We just finished setting up our bioactive enclosure and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Should we add? Take away? I have talked to so many helpful people and want to thank everyone who has helped us through this process of getting into the chameleon world ?
Bioactive suggestions
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Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
Looks good. Could use a few more branches though.
Thank you! I was planning on getting one of those vines and putting it all throughout the back area so he can climb in the leaves. What are your thoughts in putting the wandering Jew plant all over the bottom to leave no dirt exposed? Or should I just cover it with a leaf layer?
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
I would just use a leaf litter layer. This will give the clean up crew areas to hide and another food source. It will also provide more nutrients to the soil as they break down.
The wandering Jew you have in there now may grow in eventually. I never had good luck with them but I think that was my own fault.
The wandering Jew you have in there now may grow in eventually. I never had good luck with them but I think that was my own fault.
Connorology
Avid Member
I think it looks good. I might consider climbing vines if you're having trouble fitting in more branches. They're easy to rearrange as stuff grows in too, or as temperatures in the house change, which is nice.
You may have addressed all this already but I have a couple thoughts: If that's a neoregelia on the bottom, you might consider moving it up closer to the light, I'm not sure if it'll get enough light through all that foliage. If you don't have a focused floodlight/spotlight I might consider adding one to get light down to your understory (this can be done with the inexpensive par38 LED floodlights from hardware stores, or something higher tech like Jungle Dawns, though I have less experience with the latter).
But yeah, looks good. I look forward to seeing it grown in!
You may have addressed all this already but I have a couple thoughts: If that's a neoregelia on the bottom, you might consider moving it up closer to the light, I'm not sure if it'll get enough light through all that foliage. If you don't have a focused floodlight/spotlight I might consider adding one to get light down to your understory (this can be done with the inexpensive par38 LED floodlights from hardware stores, or something higher tech like Jungle Dawns, though I have less experience with the latter).
But yeah, looks good. I look forward to seeing it grown in!
