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We bought some silk worms from the previously mentioned website but their quality for silk worms was poor, they died pretty quickly. We have a friend with them though who supplies us and is helping us start our own colony. If it ever takes off properly, I'll send you some. With the roaches, we...

I know how you feel with this: one the day we were getting our new carpets delivered, an allegedly happy day, I was woken by the police entering my home via axe: we had a burst pipe leaking water through two other flats. Nice of them go knock. Or use the water isolation valve that is outside...

The electric bit there was an analogy/similie to the effort to put some polystyrene on. If you would rather have some piece of mind about the kitchen worktop bowing, brace with some 44mm x 44mm timber.

No problemo. I would send you some, but our colony is quite diminished by the recent additions, having to buy some more in to boost the colony :s

Really thoroughly recommend it. Its a pain in the rear, not as much as a fracture. Its easier and cheaper to double check the electric is definitely off than it is to resuscitate a dead person, even though it does mean getting out that crawl space and back into it again.

Very dragon friendly. We have been using them along with crix in our guys diets for quite a while now and are recognised as one of the most nutritious livefoods you can give. Some nutritional info for you: http://www.roachcolony.com/Nutritional-Value-17-w.asp We also feed silk worms as a...

Apologies, thumb typing not with my brain. Dubia Roaches http://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/.Dubia-Cockroach-Adult-Tub-of-15-Approx-45mm_DROACHA.htm Let them breed, young uns come along soon enough and grow quite rapidly.

He is looking good! We use them (maybe a bit too much) and recommend their quality. We havent bothered with breeding crix, they are a bit of a pain in the butt tbh, but the roaches are really really easy.

We had noticed the viv locks as well, although at our time of ordering we had trouble locating them in the UK and someone forum posts suggested they still weren't brilliant. A lock on a beardie home isnt mad: I've got all 3 of ours wedged shut, but used laminate flooring wedge blocks instead.

We did have metal slide locks but found (along with a lot of others I have spoken to) that they fit really really badly on vivexotics. Im now a fan of the dead bolt locks for vivs, bit that requires drilling of the glass to fit, not for the faint hearted. This guys is now in Alcatraz, took one...

We just got a new beardie, called him Twix as his colouring is a bit like the biscuit of one :D Plan ahead on live foods. Buy crix from livefoodsdirect.co.uk. get some dubai roaches as well. You can create a colony and a breeding programme easily with these guys to get a continuous sources and...

Just in case, want to reiterate in a different way here: the polystyrene blocks you have right nkw, throw them in the bin and clear your mind of all thought of them. Now, you need a sheet of polystyrene, which is 6' x 2' which sits under your tank. The purpose is to remove any imperfections...

  I have only needed to replace specialist UVB reptile bulbs on a timescale because these do loose their UVB strength through time.   On the tank, just upgrading to 3 tubes right now, 2 primary tubes and a third "high noon" that is on a shorter timer for the middle of the day.

Snakes are commonly heated via heat mat as they are on the ground anyway, unless you have arboreal snakes. Most species do not need uvb, but if you want to supply it, stick to a 2% bulb or house above a mesh screen (like an exoterra) if going above 2% is my recommendation. Dragons are...

Bang on! Thought it to be some kind of eel but kept finding ones with a skirting type bit on the top. Was at a sea life centre today and saw this today but it had no info as the place is undergoing a large revamp.

Can anyone ID this fish?    

I used to feeding out of the home. You need to wait till the food is fully swallowed (give about 30 mins after swallowing) then whilst supporting as much of the body as you can, lift n shift with minimal handling and moving inbetween.

Foe anyone unaware, this is part of the process for making chloramines, which are safer for human consumption hence why its fit for drinking water. Why it goes up during heavy rainfall baffles me though as all treated drinking water is stored in sealed reservoirs here.

You get a basic "internal parasite" med from interpet etc. - they are catch-all type meds rather than parasite specific.

^^ i have often wondered about this one. I stick to the good owners guide & use an ice cream lid for my aspen bedded snakes, but it absolutelty befuzzles me why a snake thay can digest BONE cannot eat a bit of straw. Especially where thay snakes natural habitat includes such a danger.

Yeah it happens a lot sadly that other halfs cant stand your pet. My wife used to keep pet mice and still has pet rats, then off we go defrosting the same for the snakes haha

I had a stingray back many years ago for my betta tank, because of its low output & directional output, which wasnt common in internals back then. Since then you get things like the fluval series with directional, adjusyable output which are much better.

Quick question, did you buy this off a woman? I know thats a 50/50 guess there but the wife reckons she knows who the seller was lol. Dundee, the worlds biggest village! Watch who you kiss at parties you know?

I feed in-house but use a long pair of tongs to disassociate my hand from the feeding, it seems to work quite well. It is also handy for removing food safely ;)

Adult corns are pretty lazy creatures, not much activity. Don't worry about the grumpiness though: many snakes, especially ones that are fed in their vivs get a bit viv defensive. This one is also getting used to you. I had one that was so viv defensive, everything was done in the bathtub to...

Serpentus is the best shop in this area Techen. The UVB is not necessary for a corn snake, you can save yourself money on your next bulb. I am led to believe feeding live food in the UK is not legal: it is considered to be causing unnecessary suffering to mice, rats, chics etc. Your corn looks...

You will think I am mental for this: I put the decholorinator straight into the tank, then connect a hose to the outlet hose of my filter to refill the tank. I simply close the tap from the filter to stop it flowing that way.

I currently have a bunch of java moss in a propagator in a north facing window. Changing water weekly with the co2 & ferts dosed tank water, been there three weeks and that is new growth happening now.

Definitely lucky to have caught this guy the way we have: many people loose them forever and some neighbours get a horrible fright: not everyone is as unafraid of animals as my wife and I are.

I find it concerning that the company keeps sending you free live creatures. I had a frozen food supplier try to provide a surprise free corn snake once (the market is kind of flooded) with no regard to whether or not we would be able to home and care for it, or want it. I have never used them...

Ive got a dual gauge valve with solenoid n bubble counter watched on a well known site that is £50 inc delivery. Atomizer & fire extinguisher & co2 airline is all you need to add.

Iirc overclocking is most problematic at the bleed point, where the voltage & frequency of your data channel is bleeding into the other channels creating false bits/incorrect bits. [Edit: just to point out im talking about plural bus i/o channels here] Over clocking is not so much what it used...

Brilliant stories guys! Its amazing just how many owners have had escapes! This ought to no longer be a problem for me, Three is now in the Fort Knox of homes, literally. Bolted shut every 5cm so if any one bit failed its still secure.

Another little update & tip for anyone else who has an escape artist snake. Rule 1) if they escape once, it will not be their last time in a standard housing of glass/wood viv or plastic tub homing. Rule 2) immediately upgrade that homing paying attention to the following: ● if using a...

Good thinking, it is possible to be high enough its a false zero.

I would like to address a question/statement about how room temp effects fishy temp. It is all down to heat transfer. Something of a higher temp will want to transfer that energy to something of a lower temp. Normally our tanks loose heat to the room at a certain rate, but raise the average temp...

Sad news on the fish. I would re-check your water stats, Ive seen <5ppm nitrate test but never zero.

Thought I would give everybody an update. For anyone who has missed out on noticing this recently, Scotland has been seeing temperatures of 30+ degrees C which considering it has struggled to be 15 degrees until the last couple weeks is something unusual for us as well as suddenly different...

Starvation is the best holiday block in my opinion, second only to a friend helping out.