Author: Jim
Feeding Green Tree Monitors (V prasinus)
We offer a variety of foods to our Veranus prasinus, the Green or Emerald Tree Monitor. Our pair will take: live crickets live dubia roaches frozen/thawed pinkie mice frozen/thawed quail chicks frozen... Read More
Green Tree Monitor (Veranus prasinus) enclosure evolution
Overview This is a comprehensive post on how I approached housing V prasinus green tree monitors over the course of our first four months with these animals. My objective was to provide our V prasinus... Read More
Zen Habitats 4’x2’x4′ review
We purchased a 4’x2’x4′ Zen Habitat PVC enclosure for our tree monitors in the summer of 2020. We had been looking for an enclosure system that provided the ability to create a habit... Read More
Caliburn nerf/short dart range profiling
This page summarizes and extensive project profiling short dart / half dart performance using a Caliburn as the test blaster. Keep in mind that dart performance will vary based on the combination of t... Read More
Nerf Rival Apollo 3D printed pump kit
I picked up two Nerf Rival Apollos during the 2017 Amazon Prime Day – they were on a steep discount and I thought I’d snap two up for chronograph work. Well after a full run through the ch... Read More
Rival Apollo and Rival Artemis chronograph profiling
In July of 2017 I acquired 2 Rival Apollo nerf blasters and a Rival Artemis. They were priced right following the Amazon Prime Day sales, and that made for a good addition to the chronograph project. ... Read More
Jet Blasters X Zeus 2 Alpha Kit 10/16/26 kg chronograph session
I’ve been trying to collect higher performing blaster platforms that would allow me to compare commonly profiled blasters to see how my chronograph results compare to figures reported by other h... Read More
Stefan dart profiling
It turns out nerf blaster performance depends heavily on the darts you are firing. Who knew? 🙂 After spending some time on Nerfhaven and poking around on the interweb, I decided to take on a profil... Read More
Of Chronographs and Nerf Blasters
A significant part of my interest in the Nerf blaster hobby is the interesting data sets that can be collected through velocity and accuracy testing of different Nerf blasters and blaster configuratio... Read More
Caliburn 3D print and kit assembly
I was one of the lucky few to pickup a newly released homemade Nerf dart blaster kit from CaptainSlug. The kit is comprised of the hardware required to assemble one of his truly unique magazine fed, p... Read More
Nerf Retaliator Chronograph Numbers
NERF data! A good part of the allure of the Nerf hobby is a new and interesting source of different data sets to explore. In this case the data that I found intriguing was the population statistics ar... Read More
NERF Retaliator plunger tube expansion
Most of the Nerf Retaliator modifications I have done are using common parts or kits made available through after market retailers or vendors. After installing a few pump grips, stefan kits and upgrad... Read More
Nominant fants OOW
I’ve had pretty good success with my 2.2 of the nominal form of Ranitomeya fantastica. They routinely deposit tads in the large pool in the front of their Viv. I’ll periodically fish out t... Read More
Lamasi froglet…almost there!
My first group of Standard sirensis / lamasi / Tingo Maria are about to come out of water! Once a popular locale, their representation in the hobby has dwindled over the years. Like Lorenzo, they are... Read More
Lorenzo 1.2 group and first clutch
I’ve been experimenting with a 1.2 group of Lorenzo. This is unusual in that most tinctorius keepers avoid grouping females for fear of aggression. I have found that you can group females if you... Read More
A nice juvenile female D. tinctorius Lorenzo
Here’s a female Lorenzo that is in grow out as one of my hold backs. She is growing in nicely and looking like she will turn out to be a pretty robust female. I have found that I need to hold ba... Read More
First R. summersi clutchÂ
The first clutch from my group of UE Ranitomeya summersi. They used the edge of the can so I will leave these in place and see how they develop before I attempt to move them. ... Read More
Ranitomeya summersi “Sauce”
I added four Ranitomeya summersi to my collection in the spring of 2016. I have long considered bringing in a group of summersi, but I didn’t have the room, and most of my space was dedicat... Read More