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That is one tough chameleon! Wow!

I wanted to share a heart wrenching experience. I came out to find my Jeweled Chameleon (Furcifer campani) black splotched. Black and/or sickly yellow are signs of internal trauma or distress. This is what Emily usually looks like. Nice and vibrant! And this is what greeted me last week. She...

Correct. This can be done in a couple of different ways. One is to keep the soil container back from the front screen a couple of inches. Another is to 'landscape' the soil so that it's lower in the front, sloping up to the rear, allowing ventilation in above the soil at the front. Let me...

So I will speak from experience, I actually bought this when I was chameleon planning. And IT DID NOT WORK well at all. First off, it was expensive and the "no need for drainage" is a lie. The bag will get mold and gross and it turned into a huge mess and I ended up chucking it and replanting...

Compost, coco fiber, charcoal, sand, a small bag of worm castings, some torn up pieces of driftwood from storage, a bit of crushed pumice, a bit of crushed zeolite and some sphagnum moss. I kinda just mixed together the dry components separate of the damp components before combining in a 3:2...

It’s terra firma from the biodude. I used copied his video on how to set up a bioactive set up for chameleon. I also followed someone suggestion and added a fan to the top to ensure that the airflow was still good sense the bag of dirt was blocking some of the screen on the bottom

@MissSkittles thank you so much for your reply Will the D3 Arcadia have all bits he needs then ? I do have a dripper well a make shift one I fill it about 12/1 and it drips for a few hours I did order a dripper of eBay but I am a bit scared of it not sure what chemicals are in the blue stone...

Make-shift drippers work just as well as bought ones, if not in some cases better. A plastic cup with a small hole in the bottom is often better and easier to use than a brand dripper. My leopard geckos are bioactive but not with grow bags...just put substrate in their tanks. My first one I got...

Her cage is bioactive with a planting bag in the bottom so the tree is planted inside of it with soil and lots of spagna moss on top of that but I haven't seen her roam the bottom of the cage yet as when she does this I plan to move her into a separate lay bin with play sand in it for her to lay.

I’m so excited about my DIY enclosure I’m putting together! I built a planter box out of a stabilized particle board shelf and scrap wood we had in the garage. It is airing out right now from the pond sealant I painted onto the inside. I added one and a half inch feet to support the bottom and...

I have wanted a chameleon for a while but when I started researching I realized it is a ton of work. I have been lurking around these forums for a while and I have been doing tons of research. I’ve been listening to most episodes of Chameleon academy. I ended up deciding to build a hybrid...

This is my bio active set up it’s habistat, I have a drainage layer but don’t have a drainage valve , I remove the excess water manually from the drainage layer when it’s getting full, I do this with air hose a bowl and abit of sucking to create a vacume and it pulls all the excess water out, I...

I’ve also heard he’s basically a scam so I’m scared in that sense as well. I know Josh’s frogs sells bioactive supplies as well so is that my better option?

Afraid not. I was in a rush to get the old out and the new in. I had planned on an upgrade, but not so soon. Whitefly infestation rushed it all. I do still have Grumpy’s enclosure up which was done the same but it’s basically just a picture of soil. I will be redoing both hopefully somewhat soon...

Sorry to keep asking questions, but I want to make sure I’m going to be doing this right. Hoping to get started on setting up the soil for a bioactive and have even more questions. I’m using Bio Dudes bags, which are something like 16“ deep. - do I need a drainage layer of hydroballs with the...

In the past I’ve seen varied input about using root pouches so thought I’d share my experience with them. I can’t recall when I set up my bioactive enclosures, but it’s been at least 8-9 months or so (I think). I made the mistake of buying the ones from the Bio Dude. Not only was it...

Do you have any pics (before the tear down) of the layers to your enclosure? I want to eventually go bioactive as well and I'd love to see what you did and how it looked . ☺

Thanks for sharing your experience. I build mine exactly the same as yours (maybe another type of bag, used a really thick clear plastic foil, to fold inside the substrate tray). Good to read about the long term results so far for this setup. Makes me less concerning of have done it right(y)...

I have all screen enclosures and currently am using root pouches inside of them for bioactive. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Root-Pouch-45-Gal-Brown-Breathable-Boxer-Fabric-Planting-Containers-and-Pots-with-Handles-Planter-BB900-45H/306677187?NCNI-5 The bags are working just fine so far, but...