Totally cool idea! Beverely! Will have to keep this in
my "to save file" for future use! Thanks!
--- Beverly Erlebacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:40:41 -0500
> > From: brian bettencourt
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > yes I indeed have a stable population going in the
> vivarium. Every 2-3
> > months, bingo, I hear chirping adults. So yeah,
> I really should just
> > clean the whole dang thing out. It's just
> enormous though, so it's a 2
> > person job, and I live alone. Convincing friends
> that scooping out 40
> > gallons of mud and gravel is a fun task is
> difficult!
>
> Here's a suggestion:
>
> 1. In the evening, place lizard in a tub or other
> temporary home. Put
> hungry geckos or other nocturnal cricket eaters in
> lizard tank.
>
> 2. Next morning replace animals in original homes.
>
> 3. Repeat when necessary.
>
> This will probably work best with leos or other
> animals that are easy to
> catch and handle.
>
> Another suggestion: I've had good luck catching
> young fish in heavily
> planted aquaria using a sort of minnow trap made by
> cutting the top off
> a plastic pop bottle just below where it become
> cylindrical, turning it
> upside down and pushing it into the rest of the
> bottle. The former top
> makes a kind of funnel that guides the animals in,
> but they have trouble
> finding when they want out. You could try baiting a
> few of these and
> putting them in the tank, lying on their sides. The
> best bait for crickets
> in a dry environment is moisture, but if your tank
> is humid, you may need
> something else.
>
> Btw, for anyone who wants to use that kind of trap
> under water, punch a few
> holes in it to let the air out, and check it several
> times an hour. Fish
> will cram themselves into it and with limited
> circulation, the water goes
> bad really fast.
>
>
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