HUGE JUNGLE for JUNGLE NYMPHS 

- Dark Den uploaded - It's an enclosure build - It's for jungle nymphs Words cannot express my excitement. Thanks for being the best part of Monday!

Love your work Petko, you should be very proud of what you have achieved in the Dark Den, don’t ever stop!

Why not just print your door parts without pins and a clearance hole instead? You could stick a thin metal rod through it. I think metal would be so much more stable and durable :)

Loved the pattern on that egg and the flip up top. I can imagine alien eggs on another planet will look like that : )

As a phasmid keeper for many years I suggest you to add more brambles with contacts to the ceiling and around the glasses, they will find their food way easier and you don't risk death by starving.

The new enclosure looks really great. I love how you planted the raspberry plant too.

I know the roaches were a mistake in retrospect, but I could see this habitat housing some species in the bottom. Just gotta hope they don't burrow in the foam lmao. Anyways, great vid. I have been following the channel since the original dark den and it has been exciting to see your collection grow and change through the years. It feels like The Ultimate Dark Den is approaching, with how you're getting everything polished off and shelves filled with (dusty) glass enclosures. I wonder what will be next?

You made my day with new video

Biggest influence to me, such a cool guy, love to meet some day :)

My first truly positive experience with an insect was with a schoolmate's Giant Jungle Nymph in grade 8. I think it was perhaps a different species, but these guys bring back some great memories! This kid brought his pet into science class and I got to hold this truly magnificent "bug". I was totally captivated, and the experience started a deep fascination of invertebrates in me. Thanks for sharing these beauties!

The amount of work can care you put into all your animals is amazing.

Hi just suggestion to solve your braking pins, to prevent them from breaking ever you can get thin metal rod, preferably stainless steel, Drill hole trough the pin , diameter of the steel rod/wire And then use epoxy to glue the steel rod inside of the fragile plastic pin This way it will be reinforced to the point that it shouldn’t ever brake again

I like how Mondays were the worst part of my week sometime in my life, oh how the times have changed. Thanks Petko!

Waited ALL WEEK!

Petko, the info about how you 3D print your parts is so valuable, thank you so much for sharing that part!! I’ve never seen these insects! I love learning about new species!! So cool

Man, I remember the first pair he unboxed in his apartment. What an impressive progress. It's crazy to think that all of these guys descent from just one pair.

Loving the versatility in your collection. Keep at it. Been here for three years. Love seeing you grow.... And now a family and a baby girl on the way. ❤️ Lovely.

Always awesome to watch your videos and learn new things and you also make some really cool enclosures too.

"You know..... Bim bamm bumm😏" I couldn't hold back the laughter😂🤣

Really gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing your many talents.

super work! i will try to diy my first glass enclosure soon. i hope it goes well 🤷‍♀️

I love it! You taught me more about them thank you. I hope you're family is doing well. Congratulations to both of you on the up coming little one I wonder if she takes after her dad you'll have to let us know

Awesome! I love this enclosure!

I can highly highly recommend decreasing your layer height when printing from 0.2mm to 0.1mm. It makes my pieces incredibly sturdy + makes the printing lines almost disappear completely. The only downside is that the printing time is increased. But it's worth it! :)

I'm all caught up so have been watching the older videos. What a difference!

Super satisfied! Looks amazing 😄

I was waiting for this all day, great videos man!

Thank u for your love for pets and all the knowledge you have given

awesome i might have to try and keep them they look neat. Also on the 3d printing is looking great.

I've been watching for years your channel it's really interested! Keep up (saludos from Greece)!

Wow this was a really cool video, and I never realized how much the dark den looks like the aquarium of my local pet shop, but filled with all these cool insects rather than fish

with the markings on stick insect eggs, they do serve another purpose, they are designed to mimic seeds so that when the female lays the eggs they drop to the ground and are carried away by ants thinking that they are seeds, from there the eggs will sit in the ant colony and wait for a certain amount of time depending on the species before hatching and climbing out into the world. I've kept 6 different types of phasmids and the eggs are all different but have the same life cycle before hatching.

Your enclosures are so beautiful

Perfect. Especially with that music! Good memories.

Thanks for your videos, keep them up.

You have an awesome collection. I wish I had a friend that like you. So many cool creatures in this world.

You could also Print the Door hinge with a Hole for a small Metal Rod to fit into, the metal Rod would not Break. Just print it slightly smaller so it's a friction fit. Some Coat hanger might work for the Rod.

You deserve to take great pride in your work, Petko. 😍 It is very creative and very professional. If the nymphs could talk, they'd agree with me. 😆 See you next week. ❤😃

MADD 3d printing your parts yeah you shouldnt have a problem printing them pins sideways nice job and ways man love it

This channel is so underrated, absolutely love the videos ✌️

I love your rehousing videos!

Another great video from the legend ;)

Great like always!

pretty dope jungle nymph enclosure my dude!🤘

I love your videos man I have learned alot

Awesome job 👍🏻💜👊🏻

Is this guy some kind of genius? He figures out quite a lot of stuff on his own

have you seen mitza since you have moved?

Am I OK to comment that I am starting to get bored waiting for this 1 video in the week? Obviously there are other channels I watch but DD is the one channel that I can say really pushed me into owning tarantulas. I always looked forward to Mondays and Fridays for this very reason. I do understand why it changed to 1 day a week but it really gets to me....!! Sorry.

Nice video, thanks Petko

Hello great video build I am amazed at the inclosesers you have Petcko

For your printing problem. Maybe you could print a hole and use a metal pin instead. You could clue that metal into the hole. That shoud be stronger and also you could print it the other direction as before. Sure metal pin would be a seperate part. Maybe the round 3mm metal pins for shelfs could be a thing?

