where & what

[LLT]

I am thinking about making a bioactive enclosure out of my 20L. Should I put the heat pad on the side, back or under the 4" substrate? What is the most popular substrate?

 

[acpart]

Here's an article written awhile ago by someone who had a very successful leopard gecko bioactive enclosure. I'm also including a link to the previous article where she discusses the leopard gecko's native habitat:

Holistic Design in Bioactive Vivariums: Leopard Geckos, Part 1 - Gecko Time

All bioactive enclosures have the same basic requirements, but the needs of your main inhabitant dictate the ways in which you can support bioactivity. Many people have claimed it impossible to create a bioactive desert terrarium, but let’s not forget that life persists all over the earth, even...

geckotime.com

Holistic Design in Bioactive Vivariums: Leopard Geckos, Part 2 - Gecko Time

This is the fourth article in this series and part 2 of leopard geckos. Gecko Time readers might recognize this enclosure from a previous leopard gecko bioactive article. What happened? Superworms! Zophobas morio overpopulated and became a smelly nuisance, and the worms escaped through gaps...

geckotime.com

Aliza