Post by Borini. on Dec 2, 2016 17:22:41 GMT
Hi all.
My tigers are growing quickly and seem to be going through their first aestivation/ deep sleep with myself (they are around 8 months old). I've experienced this with my degneri before, and just left them too it.
Has anyone had much experience with their tiger snails and aestivation? I'm reluctant to wake them up as I appreciate the natural process and benefits behind it, but was just curious of other people's first hand experience. Their tank reads on average 28 degrees celsius, with it getting cooler in the substrate, and 99% humidity (measured with a digital probe). The substrate can admitting get a little dry to the touch (I use a organic peat mix with sphagnum moss, worm castings, compost, and perilite mixed with calcium powder; the pH is around 7), though the probe always reads 99% humidity when submerged. I'm crossing my fingers that it's a natural occurrence, rather than a reaction to the conditions.
I've always used coir in my other tanks but this was a haven for pests when damp so have tried something else.
In GAL husbandry most of my experience comes with achatina reticulata and they have never went into aestivation or hibernation - but it's not as common in the species, naturally or in captivity.
My tigers are growing quickly and seem to be going through their first aestivation/ deep sleep with myself (they are around 8 months old). I've experienced this with my degneri before, and just left them too it.
Has anyone had much experience with their tiger snails and aestivation? I'm reluctant to wake them up as I appreciate the natural process and benefits behind it, but was just curious of other people's first hand experience. Their tank reads on average 28 degrees celsius, with it getting cooler in the substrate, and 99% humidity (measured with a digital probe). The substrate can admitting get a little dry to the touch (I use a organic peat mix with sphagnum moss, worm castings, compost, and perilite mixed with calcium powder; the pH is around 7), though the probe always reads 99% humidity when submerged. I'm crossing my fingers that it's a natural occurrence, rather than a reaction to the conditions.
I've always used coir in my other tanks but this was a haven for pests when damp so have tried something else.
In GAL husbandry most of my experience comes with achatina reticulata and they have never went into aestivation or hibernation - but it's not as common in the species, naturally or in captivity.
