the filtration efficiency in relation to the gallon size? True or no? Ruby is so cool.
On the $125 gallon I have a marineland 450 pro which says it is good up to 90 gallons as well as an internal filter that also says 40-120 gallons. Though honestly I feel like the 450 pro could do more than the 90 gallons itself while the other I would question over 55gal.
To me I'll look at the gallons per hour more than the capacity for estimating what it can do. That with the amount of media that is in contact with the moving water.
In my two 90 gallon aquariums I have two of the 40-120 gallon internal filters.
In my opinion it also depends on the type of fish that the filter is needing to service. A large sponge filter can take up the ammonia and do the cycle process as easily as any other filter but the more messy your fish are the more water flow you will need to compensate for the debris. For example if you have a planted aquarium with guppies you really don't need a high water turnover but if you have a cichlid tank or goldfish tank like mine I would recommend 3-5x water turn over per hour min.
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Pics from the rack tonight. Everyone has digested and out and about again.
Here are a few favorites.
Cleo my first and around 900g at last check.
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My bamboo girl. (She got skinny as a hatchling and is still a little under weight but 100% better than she was!)
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Banana black pastel #2 (I still feel he has something else in him but I won't know until I breed him. I know he looks different than my other identity genetic male.)
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My other leopard gecko. Tangerine I think.
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Not really a reptile but tore down the old terrarium last night. I get to put it back together today. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dbc2ddc22a.jpg
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Oh what fun! Is that your breaker box behind the terrarium? I'm all for using available space, but that might be pretty inconvenient if you need quick access, unless your cabinet moves easily?
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Oh what fun! Is that your breaker box behind the terrarium? I'm all for using available space, but that might be pretty inconvenient if you need quick access, unless your cabinet moves easily?
Oh it's not going to be sitting there. I had moved that out of the living room during the Christmas break. It was just a convenient temporary spot to place it. It is pretty easy to move but still not the safest thing to keep permanently in front of the breaker box.
I did not even think about that when I posted the picture but it does look rather precarious [emoji23]
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Sneak peak into the video. [emoji6][emoji2958]
Taking longer than expected. But I think it's going to turn out good.
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That looks AMAZING! Can I live there? :D
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Thanks! I'm happy with how it has turned out. Hoping to get some video of her exploring it later.
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https://youtu.be/-zlkChGJhhY
If I did that right that should be showing the enclosure build I done. It's my first ever video like this but I think it turned out ok.
Hope you all enjoy!
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New arrival today! Pics later this evening.
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Your enclosure looks fantastic! The waterfall is really cool (well worth all the work) & the mister for occasional use is very nice too. I'm glad you're keeping her cork-bark tunnel in there & thinking about adding another- she obviously appreciates them, & it will take some time before she's familiar with all the rest anyway. :gj: Nice work & thanks for sharing here.
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I got this little piece of candy.
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I love his color. Pastel Candy.
For comparison an albino male I have. Hard to believe these are allylic genes. [emoji3459]
Not part of a current project I'm wanting to get into but I see candinos in my future.
With and without flash candy pastel and albino black pastel.
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This girl is cool and keeps changing. Pastel enchi pinstripe sugar. Not sure what I should pair her with in the future. If I don't get any more males it'll probably be either the clown or one of the banana balls I have. She is not het for clown but I could get a pastel enchi het clown that I could work with later.
That said I think banana enchi pinstripes are cool.
Lots to think about.
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Oh wow- those eyes! And that head looks too big for that skinny little neck, lol. Pretty amazing! :D
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Another fresh shed and this time on a male. He is one of the few that I have named and his name is macaroni because when I first got him I thought it looked like he had macaroni glued all up and down his sides lol. He is also my hardest ball python to try to photo because he literally never stops moving. If I have him out he is an explorer mode and there's nothing you can do to stop him lol. Super friendly though by far my friendliest ball python.
Not really happy with any of these pictures but it's the best I got out of about 50 I tried to take. I was hoping the coaster holder would slow him down enough for me to try to get some good pictures. Lol
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