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I am thoroughly enjoying my trio of juvenile Damon diadema. They have each molted twice, since I got them in early June, and seem to be thriving. I started breeding crickets, in part to better feed them, as pet shops in my area rarely stock appropriately-sized crickets. Now I've got hundreds.
They are currently housed communally in a 2.5 gallon tank with a slanted cork wall. In the foreseeable future, though, they will need larger accommodations.
Here are my two questions:
Can I house them in a planted, naturalistic vivarium? I have two concerns: 1. The lighting needed to accommodate the plants would bother the D. diadema.
2. The plant life would provide too many hiding places for prey items--reducing the amount of food they eat and, worse, making it more likely that they would be attacked by a hungry cricket during a molt.
They are currently housed communally in a 2.5 gallon tank with a slanted cork wall. In the foreseeable future, though, they will need larger accommodations.
Here are my two questions:
Can I house them in a planted, naturalistic vivarium? I have two concerns: 1. The lighting needed to accommodate the plants would bother the D. diadema.
2. The plant life would provide too many hiding places for prey items--reducing the amount of food they eat and, worse, making it more likely that they would be attacked by a hungry cricket during a molt.