For your pins, you could CAD holes in the center of the pin all the way thru and add wire nails in the holes. They come in a bunch of lengths so you wouldn't have to cut anything. Just press them in and bam solves the flimsy pins

That was awesome!

Wuhuu new video 😍

Wow the enclosure you have built for the jungle nymphs is awesome. I wonder how soon this will fill up with them 🤔? Certainly looks awesome ☺️

Wow looks perfect

You can make the handle for the door stronger by moving it to the bottom instead of at the top and adding a ridge on the middle to brace it better. Sort of like an upside down T. Or making them thicker, maybe as thick as the trim you print, might make it strong enough.

What you could do for the pins is remove the hinge pin from the 3D printing design, and instead make a hole in there. Then get some small metal dowels that would fit in the hole tightly and use the metal dowel to support the weight and wouldnt break as easy. it would be more of a assembly process and finding someone who sells the metal dowels at the right size, but would fix both of the breaking issues

Awesome content as usual. I think the nymphs were freaked out and not cooperating because of the dozens of tarantula molts on the wall behind them or at least i would have been.

Beautifull!

One super tiny drop of synthetic oil will make it even stronger! Awesome vid. Thanks

Wow such a huge upgrade!!

On the 24/10/2021 in the uk we will have a spider show. Come to Brighton, please. I will be happy to see you there

Love the new jungle nymph enclosure! More sticks and branches would take it from an A to an A+.

You could print the plastic piece without the pin and with a small hole instead and cut a 1 inch piece of thin copper rod (from any hardware store) to glue inside it as the pin. No wear and tear over time either.

Great build.

Changing the position of the latch to closer to the other side might also help with a large door like that, like changing the lever point

Your enclosure looks really neat.

The jungle nymphs are so cool and unique!

Add an angled support to the lifting tab on each end and double the thickness of it.

Awesome dark den

Great video

BEAUFIFULLY DONE! But how do you keep a steady supply of those leaves year round for them to eat?

Great enclosure Petko they will deffo be able to stretch their legs more ...

These are wonderful insects The look like Katiedids Well done Petco

Love this post

Hey Petco ! Wonderful videos ! It seems like your work is paying off as always ! I was wondering if I could ask you a favor. I'm about to get a C lividus a B Albiceps. I don't remember if you still have one of each but i wonder if you could cameo their enclosure if you do to give me idea for their new set-up/care ? Thank you

you should make the 3d printed parts to use a metal pin insert if its still an issue love the channel!

Pleaaaaaasee sell those door pieces!!! i would buy multiple sets of them ;o; i dont have a 3d printer and shipping to get a whole tank overseas would be crazy!

Great channel

Wow that is really interesting seeing that mark on the egg. I wonder what it is about. Like there must be a reason for that mark to show like that.

New enclosure in the dark den, new home for dust 👍😂

Very nice 👌

That's a nice enclosure :)

enclosures are so fun to make I wanna make some when i move

I have a suggestion for your pin problem. What If you printed the pin separately. And then print the parts that go on the glass separately. They would both have holes for the pin, and the pin would provide stability as well as move freely and no longer pose an issue of breaking. It would also allow you to print the lift handle the original way providing the strength. 🤷🏼‍♀️

0:48 to je ženka skočila dolje Predlažem da pokloniš mužjake jer će ti jesti puno lišća, a nikakva korist od njih. I onako se 1 mužjak ulovi za ženku i ne pušta ju baš često.

Good vibes

I think it is a great idea to sell your custom made enclosures. I would buy one, for sure but I think that I would need to get me a little critter to put in it first lol.

I know it will be expensive since you use more than one camera but I can’t wait for the day you go 4K Edit: Oh and HDR so we get to see the beautiful colours that you sometimes talk about that you see in person but not on the camera. I remember recently you was talking about where one of the Ts had a colour between its booty that looked orange iirc but we couldn’t see it like you can irl. I am not camera professional but i wondered if an HDR camera also being uploaded to RU-vid in HDR would show it? One thing that would be awesome is to calibrate your TV via matching the colours of all your beautifully coloured Ts and other animals in the Dark Den to the colour settings of your TV.

Lookes awsome bro!! You need to have a look at "siamese fighters" for your tropical fish tank. They look Awsome. Only 1 male tho as they are crazy territorial. 🤣🤣 never mind didn't realise they were commonly called bettas 🤣🤣

I love the Jungle Nymph house! Now they can have a house party!

Awesome

Depending on what type of plastic your printer uses, thin, brush-on plastic cement like "plastic magic" or "tamiya ultra-thin" might help you with older pins. Just coat the piece in a thin layer of the glue [like you are painting a base coat] and let it dry. it should partially melt then re-crystalize the plastic, making it 1 piece instead of a laminate. If you do, do it outside and let it dry outside. Plastic cement is acetone based and causes mild fumes. I don't want to be the cause of another great dying. You can even clean the residue with soapy water to be safe.

For the pin make it a hole instead in which u can use a small wooden dowel or metal rod to replace the pin

Small suggestion, when you make the larger enclosures maybe scape them where you want to keep the enclosure so you don't have to carry an enclosure filled with substrate, etc lol

Hello! Have you already tested all your animals whether they reflect in the UV light? I recently saw an interesting documentary regarding chameleons. 8-legged and -eyed greetings from Switzerland

That’s a really clever Engineering tip about 3D printing the hinges. Also awesome enclosure, I’m sure it’s very heavy. Edit go with a 30 minute timer easier to control I think. Second edit, damm I can’t go to Teraplaza.

I see that it doesn’t really look big on the table but it is huge! … that’s what she said 😂