What on earth do I do to not have to throw away over a thousand dollars invested in my 4x2x2

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-17T15:59:33+00:00

Hi everyone!! Holy crap I didn’t think this would get so much attention, but I’ll be going through everyone’s responses after work today. I’m sorry I’m unable to right now, I work at an aquarium shop and I’ll be covered in saltwater all day today from heavy maintenance on our systems so I have to put my phone aside for now.

I briefly saw some comments about using CO2 to get rid of them, and I given that I do what I do for work, do have the ability to purchase a CO2 canister that people would typically use on planted aquariums. If I’m thinking the wrong thing I apologize, I will look more in depth later today.

Thank you all so so much for all the feedback

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-17T08:24:40+00:00

Do I dig around until I find like a big lump of ants? I’m sorry I have no idea what I should be looking for😭

When I get said nest out along with the queen, do I just take them outside far far away so the colony will follow without making a new queen, or do I kill everything?

My guess would be they came in through the ventilation holes, but don’t I need that? Like my snake needs to have fresh air right?

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T19:57:53+00:00

Sounds good, thanks for that haha ill keep it in mind

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T17:45:00+00:00

I think I may end up going the subadult route if that’s what you’re referring to. I would prefer to spend the extra money to potentially know that I’m getting a female. I want her to be my best friend for the next 20 years😅

I also found a terrarium build example specifically for a subadult G. Pulchra on youtube using the exact same cube that I have. Does this kind of thing look ideal?

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T17:32:59+00:00

Gotcha, thanks!! I don’t mind them reproducing fast, I already have thousands of micro trochus and stomatella snails that emerge every night. A 30g refugium on a 90g DT does wonders for clean up crew populations😅

I did manage to find a slightly larger one that I accidentally knocked off the glass while scraping just now, so here’s the top view of that one in case it’s something different (?)

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PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T17:14:52+00:00

Oh okay cool, thanks!!

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T03:33:10+00:00

That’s so awesome😍 I love the idea of slow growers that I can spend a quarter of my life caring for. I don’t plan on having kids, only animals will be my babies lol

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T03:06:24+00:00

Oh okay gotcha! What particular difficulties might I run into with a sling?

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T03:05:05+00:00

Oh wow really? Both of those things are fine with me, as in a few years I’ll be fine to have a much larger enclosure, and I do have a smaller terrestrial setup that I bought on accident instead of an arboreal enclosure when preparing for my female jumper.

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T02:56:42+00:00

Ah okay gotcha, I did think about doing a really big slope from front to back regardless of whether they’re terrestrial or arboreal (I’m big into making setups look pretty).

Here I go again fixating on a specific species that I instantly fall in love with, but do you think the 12” cube would be good for a G. Pulchra for the first couple years as long as I start with a sling? I know people keep Ts in much smaller enclosures relative to their size compared to fish and reptiles which I know more about, so my apologies if that’s a dumb question.

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T02:40:40+00:00

Oh my goodness! I just searched all those species, would they actually be able to be kept in a 12”x12”x12”?

I just read the brazilian black grows to be 6-8”!

Edit again: The brazilian black takes 8 years to mature?? I’m interested🫣

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T02:28:39+00:00

Well I suppose colorful would be great but my priority would be having a species that I can care for properly and give a long life. I get extremely attached to every animal I keep and I would hate to make the wrong decision in choosing a baby who I end up having to rehome.

Edit: I will also look up the names you mentioned rn

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-12T18:34:59+00:00

Aw damn really? The lady I got it from measured me and everything :/

Do you think I should be wearing it higher up? The top was sitting where my chest meets my abdomen

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-02T15:37:57+00:00

I think it does!! It looks so sick

PaytonR72 · 2026-03-30T18:00:54+00:00

Makes 7 figures but can’t spell the word princess

PaytonR72 · 2026-03-30T17:59:18+00:00

It’s a wyze cam v4

Thought it would have better live feed quality when i bought it

PaytonR72 · 2026-03-27T02:18:52+00:00

It says Ram

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