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I have a 24x24x48 screen cage with a 24inch quad bulb fixture and only plants living inside at the moment. I got my quad-bulb T5 from lightyourreptiles.com. Todd also gave me a discount on the Arcadia UVB bulbs and swapped out the 10000k color temp bulbs (that typically come with aquarium...

I would use organic peat humus as your base soil and ABG Mix as a top soil or mid layer

They make day/night multi-outlet timers. Your other option would be a controller if you want more complex lighting schemes.

A spike is a maggot that is about to pupate, but hasn't necessarily done so quite yet. Sometimes they start to in the mail. They last longer in the fridge than just ordering pupae, about 1-2 months as opposed to 3-4 weeks with pupae

I actually am in the process of making one for my 2x2x4 Reptibreeze. I started with an existing Exo-Terra background from a smaller Terrarium. It's in the process of curing still, but here's what it looked like in its almost complete state: It's mostly drylock and kwikcrete on foam and...

P. Nivia have very soft shells which makes them easy to chew as well.

There's nothing special about marketed grow bulbs. Any T5HO will work for you, as long as you get the right color temperature. You want a 6000k-6500k (Daytime) color-temp bulb for plant growth or 3000k-4000k (Warm White) to help blossom plants that fruit and flower.

Awesome! Thanks for the replies everyone, I'm excited to get a colony going.

Those of you who keep banana roaches, how do you clean their tubs? And how often?

Do you remember the brand and where you bought the resin? I've been trying to figure out a way to make a naturalistic bottom for my enclosure.

The grow light shouldn't produce any UVB unless it specifically states it does, plants don't use UVB that I know of. Grow lights, to my knowledge, aren't anything but a 6500k color temperature producing light bulb marketed as such for easy identification. The Arcadia UVB are the same 6500k color...

UVB is a wavelength of light that is naturally produced by the sun. I'm pretty sure it is what is responsible for sunburn. Normal lightbulbs do not produce UVB wavelengths, special bulbs are required (such as the Arcadia bulbs.) The 6% and 12% refer to the amount of UVB produced. The 6500k...

Hey guys, I'm in the process of setting up a new cage for my young female Jackson's, Andromeda. She'll be moving from an 18x18x24 inch glass terrarium to a 24x24x48 screen cage with live plants (pothos, hibiscus, a bromeliad, and one other I have yet to choose), a semi-homemade 3D background...

Anyone recommend a safe, natural medium for mounting live epiphytic plants? I was looking at tree fern panels but I'm worried fibers would pull easily and could get sucked up when my little girl shoots for stuff.

Can Jackson's handle full grown roaches? Also, if you're keeping dubias is it easy to separate breeders and feeders to maintain colony sizes?