Ceycham
Established Member
I've been experimenting with my setup, and although I know many say not to have any substrate on the bottom, I was having difficulties with drainage (mostly because I'm unwilling so far to cut a drain into the bottom of my current set up, and also issues with smell when the wet meets cham poop.
I have the mister spraying on two sides of the enclosure for good coverage, so I get a wide area of water mess at the bottom. My current solution is to allow that water to become useful by letting plants suck it up, so I've filled a relatively shallow bin with dirt that's wide enough to cover the majority of the bottom and catch all the "rainfall" into the dirt, and planted pothos vine on one side (having his fake ficus tree stick in the dirt on the other). I am now cup feeding crickets and worms, which he has taken to like a champ, and I move the cup around daily to encourage him travel different paths to get his food and exercise.
So far a week in and the smell and drainage problem is gone, but I'm also having some difficulty finding cham poop to observe or remove, and I'm wondering if that's going to bite me in the tush eventually. What other pitfalls might I run into?
I have the mister spraying on two sides of the enclosure for good coverage, so I get a wide area of water mess at the bottom. My current solution is to allow that water to become useful by letting plants suck it up, so I've filled a relatively shallow bin with dirt that's wide enough to cover the majority of the bottom and catch all the "rainfall" into the dirt, and planted pothos vine on one side (having his fake ficus tree stick in the dirt on the other). I am now cup feeding crickets and worms, which he has taken to like a champ, and I move the cup around daily to encourage him travel different paths to get his food and exercise.
So far a week in and the smell and drainage problem is gone, but I'm also having some difficulty finding cham poop to observe or remove, and I'm wondering if that's going to bite me in the tush eventually. What other pitfalls might I run into?