A. avic project

[catfishrod69]

Dang bro, that sucks that some of them died off. The good looking ones are not dark enough yet, so no molting just yet. Take a look at the versi in my pairing thread, they will get jet black. These ones got blacker than any other slings i can remember. Shouldnt be much longer though.

 

[grayzone]

yeah, im thinking they will be nice and dark, or maybe even molting by NEXT weekend. I am definitely going to start checking in on them more than 1x weekly though. I expected some losses, but did not forsee that^ above. I believe i have the problem all situated though, and am hoping to experience few to no more casualties

 

[catfishrod69]

Glad you think you have it figured out man. Yeah 1 time a week isnt good. Never know what will happen day to day. I check mine every day. If the moisture looks a little low, i add to it.

 

[grayzone]

as an update i havent checked in on these guys since Monday.
Today i went and checked in on them and discovered 9 more have died, and one is really stiff with its legs outstretched, but still responsive.

all 71 remaining slings basically look like this currently



I was really expecting to find some 2i (its been really warm here the past few days) but i guess i have to be patient!

 

[catfishrod69]

Sorry to hear this bro. I wish we could figure out what the heck is up with Avics doing this. The versicolor sac I have now, I am going to let her hatch it to see how it goes. 4 of my versi made it to 2nd instar and are eating right now.

 

[rasulsimakshah]

damn man, hate to hear of more dying. but it happens a lot...i've had multiple 2i/3i avics die without warning on me. :-/ hopefully the majority of the 71 will make it to 2i soon.

 

[grayzone]

these guys are getting darker by the day man. Only a few are lighter than the one pictured.
I posted this pic as a size reference as well... some are about half that size, while others are slightly larger. I cant believe there could be such a difference in size at 1i

all the remaining slings appear very lively and active/strong so hopefully we win the race against time. Id like to believe that once they hit 2i they will be a lot stronger/a lot less fragile

---------- Post added 03-30-2013 at 07:25 PM ----------

maybe after this fresh round of misting, and the 70+ degree weather were already getting here in WA, these guys will be reaching 2i this week?
Im no expert, but i cant imagine them getting any blacker

 

[grayzone]

just got word that these guys are molting. Some are already 2i. I will be going to check on them tomorrow and observe the progress and see how many have done the deed!

 

[rasulsimakshah]

aww yeahhh sweet man! hopefully we haven't lost too many since last check up. can't wait to hear about it!

 

[grayzone]

i hope not bro. Since my last update i have stopped by once briefly. I did not go through ALL of them, but didnt notice any dead (off of what i peeked in on)

When i went through them all one by one (on the 30th) the ones alive still seemed very strong. I will definitely be gettin at ya tomorrow!

 

[grayzone]

Ok, so as an update the whole "molt thing" was a false alarm. My cousin was thinking they molted because they were on their backs and wiggling.. not to mention a different color.

What i found was a good amount of slings lookin like this

 

[grayzone]

i would imagine molts are coming any day now

 

[toast4nat]

I love this! Very cool, I want one

 

[catfishrod69]

Hopefully they make it through man. Some of those versi I hatched also darkened up, but never did anything else. Best of luck!

 

[grayzone]

TA DA!



These guys decided to start molting for me as a birthday present haha. I am rushing over tomorrow after work for a count on whose all at what stage!

 

[catfishrod69]

That's awesome man! Hopefully a good number of them make it.

 

[LadySharon]

I've been watching this thread and I still missed this post last night.

Happy birthday! (well a day late...)

 

[web eviction]

Good stuff man! Looks like your getting it figured out

 

[grayzone]

yeah, think ive gotten most of the kinks worked out! All its taking is experience/trial and error! Im still not sure if some of the losses ive been experiencing with this sack is due to anything ive done/am doing, or if it was just meant to be.
Hopefully from here on out things continue to go smoothly with this sack. I have a couple other projects starting this weekend, PLUS a few others in the very near future.

 

[grayzone]

Out For A Stroll



So far 9 of these lil guys have molted.

A good amount are still either oily black (as previously shown) or a bit lighter (almost blue looking)
and suprisingly a lot are still very white/creamy like they need a lot more time.
strange that individualism is already noticably apparent.
Also, some of the 2i slings are like 3/8" while others are like 3/4