T. shanjing, water problems in the terrarium

[eljorgo]

Note from John: Moved to the help section.

Hi I have never used to put a small dish of water on the terrarium because my female was completely terrestrial but I wanted to breed And I will got another sexed pair but my expirience with terrarium dishes of water is very bad:
At the begining I cut a plastic with the measures of 25cmX25cm but one hour later it gone out and it had no water inside. So I use the same tipe of plastic but I cut 6 layers of plastic with the same measure. But the water still gone! so i bought a tupperware of 18cmX11cmX5cm and aprox. 0,30cm (3mm) of thickness and even it being so stong i couldn´t even believe when i saw that the lever of water was about the middle and I put it at the top!! in just 30minutes!! i am completly amazed!! and some of you guys, what do you use? hat kind? Or my plastic is good but I´ve done someting bad??.... I still amazed!!

thanks mates,

elJorgo

 

[John]

3 possibilities:

- You're having a laugh
- Something is soaking up the water
- It's too dry or too hot

I'm going with the first one.

 

[eljorgo]

hi with very respect I think it´s none of them.. the first can´t be because I use 6 layers of new, new plastic. and i use a rigid plastic dish new too. the second I don´t know but almost certainly it didn´t happend, and the terrarium its very humid to keep the moss alive.

 

[Azhael]

Is there moss in contact with the tupper? or any plant, log, rock??? It sounds like there´s something taking the water by capilarity. Anyway i don´t think a tupper will be enough to trigger reproduction...i might be wrong though....

 

[eljorgo]

a small dish it´s not enought? didn´t you reproduce them at some months? you can´t you know?
thanks,

Eljorgo

 

[eljorgo]

oh! no none of the mosses, rocks touch in the water.. thanks the same