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Thanks for the advice, I would never think of baking the leaves but it makes sense, could be bringing unwanted free loaders in, and I’ll buy the clean up crew, will scrap the earthworm idea too.

Ok great thanks , I’ll have to go back out source a few smaller ones to mix things up a little, but at least I will save time now not having to bleach everything 😁

Great thank you for the advice, I wasn’t keen on bleaching and keeping the bark will look nice and save me unnecessary work.

Thanks, I’ll take a look.

I agree it looks more aesthetically pleasing, what depth is your substrate may I ask?

Thanks Steve, probably should have mentioned my intention is to go bio👍

Hi all, gathered some branches from a broken oak limp and have them currently soaking in bath ready to debark and steralise, question Is this, what diameter branch would suit juvenile upto adult male veiled as I’ve been told too thick can damage there feet.. I was thinking 1 or 2” ? any...

So my question to you guys is this, is it best to plant your plants directly into substrate or leave in pots? my terrarium will hold 4” of substrate including the drainage layer of clay balls, which I’m thinking now I may need to increase your thoughts please and recommendations of substrate...

So I had a thought last night after researching isopods etc for my clean up crew, I keep lots of chickens here on my land and my number one enemy is not the fox or pine Martin but the dreaded red mite, once it’s taken hold in coups it’s near impossible to get rid of, more a case of control. so...

Hi all, currently building my bioactive terrarium and now turning my attention to the bottom, I have butyl lined the bottom and sides 4” and affixed with silicon and installed a drain and waste pipe, pipe is currently open with a view to maybe fitting a shut off valve? i would like to get the...

Thanks for the info, it appears from what you say that the hibiscus is the light hungry plant here and will end up costing me more money than initially intended , which is ok with me as long as they last a good while , is there any form of warranty/guarantee period on them?

Great thank you, if I were to get 3 years out of them I’d be very happy.

Hi , new to the forum, posted a introduction earlier with a little about my plans. anyway my question is, Im currently building a bioactive terrarium that I Plan to plant heavily, going to go with a Arcadia jungle dawn led strip kit to assist plant wellbeing but unsure of the wattage needed...

Slightly concerned now that the branches I have sourced and going to debark maybe slightly too big, so will I need to change them from juvenile to adult or just go with one size? any thoughts on diameter? It really is a case of case of sourcing my own as options here are limited or extremely...

Great advice thank you, I will definitely freeze the blocks prior now you mentioned that and the dimmer switch suggestion is fantastic, will save me messing around with adjusting the basking branch, I have read about juveniles climbing the screen and anticipated that I may need to temporarily...

Hi, I’m new to the forum and excited about the thought of getter a veiled chameleon later this year, I currently live in rural Brittany,France after relocating from Hampshire, England 6 Years ago, I’ve keep many things over the years and pride myself on good husbandry and creating the best...