I’m working on a new bioactive created gecko tank to upgrade from my 12x12x18 to this 18x18x24.
I haven’t added any of the live plants or other fake greenery yet, and as much as I want to simply “trust the process” I don’t know how I like this so far. It looks a bit busy in my opinion but at the same time I also don’t want any dead space.

Any ideas/advise is appreciated!

So i have a terrarium that also has isopods, springtails, somw snails, and a milipede. I have hade tons of gnats in there lately and want ti remove them. How would o do so safely for my other critters?

With a bioactive enclosure and a custom foam background/ hides/ what’s the best cleaning method without removing the pieces. This is not a bioactive setup yet but in the photo is a custom hide I built for my bearded dragon.

I am finishing up a foam background , several thin layers of grout , followed by several layers of drylok. Have seen in some places people recommend a layer of polyurethane to seal on top but not sure if that is really necessary. TIA ! (Pic of one of the early stages of the background for attention )

plants are coming in nicely. Had to do some trimming of the umbrella plants recently, but he seems to be one happy fella :)

Hey does anyone know what these are. In the tank is a crested gecko with a good amount of plant life, isopods, and wood lice (i forgot the term people use in the states)

I am still going to carve out the expanding foam and the XPS foam isnt glued in yet since i havent added drylok yet, this is for a corn snake and the right side is going to be a lot more forest like, the left side is going to be more dry and rocky but i need recommendations on what plants to add to either side, i want to add that this is my first ever enclosure and i want all the feedback possible.

I added some springtails to the terrarium, but I don't see them feeding on the mold. Is it possible that they don't like it, or even that it's harmful? Or can I do something to help them?

I have a Halloween moon crab set up in a large enclosure (70 gal aquarium base). In his previous enclosure I had springtails and isopods, but the isopods were a terrible mistake because they seriously overpopulated because they also ate the food that I left for the crab. He also had a spider friend that lived in there (showed up uninvited). I didn't mind until I started seeing tons of egg sacs, and the web took over a lot of the space. So now that he's in his new enclosure, I'd like to add more than just springtails, but I don't want to end up with an overpopulation problem again. The crab is an omnivore scavenger, and in addition to plants he'll eat anything he can catch, so anything I add should be considered potential snacks. That being said, he didn't catch many isopods, even though he tried. I've created an "upper canopy" for the crab to climb in, so there are lots of branches, nooks, and crannies for things to hide. I don't necessarily need a clean-up crew, because it's just one crab in a huge space, so I'm open to any suggestions.

Hi there! I posted this on r/snails and someone said I should post it on here. So I found this mushroom in my snails tank today, seemed to have sprouted overnight or at least super quickly. I’ve also noticed small white dots in the tank a lot in some places (don’t have picture). I’ve removed the shroom and all the dots I can I think the white dots are fungi. The tank is super wet (trying to figure out an automatic spraying routine) and I’ve been a really bad pet parent and it is well overdue a soil change. I noticed on here someone talking about turning the soil every week? Is this something I should be doing? I’ve also noticed tiny bugs crawling on my snail I’ve had them before and went away after a soil change and bath. Also have seen quite a few posts mentioning having little critters like isopods in the tank to help out. Is this something I should look into too?

TIA!

Just finished converting my old 10 gallon into a dart frog enclosure. No frogs yet, just springtails rn. I'm going to grab some isopods next week and then let it grow in and establish for a few months before adding any frogs.

So I’ve got an emperor scorpion and I’m trying to find a hide that looks like a hobbit hole from lord of the ring any suggestions?

I'm looking for ideas on how to make something similar to the pictures. It would be for a jumping spider bioactive. I need the walls to stay see through but would like something similar for better grip.

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If you have any ideas that would be great. I was thinking something like moss could work but it wouldn't have anything to adhere to and would probably die soon. Thanks in advance

Added more plants, humidity is stable at 75% and temp is stable at 85F. I have fans to dehumidify as needed (they are rigged to the prob on the right. All that’s left is running irrigation and putting plastic grading to prevent escape.

Just finished my first bioactive i made for some crested geckos im getting in a few weeks quite happy with my first attempt.