Bioactive vivarium for my panther “Trip”

[Scrapiron]

PHEW! 2-2.5 months of work is like 95% completed!
Based on the 600 gallon vivarium by serpadesign on YouTube.

This is my first post so go easy on me lol

 

[bruce the cham]

its massive

 

[OldWorldChams]

What bioactive critters are you putting in there? Particularly, what species of isopods?

 

[Scrapiron]

I grew a culture of springtails as well as dwarf white isopods about a month into starting it.

What bioactive critters are you putting in there? Particularly, what species of isopods?

 

[Scrapiron]

its massive

He just came out of the medium size chameleon enclosure from petsmart. Zoobreeze/reptizoo/whatever it’s called lol.

I designed it originally to be big enough for two with a divider in the middle… may end up doing that a long while for now but I love it the way it is with just Trip right now .

 

[Beman]

Looks great. How are you checking your UVI levels?

 

[Jikkermanccini]

Absolutely stunning build! I'm preparing to get back into chams, and this is exactly the kind of thing I want to do!

 

[Scrapiron]

Absolutely stunning build! I'm preparing to get back into chams, and this is exactly the kind of thing I want to do!

Thanks a lot man. It’s definitely worth it. It’s wasn’t cheap though that’s for sure. However, I wanted to really do it right on my first build and not cheap out on anything. Very proud of it and love seeing Trip exploring.

Looks great. How are you checking your UVI levels?

*Runs to the store* feels like I’ve been buying $100 worth of stuff for this every day for awhile now lol… sigh. There is always something else to get.
For now I’ve bought the recommended Arcadia light and currently put a screen under it so it isn’t so intense since the enclosure isn’t using a fine screen. Will definitely be picking one of these up.

 

[Beman]

*Runs to the store* feels like I’ve been buying $100 worth of stuff for this every day for awhile now lol… sigh. There is always something else to get.
For now I’ve bought the recommended Arcadia light and currently put a screen under it so it isn’t so intense since the enclosure isn’t using a fine screen. Will definitely be picking one of these up.

So I think everyone should own a solarmeter 6.5 just to know what their levels are exactly.

Which arcadia bulb are you using? What is your distance to the closest branches below it? And am I understanding correctly that you added a layer of aluminum window screen below it on the larger diameter material for the roof?

 

[Porter]

Awesome I am just finishing mine up as well. Someone gave me a great tip to have him tested for parasites before putting him in the bioactive cage since you would have to throw everything away if he is positive and a lot of them come from the breeder with something. I recommend if you haven't had him tested since you have had him, you do that. It saved me hundreds of dollars to only have to trow away stuff from his little starter enclosure.