Recent content by alara

It's been awhile since I looked. But if I remember correctly, I think I had found a 24" fixture and 22" arcadia 6% bulb for around $70. (I think it was a kit) and I also was gonna get a new heat lamp that I can clamp to the side and angle it for better temps. With that so far was $150. And with...

I wanted a hibiscus but I don't have a strong enough plant light because I share the fixture with the uvb bulb. I thought about getting a sansi but I'd have to buy a new uvb fixture and rearrange the top of my cage. Which added up to about $200 😬 so far now I just try to choose plants carefully...

Hmm ok, if anything I think I have a better place for that one. That one for sure I wanna keep alive because I just love the colors 😍

Ok cool. That was my main concern, that they would eventually die with lack of light. Like right now it just looks like a very dim light is shining on it because of how shaded it is lol so I'll leave it where it's at then. 😊

Ok, thank you! I'll read those when I get home later 😁

Ok, because I was thinking about switching it with the wandering jew plant I have at the top. But I know that needs plenty of light to keep its color. Or maybe swap it with the golden instead? Idk lol

I just got a Njoy pothos for my enclosure, and was wondering how much light they need. My golden pothos seems to do really well at the top of the enclosure and grows fast. But I have the Njoy towards the middle, and it's being shaded by other plants. Just wondering if it'll do ok there or should...

Ok, I'll try that! Luckily I still have some screen left over from when I wrapped a piece of egg crate to put my plants on! And now that it's 60° outside (Texas weather 🙄) I can go outside and do this so I won't make a mess lol

I currently use Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. I'm thinking the excessive moisture was because of my cheap mister that I bought when I first got my cham. The plants directly under the nozzles definitely got drenched more from the mist. The nozzles also would continue to drip out even after the...

Yeah I know. But at this point my main concern was to get rid of the gnat issue even if that means sacrificing my plants 😕 Only reason being is that there's more gnats than I thought there were 😬 I have other plants to use, it was just a last resort idea. As of right now though, my plants will...

A little update. I bought food grade diatomaceous earth and I'm gonna put it on the tops of my soil today. Also got a Katchy to put outside the cage at night. I thought about getting isopods, but living in an apartment I don't like the idea of them possibly escaping the enclosure. (Ironically...

That sounds interesting! Maybe that'll help. Will it still be safe to use with my cham as long as the soil is covered?

Ok, thank you!

Ok, so after the gnats are gone, can the isopods stay in there or change the soil to get them out? Sorry for all the questions. I researched a lot about keeping a chameleon, but not so much about botany lol

Do isopods eat the gnats that are in the soil or the fungus?