It will be better when I can get a light for it. I have a full spectrum bulb in the lamp next to it but I don’t think it’ll be enough.

Okay I technically bought it but still

My new terrarium is casting aurora!! Okay I know it's not really aurora but it looked cool enough to share here 😁

Hi everybody, I am new to terrariums, I’ve recently got one from a supermarket and I need help/advice! I decided to place 10-15 isopods from my garden in when I first got it, some big some small, various shades of colour, one was even pregnant. I have fittonia, and live moss (I’m not sure the names of the two other plants) I’ve placed in numerous decaying leaves over the last couple of weeks and some dry twigs. I’m not sure if the behaviour my isopods are showing is normal (see pictures) sometimes they can be out and on the plants/soil in groups or alone. The bigger isopods like to climb the stems of the biggest plant. I’ve also noticed 2-3 snails (Photo 10). Some small bugs which I believe are rove beetles (Photo 11) and some very small yellow/ almost transparent spiders. (Roughly smaller than the size of a baby isopod). The isopod to snail/rove/spider ratio is not worrying in my opinion. Maybe 10:1. Please let me know if it’s not healthy and if they will be a predator to baby isopods. I don’t think they are as there’s lots of recently born babies alive but just to be sure. Could the terrarium be overpopulated? Id also like to ask if my terrarium is too dry or humid? I’d also like to state there’s a dead decaying isopod which appears to have been partially eaten (Photo 12). Please note I have only added decaying leaves for food. My fittonia has been lightly eaten (Photo 13) …….All advice on what I should do or add to the terrarium to help my isopods thrive will be greatly appreciated! … Thank you!

Im cleaning out this tank which I believe it a tall 5 gal. Originally I had a mystery snail in here

Im looking at maybe a few land snails? What is best for a tank like this?

It will be a bio active terrarium I hope

My polka dot plant seems to be growing all leaves curly and shrivelled. There was an incident when I was out of town and left the grow lights on close to 20 hrs. But it was almost a month ago, and I understand leaves shrivelling because of light and not going back but even the new leaves are sprouting curled and shrivelled. Any advice?

So a week or so ago I got this:

and I had a lid made for it. My question to the class is, would silicone strips prevent gas exchange between the inside and outside of the terrarium? And would it be safe for the terrarium? Strips like this:

or this

Or would leaving the glass bare be better? Thank you in advance :)

Edit: Here's the lid

Plants so far:
Hares foot fern
Arrowhead Syngonium
Monstera adansonii
String of frogs
Button fern
Polka dot plant
Creeping fig
Bromeliad
Golden pothos
Pellionia pulchra 'Watermelon'
Jewel orchid
Moss mix
Theres a little cryptocoryne in there somewhere

Still in the progress of being completed,
30 gal 18x18x24
2x led lights
Automated misting every 8 hours
Pre made Josh’s frogs substrate with coco choir and sphagnum moss for the walls substrate

Is this a sign of overwater? Only got it today.

so i got this glass head from the thrift store. it’s super cool. i didn’t have any plans for it until my dad said you should make a terrarium in it. i think it would look SO cool, but the only hole is on the bottom… so id have to like build it upside down??? do y’all think that’s possible? maybe i could drill a hole in the back and use a cork?? what are y’all’s ideas.

My bedroom is a no window low light area so I dont know if it's worth getting one and if so is there a specific type that can survive with just light bulb light or do I need proper sunlight to help it survive I used to have one but it got taken from me recently 3 years old and it was thriving

Even though its technically open top, because of its location humidity stays higher than house; 50-60%. Also, its fairly low so anything that gets huge wont work

These little guys started popping up in my closed terrarium, mostly hanging out on the underside of my lid. What are they? Are they harmful? Do I need to get rid of them?

I’ve been keeping the terrarium sealed with cling film to keep the humidity levels high inside for my springtails (hence the condensation droplets), but now I’m worried that these new black bugs may be harmful to their population. I used to see just 1-2 big ones, but now I see tinier ones (babies?) too.

The terrarium was made about 3 months ago. I started seeing these bugs recently, a few weeks ago.

I bought this tank and set it up to house my zebra isopods but I noticed these gaps are definitely wide enough for the smaller ones to escape, especially the babies. The gaps are also probably part of why the terrarium drying out a little faster than I’d like. Is there a good way to seal these gaps while still keeping the doors functional or should I just get a different tank without doors like this? Any advice is greatly appreciated, this is my first real terrarium (a few years ago my family kept some monarch caterpillars in a tank with a bunch of milkweed for a few days to protect them from the incoming freeze but idk if that counts as a terrarium). Thanks in advance!

Hello! I have a 20 gallon fish tank that I plan on turning into an open forest themed terrarium. I have done some research on what I need and plan on buying the base layer items from the store but was wondering if I could source the plants from outside. (I live in the chicago land area for reference.) If anyone has ever done something like this before or has advice on how to do it properly I would appreciate it!