I currently have a 24” round fabric planter in my enclosure, I also folded the sides a bit at a slight slant. So far I’m liking it but it’s still too soon for me to recommend it without proper long term experience with it. It makes me soo happy that someone with chameleon expertise is also using...
Hi. I ordered and use Bio Dude’s terra Sahara for one of my leopard geckos which was my first bioactive set up. Basically it was expensive dirt. For my chams I got his bags...they are too small for a standard 2x2x4’ enclosure and like all of his stuff, overpriced. Go to Home Depot and search for...
So I recently picked up the 36x18x36 Exo Terra screen cage from my local reptile store in anticipation of owning a new panther chameleon. For this cage though, I want to make it bioactive and have been having a hard time finding what to use to keep the substrate in. I saw that the Biodude used a...
Some inspirational thoughts for free ranging
First, our living room is a large, bright (views on both sides) and pet free living room without small children walking around.
Second, the free-range area is at exact the same spot as where a Reptibreeze XL (24´x24´x48´) stood.
Many assume...
Let me just say - the bio dude is NOT an expert as he may claim to be. He went on the frog forums asking for advice, more or less took the soil mix recipes the frog guys shared with him, and slapped a label on it. I bought his soils out of shear laziness, at a premium, and they are mostly just...
Thank you so much and I saw a lot of people say his stuff is overpriced. You said you did get his bags for the chams. Did you stick with it or end up using something else? His terra firma he said in his video is good for burrowing for eggs and he has some guys who breeds panthers said it was...
Hi all,
Due to a series of very unfortunate personal events, I have to sell my female, year old veiled chameleon and all her equipment listed below, can send more photos too. She's in great health, living in a happy bioactive terrarium with plants growing up all in an excellent condition...
I've literally thrown a bag of soil over the bottom for some enclosures, that's technically bioactive. If it smells, your plants will be dead too, so it's kind of hard to mess up.
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Hello, fellow chameleon enthusiasts! If you're in the market for a ready-made bioactive terrarium and are in the American Southwest, read on...
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I believe i read somewhere that those are great if you have a female chameleon allowing them to dig down into the substrate to lay eggs, if you have a female chameleon, do you know if this is accurate?
Hey there, Im interested in buying my own instead of building one too but all I could find on home depot for 24 x 24 was an option for $400! Could you please post a link for the one you have?
I used a bio bag, like what the bio dude sells but his are too small. I couldn’t find the right size in stock anywhere so bought one too big and have just tucked and folded. This one is similar and closer to right size...
All of the correct sized bags were out of stock and I didn’t want an indefinite wait, so I bought the 32” bags. I set one up and so far so good. I also have the bag from the bio dude that is too small set up and no problems there either. I have a layer of lava rock in the bottom of each and have...
@MissSkittles The biobags do leak. I wish I wouldn't have purchased one. I am urrently using it my bioactive setup and the bag is way too small if your enclosure is 24 × 24 at the bottom. There is so much unused space with the gap (it's bigger than 1 inch around as it was advertised). Feces...
Im literally doing the same w some of my enclosures and have done a lot of reading...
From what ive found, you can do a false bottom using a drainage layer and the pvc pipe to get the water out. @jamest0o0 has suggested using a fountain pump to help w getting the water out so it would...
Hey there sorry im not sure to where to post so I'll just plop this here ?
Im going bioactive and was going to go off your recommendations and get fox farms ocean forest but didn't realize I would need quite a lot to fill my my 2'x2'x10" biobag. I ordered a bag and it was damaged in the mail so...
Oh my crazy little sweetie! She’s definitely got something going on with her coco coir panels. She shredded part of one so she can stare at her neighbor. Then today I found she had gotten herself wedged between a panel and the screen in the very back of her enclosure. No idea how she managed to...
I just finished setting up my bioactive enclosure. It’s in a glass cage so I don’t know much about the bags.
You will want isopods and springtails. From what I’ve heard, the best isopods for this tank are dwarf white isopods and the best springtails are the temperate ones. I got a springtails...