Recent content by IrohtheVeiled

I live in Wisconsin too I’d say if you’re worried bout RH being low, opt for a hybrid cage, they do a much better job keeping ambient humidity up than screen cages. The Dragonstrand hybrid PVC cage does great and is worth the price. My apartment dries out too when I run my heat yet I keep it...

Your curtain setup is super smart! :)

It’s all placement, not too wet, not too dry, and room to grow vertically. and a little stroke of luck that your Cham doesn’t eat the new growth when it’s in the establishment phase never hurts either. Both of these trees have been in a viv for at least 3 months though, the one on the left has...

One month after replanting the cage, everything looks great. Changing out substrate and starting everything from a place of having automated heat and humidity has made a world of difference. I’ve had no die off on any plant multiple growth points occurring at both pachira and the wondering...

Aww thanks for complementing my guy This is a hybrid cage (specifically the dragon strand hybrid cage) the sides are PVC. They’re made by Bill Strand the chameleon academy guy, they are a little pricy, you can get a similar setup with supplies from a hardware store, at least in terms of solid...

Also you cannot go wrong with pothos They are fast growers, offer vines for climbing, and are hardy. If you notice my guy enjoys hanging out over his pothos as it’s a nice little humidity sink

They have specific sizes for specific cage sizes. But yeah they’re awesome you can get cover higher up and they serve as a solid mounting point for your branch network too. It’s the only way I got it so my floor is entirely bare which allows me to use a mesh screen for full drainage of water out...

Once you do go up to a bigger cage mounting plants on the sides is the move I’ve personally used dragon ledges for this task but there’s also diy strategies to do so. Best part about you having an temporary cage you’re using while you’re figuring out the health stuff is you can build out the...

Your guy has the funniest name I love it

Looking better every day. :) just stay consistent with incremental changes and you’ll be golden

I will say that covering the soil with rocks is correct to address the issue of eating soil. I use smooth river stones on my lower pots, veileds are more prone to soil eating and mine seemed to have an interest in the lower pots around misting intervals. And yes they’ll often do this behavior...

Good luck! Hope it all comes back negative so you can focus on long term plans for a full size enclosure

If it makes you feel more at ease, for a first enclosure you did a great job overall Lighting, cover, and temps are all on point, make the small adjustments mentioned ti compensate for the screen climbing and you’ll be fine (The only thing that stopped my veiled from screen walking was when...

Slight tilt is fine my pothos tilts maybe 15 degrees towards cage center and it’s not dramatic enough to stall out the growth

If you want your wandering Jew to be less leggy you could trim it by a node and let it root in water They tend to stretch like that when light is scarce When it’s bushy and compact it tends to be happy