#bioactive

[goddamn-grammar-blog]

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeee

Haloke came out and said hi. Best present ever 💗💗💗💗

#reptiblr #reptiles #snakes #bioactive #reptblr #snakes of tumblr #rosy boa

[aquatics-room]

Update on lil boiled chicken!

#she always calls him boiled chicken #fishblr #fish #bioactive #freshwater #african clawed frog

[jayslittlejungle]

terrarium gang

#plantblr #terrarium #begonia #bioactive #vivarium #anklebiter's cage used to have a variegated bird's nest fern in it but somehow got mealy bugs so i had to take it out #the fake fern is just a placeholder #infact i've already replaced it i redid her cage right after this photo #put some little begonia i found in the clearance section in there #doesn't look too great so i didn't take a photo i'll wait until i add some more stuff/the begonia grows in a bit

[missagonyy]

Rubber Ducky Isopod sketch.

The ‘rubber ducky’ isopod is a miniature pet with a duck bill face. I see it more as a Darth Vader helmet , haha. These cute little guys are really awesome!

If they ever breed them in jet black, they can call them Vader Duckies! 😅

#isopods #sketchbook #ink drawing #insect study #insect illustration #insect sketch #rubber ducky isopod #rubber duckie #rubber ducky #isopod #cubaris #cubaris sp #herpblr #insects #insect art #entomology #bugblr #bug art #morph #isopod morph #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive #insect drawing #bug collection #bug collector #roly poly #pill bug #wood louse #Rollie police

[ceratosaurtalks]

While I'm working on my Honduran Milks bioactive, I did wanna take the time to talk about Links Bioactive. Link is my overweight[He's working on it! <3] Male Emergency re-home Ball Python. I typically avoid this species, but he's been a fantastic little Unicorn for me. So lets talk about Link's enclosure and how it works! Link is in a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft PVC Enclosure- this is the *minimum* size this species requires to thrive. His substrate is made up of a layer of perlite sitting at the bottom of his enclosure, this layer of perlite acts as a drainage layer. This drainage layer, which catches excess water that seeps through the substrate. It also helps with catching potentially bad bacteria, and helps with your plants roots! The rest of the substrate sitting ontop of that layer of perlite is a mix of Ecogro organic topsoil, Coco fiber, and Sphagnum moss. I cannot stress this enough, but if you choose to do a bio-active enclosure PLEASE be sure to choose a organic substrate!! Fertilized substrate can be toxic to your animal, this includes manure-based fertilizers. To promote healthy growth, I choose to use Coco fiber and Sphagnum Moss. The Coco fibe[Coco peat] Is a safer way to promote healthy soil for both your plant, and your animals, while the Sphagnum Moss is fantastic at holding water and Nutrients for your plants. The arguably biggest and most important part of this enclosure is the cleanup crew. Your cleanup crew will break down decaying plant matter and your animals feces and return it to the soil, as well as cleaning bacteria growth. Bio-actives cannot function in the long-run without a cleanup crew. The cleanup crew I chose consist of Dairy Cow isopods[Porcellio laevis], and Temperate Springtails[Collembola sp.]. You can Mix-and match your Isopods and Springtails as long as its a species that can tolerate the humidity and temps your animal requires, HOWEVER! Its important to note your Isopod species. I chose not to mix Isopods in this enclosure as Dairy cows are kinda known for being aggressive. For plants, ball Pythons are incredibly Bulldozery animals and will trample much of your flora. Needing hardy plants that could survive being trampled and occasionally uprooted was a must for him, and after thought and research, I ended up settling on these: Golden Pothos, Snake plants, and Jade Pothos. Some just overall incredibly hardy plants that, since having them, I've found fantastic success with surviving Links night-time pathing and assaults. I also have a Philodendron [Monstera adansonii,] in there, providing cover and clutter around and over his hot hide. I'm proud of this plant surviving so far, to say I added it with a specific reason would be a goddamn lie lmao I just loved how cool it looked. The fact it's survived and adapted for as long as it has is a miracle in of itself, and I wish great health amongst this trooper of a plant. I deep water once a week to keep my plants healthy and the soil moist enough for my isopods to thrive, with occasional spraying staggered through the week. Overall, this is how Links Bioactive tank is settup! Is this the only way to set up a Bioactive tank? Certainly not! There's plenty of ways you can setup a Bioactive. Does your animal absolutely NEED a bioactive enclosure? For a lot of animals that answers going to be no! It doesn't. Bio-active vs Non-bio-actives have their pros and cons that, maybe Ill ramble about in a later post. And probably talk on what a Bioactive even is and go into much more detail than I did here about how it works. But I chose Bioactive personally because the long-term upkeep is less costly and labor-inducing, and I just love the looks of them. AndICanHaveAsManyGoddamnIsopodsAsIWant<3

#bioactive #vivarium #info dump #biology #ball python #reptile #isopods #plants #I got lazy towards the end and just started saying Bioactive #herpetology #snake #botony #horticulture

[volchonika]

24x18x36 bioactive vivarium in progress. I think I started this one at the end of February, and it's coming along! Next step is to populate the cork bark with moss and build a "rock" bridge for arboreal basking. Not married to this idea, but I think it will be home to a green anole someday soon-ish. (This is a redemption arc for me, green anoles were my first reptile as a kid and I didn't have the tools or resources to care for them properly, so I'd like to give one a super great life now.)

