Whats your ASF setup look like? Pics please!
I have mine in 10gal tanks but, idk if I want to keep it that way. I just need to see how some of ya'll do it. Racks, tubs, tanks, how ever you guys do it I wanna see it!
Thanx for your help.
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I have mine in 10 gallon tanks with a wire mesh food hopper and a glass water bottle with metal hanger.
Nothing fancy, I used to use 20 long tanks but the 10 gal tanks work just fine.
I keep 1.4 in them and my litters average around 12-14 per litter.
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I use lab grade tubs.
I am going to convert the bottles over to a watering system because I have to fill them every 2-3 days. Easy way to do it though is to line them all up in a bucket and to use a hose to fill them then put lids back on. Still takes forever. I have the whole rack filled with rats and moved my mice over to sweater tubs right now until I build a mouse rack. I don't trust ASF rats in cement mixing tubs. The way these guys chew, if they got out, they could do some damage :P
I have them set up in 1.2 and I get about 15-20 babies in each tub, sometimes more and different ages.
This is an old pic and you can see the Big Apple tub on the right. That had mice in it and I had to remove them because they were able to chew the tub. I threw the tub away and wouldn't recommend it. IMHO:colbert:
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Herp4life11
Yea, I have seent that one before and it looks way to hard for me to do. How much would it of cost you without the watering system if you still remeber?
It was about $60. The watering system was another $50. It is not hard at all if you follow the step-by-step instructions. But, you do need some tools...
Here's my 10g tank before I moved them:
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I'm surprised they didn't devour that plastic lid!!! When I had them in tanks, they tore that lid apart!! They were even able to chew through my screen lid (one of those lids with the lighter weight window screen type). the only lids they couldn't chew of mine was the heavier screen lids or the ones I made of hardware cloth. Sneaky buggers
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snakesRkewl
I have mine in 10 gallon tanks with a wire mesh food hopper and a glass water bottle with metal hanger.
Nothing fancy, I used to use 20 long tanks but the 10 gal tanks work just fine.
I keep 1.4 in them and my litters average around 12-14 per litter.
What do you use to keep the wire mesh down so when the jump up the dont knock the screen off and get out? Were do you get the glass bottles? I got one from petco last night but, for $5.50!
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reptilegirl07
I use lab grade tubs.
I am going to convert the bottles over to a watering system because I have to fill them every 2-3 days. Easy way to do it though is to line them all up in a bucket and to use a hose to fill them then put lids back on. Still takes forever. I have the whole rack filled with rats and moved my mice over to sweater tubs right now until I build a mouse rack. I don't trust ASF rats in cement mixing tubs. The way these guys chew, if they got out, they could do some damage :P
I have them set up in 1.2 and I get about 15-20 babies in each tub, sometimes more and different ages.
This is an old pic and you can see the Big Apple tub on the right. That had mice in it and I had to remove them because they were able to chew the tub. I threw the tub away and wouldn't recommend it. IMHO:colbert:
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I have seen this pic somewere on the internet while I was searching for setups. Thats crazy dude!!! I wouldn't be able to do that:P But hey, w/e works for you.
Thanx!
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anatess
I could do 60$ if I had the tools! What size tubs are those? I couldn't find the size on that link you gave me.
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Herp4life11
I could do 60$ if I had the tools! What size tubs are those? I couldn't find the size on that link you gave me.
There are 2 sizes of mortar mixing tubs at lowe's. I used the shallow one - it's around 28"x20"x6", I think. It cost $4.50 each. The wood and screws and screen is really cheap. It's the tubs that cost money.
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reptilegirl07
I'm surprised they didn't devour that plastic lid!!! When I had them in tanks, they tore that lid apart!! They were even able to chew through my screen lid (one of those lids with the lighter weight window screen type). the only lids they couldn't chew of mine was the heavier screen lids or the ones I made of hardware cloth. Sneaky buggers
Yeah, lots of people tell me how they'll chew out of the plastic. But, my rats never even attempted it. It's the same with the mortar mixing tub I'm using now. Not even a scratch on those tubs and I've had them for 2 months.
It could be that I have tons of wood inside the tanks/tubs. They chew those. For them to chew the plastic lid or the mortar tub, they have to climb up - much harder to do than just to chew on the wood pieces, I think.
I don't know. I just never had a problem with it. I used those 10gallon tanks for 2 years.
