akaangela
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Hi all. I haven't been here in a long time so I thought I would say hi. I still have 9 leopard geckos and 3 mourning geckos. I got 3 leopard geckos as "pets" about a year ago. They where supposed to be adults but in 9 months they doubled their weight (almost) and are growing by leaps and bounds. I dont think this is normal. They are by no means fat. Should I just keep up their regular routine and see what happens? Growing is good right?
About 2 weeks ago I got my mourning geckos. Before I set up the bioactive terrarium I just had regular fake palnts and I didn't seal up the vents in my terrarium (I looked but I didn't see any gaps).. Well very quickly I went from 4 mourning geckos to 1 in the enclosure. I took it down and did a much better job in looking for holes. I found out that they where excaping at the back where the hoses came into the enclosuar. So I closed them up (I hope) tight enough to keep them inside. You wont believe it but that day I found one of my mourning geckos hiding in my light dome. I was able to catch it
Then, lo and behold, a few hours later a mourning gecko just walked onto my computer station. So I caught 2 in about 2 hours 3-4 days after they escaped. Isn't that wild? I have never caught 2 excapees so close togeather when I was sure they where in the wind. So I put the two I caught into deli cups and decided since I had two already caught I might as well make it into a bioactive terrarium now instead of later. I have a drainage layer. I had some clay balls but they only went up about 3/4". I figured I needed a bigger drainage layer so I went to a local store and they said parilite would work, so I got it and put it into my enclosure. Will the parilite be ok as a drainage layer? I have never seen anyone else using it. I put my abg soil mix down and put some moss down. Then I put a boston fern, an asperagus fern and a lipstick plant (vine) In. I ordered some leaf litter the same time I ordered everything else, but I have had the tank up (without the leaf litter) for a little over a week, and I have not gotten the leaf litter yet . I decided not to get my clean up crew yet because I had not put my leaf litter down. It seems like my plants are growing great guns. I can't believe it because I have never been able to grown anything. My asperagus fern had a stem coming up from the top of the plant and it was (no joke) growing a inch or two a DAY. I cut it off today as it had hit the top of the terrarium. My boston fern has new growth on 6 of it's leaves. NOTHING is dead (yet). My question is do I have to worry about fertlizer for my plants because I do not have a clean up crew? All my plants are doing so well I would really love it if they stayed healthy. I mean I REALLY have a BLACK thumb so growing things scare me and I don't know what to do for them.
Tell me what you think of my terrarium.
Before making it into a bioactive terrarium
After
About 2 weeks ago I got my mourning geckos. Before I set up the bioactive terrarium I just had regular fake palnts and I didn't seal up the vents in my terrarium (I looked but I didn't see any gaps).. Well very quickly I went from 4 mourning geckos to 1 in the enclosure. I took it down and did a much better job in looking for holes. I found out that they where excaping at the back where the hoses came into the enclosuar. So I closed them up (I hope) tight enough to keep them inside. You wont believe it but that day I found one of my mourning geckos hiding in my light dome. I was able to catch it
Then, lo and behold, a few hours later a mourning gecko just walked onto my computer station. So I caught 2 in about 2 hours 3-4 days after they escaped. Isn't that wild? I have never caught 2 excapees so close togeather when I was sure they where in the wind. So I put the two I caught into deli cups and decided since I had two already caught I might as well make it into a bioactive terrarium now instead of later. I have a drainage layer. I had some clay balls but they only went up about 3/4". I figured I needed a bigger drainage layer so I went to a local store and they said parilite would work, so I got it and put it into my enclosure. Will the parilite be ok as a drainage layer? I have never seen anyone else using it. I put my abg soil mix down and put some moss down. Then I put a boston fern, an asperagus fern and a lipstick plant (vine) In. I ordered some leaf litter the same time I ordered everything else, but I have had the tank up (without the leaf litter) for a little over a week, and I have not gotten the leaf litter yet . I decided not to get my clean up crew yet because I had not put my leaf litter down. It seems like my plants are growing great guns. I can't believe it because I have never been able to grown anything. My asperagus fern had a stem coming up from the top of the plant and it was (no joke) growing a inch or two a DAY. I cut it off today as it had hit the top of the terrarium. My boston fern has new growth on 6 of it's leaves. NOTHING is dead (yet). My question is do I have to worry about fertlizer for my plants because I do not have a clean up crew? All my plants are doing so well I would really love it if they stayed healthy. I mean I REALLY have a BLACK thumb so growing things scare me and I don't know what to do for them.Tell me what you think of my terrarium.
Before making it into a bioactive terrarium
After
