Recent content by Hypancistrus

This is my first day gecko viv. It houses a pair of wild caught Phelsuma laticauda who have given me 11 nice babies this year. This is one of my crested gecko vivs. All of my vivs except the baby vivs are planted. I use schleffera (umbrella plants), parlor palms, ficus, pothos...

How do you all cool down your day geckos to give the females a break? Ambient temps in my room are 73-74, with a basking spot in the low-mid 80's and a slight increase in the area under the UV strip light, too. Should I turn off their basking spot? Put it onto a dimmer and reduce its strength...

So my P. laticauda are doing great, and have become one of my favorite reptile pets for their action and beauty. I'm contemplating adding a second species this fall. It will need to be a species that can live in an 18"x18"x24" viv at the largest, for life. I am considering P. klemmeri, the...

Finally made the trip up into PA today to pick up two baby mourning geckos from Jeremy Covert. They are so darn cute and tiny!! Here's a few photos. I am super excited. This is a species I have long coveted!

Got two gold dust gay gecko babies yesterday! I will post a better photo once I am at my PC later. They are so tiny!

So I've got my first two eggs cooking. Eventually I will need to be selling some babies and I am wondering what the typical going prices are for CBB's? I got my pair as wild caught adults for $90 plus shipping. Are CB specimens worth more as in some species, or is $45/ each pretty typical? I am...

I have an albino leopard gecko. I know she's albino, but no lineage, so no clue what variety. Is there a way to tell if she is "Bell Albino," or "Tremper Albino," or another variety of albino, just by a photo? I am not planning to breed her, so it's not essential for me to know, I am just...

After waiting what seemed like eons, my female, Cinder, finally laid two pearly white eggs for me. Here they are, looking great. I can't wait to see the babies.

Got my first two eggs today!!

My female is starting to look a bit gravid to me. I have a few questions about day gecko eggs and incubation. If I find eggs, I assume they can be easily moved-- but are they like crested gecko eggs in that you need to keep them at the same orientation that they were laid in? Or can they be...

Here is the 2nd one. Finally got a pic today! This is the one that bit me, lol.

I planted my day gecko viv today. :-) It looks really good. I have three plants in there, the biggest of which is a schefflera, umbrella plant. The geckos really like this plant.

I was actually very impressed with this guys bold yellow color when I got him out of his cup-- he looked more "buff" in the breeder photo, but he was YELLOW today. I am calling him/her Chip.

Bark was cooperative for a photo session. Beech was not at all cooperative. Please, just a single picture, I said. No, he said, and bit me on the thumb before scampering into his leaves and hiding. I'll try and get some photos next week when they are calmer. They are both in 5 gallon tanks...

So turns out SHE is actually a HE (lady had looked at the wrong record page) and guess what?? Yup. Hand tamed already. Awesome! I think I may call him Jazz. I love their normal colors! I've seen some of the morphs, particularly the ones that remove the spots, and I just don't get it. It's a...