#vivarium #bioactive #reptiblr #live plants #house plants #terrarium

[kuhli-loach]

Reporting live from the virginity corner 🤠

#fishblr #herpblr #bioactive #planted aquarium #plant dad #crested gecko #wet blogging

[twohundredgeckosinatrenchcoat]

This post’s for those who told me a year ago “bUt YoU cAn’T gRoW aNyThInG iN a SeMi-aRiD eNcLoSuRe”

#leopard gecko #bioactive #herping

[i-m-snek]

Note to self: Zebra Isopods LOVE wheat grass! I planted some again in Asriels enclosure just for fun, and they've been climbing to the top and eating the tips of the grass! :)

#isopod #bioactive

[just-here-with-my-thoughts]

happy frogs sleeping on leaves

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee 🐸

#frog #frogs #frogblr #whites tree frog #bioactive

[amazingpetenclosures]

Isopod terrarium by LaCrusa Beckman

#isopods #bioactive #invertebrates #lord of the rings

[goddamn-grammar-blog]

Ofeefee's new, larger moss hide from ReptilesofEden over on Etsy came in today, so I soaked it and decided that I was moving him back home to his 5x2.

Since he didn't want to go in at first, I took him outside:

Then I tried again. This time he peaced off 🤣:

And his new moss hide! Now, maybe he won't ruffle his scales so badly.

#reptiblr #reptiles #snakes #reptblr #bioactive #snakes of tumblr #ball python

[aquatics-room]

Chao is so gorgeous 😍

#fish #fishblr #betta #bettablr #plakat betta #bioactive

[hogsprout]

Dug up sok to check on him, he's doing great, very chunky

The pothos was wilting because the hot side soil is maintained at 90 I think so I moved all the real plants to the cool side

#sok #kenyan sand boa #sand boa #boa #reptile keeper #snake #reptile #reptiblr #snekblr #my snek #good snek #snakeblr #oc #bioactive

[hawkherps]

Sigma's new enclosure is finished!

well, mostly. I want to get another branch or tube or plant or something in that top right corner to fill in the empty space, assuming the monster dracaena doesn't realize it now has an extra foot of vertical space and decide to conquer it. i'll give it a month or two and see how the dracaena adapts before putting something above it. I also want to see how the new pothos grows in, and how the old philodendron adapts. i actually removed two vines from the philo and cut the remaining two down to size a bit since they took over whatever space the dracaena didn't in the old enclosure, so i'm confident the philodendron will help fill in some of the currently empty space even if the dracaena and pothos decide not to.

for the enclosure itself, it's a Leap Habitats 22"x17"x36" enclosure and hoo boy it has its pros and cons... mostly cons. i haven't seen many reviews for these enclosures that aren't from popular youtubers or reddit threads from over a year ago, so here's my opinions below:

i've moved several times so i greatly appreciate how light the enclosure is even fully planted, and being able to screw branches and tubes and other things into the walls instead of having to use spray foam (and then either silicone or the grout method) to mount them is really nice. both are pluses over the glass exoterra 18"x18"x24" Sig has called home since he was given to me. i loved that enclosure but after moving three times with it (once before i made it bioactive) i was not a fan of the weight.

this doesn't apply to me right now, but i do see it as a plus that they included the little spots in the corners of the top that you can pop out to easily install mister nozzles through. i don't know if these holes fit non-Leap misting systems without modification, but it's certainly simpler than some of the setups i've seen for getting misters installed in traditional enclosures like exoterras.

Sigma is... not a great hunter. his method of hunting black soldier flies, for example, is to slam his face as hard as possible into them. this is another big reason i wanted him out of the glass enclosure-- i'm genuinely worried about him injuring himself with the force at which i've watched him bounce his face off the walls and door of the exoterra enclosure. so the softer, less rigid walls and acrylic door are a plus for that alone.

now for the downsides...

i'm really not a huge fan of how flimsy the acrylic door is. if it was a liiiittle thicker i'd probably like it more. the very simple method for the door hinge also means that when open, the door is misaligned, so i have to remember to slightly lift it when i go to close it so it will fit back in its space and close properly. this could be related to the low quality control that i've heard other people report regarding Leap (and experienced myself further below)

the base also leaks. they do sell external water catch trays in case of leakage, but i feel like they should come with the trays instead of the tray being optional, since the design of these things is basically guaranteed to leak without modification.

i didn't encounter this myself because i'd already seen warnings about this and didn't bother trying, but silicone and expanding foam won't adhere to the sides without help. Leap recommends using wall anchors for the foam to hold onto, but there's no real solution for silicone. this is annoying, because being able to seal the damned thing with silicone would GREATLY help the above leaking problem because you could just silicone around the rivets and internal plastic liner so that the leaking wouldn't be an issue. sealants that do bond to polypropylene don't strike me as being safe for use inside a reptile enclosure, especially a bioactive one.

it was also a BITCH to put together. i sort of expected this because a couple reviews i read before buying stated that the quality control is not the best. Leap has several videos on their youtube showcasing how to assemble the enclosures straight out of the box, and the provided instructions in the box are simple enough to follow, but i had to make some minor modifications in order to get the enclosure together due to ill-fitting pieces (for example, the screen top, which also keeps the walls in shape, did not actually fit on top of the walls like it was supposed to and i had to pry some sections open wide enough to actually get the damned thing in place). the alignment pin that goes in the front right of the base also did not want to be flush with the base like it's supposed to be.

all that being said, right now i would still be willing to get another, smaller Leap enclosure in the future for my mourning geckos or another gecko species. whether i actually do get another of their enclosures will really depend on how this one for Sig holds up. the lightness and ease of customization were the entire reasons i ordered this enclosure instead of a similarly sized (24x"18"x36") glass one, so we'll eventually see if that's truly worth the troubleshooting and outright downsides to these enclosures or not.

#reptiblr #herpblr #leap habitats #bioactive #crested gecko

[passumbapper]

#wallace #eastern rat snake #reptiblr #bioactive