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Looks good so far. I've done a couple similar builds, feel free to shoot me a DM if you want to discuss anything. I bought and tested several inexpensive light bulbs for their effectiveness growing plants in a tall vivarium (regular, floods, spots, multi-diode LEDs) I can give you my impressions...

Haha well you're making progress. Disclosure: I think I am down to 46 actually, I removed a few that weren't doing as well to make additional room for the ones that were. We have some natural(ish) selection going on in the enclosure. My hope is to eventually build a huge terrarium that's about...

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Howdy Everyone, I'm under quarantine in California and am losing my mind to boredom. I made a show-and-tell video of my panther setup at the roughly 1 year mark that I figure I'd share here for any interested parties. I've had good luck with my plant collection and have about fifty different...

I'm happy to hear your chameleon improved without veterinary intervention. To be fair though, the advice to seek veterinary care was good advice. Like humans or any other animal, chameleons can improve spontaneously, or spiral and get worse. Reptiles also don't clear infections as well as...

My understanding is that the bromeliads usually sold at the supermarket or garden center stores are Guzmania bromeliads, which tend to be sold for their colorful blooms. The reason they die is because they bloom at the natural end of their life cycle, then they split into new pups as the mother...

I really like this picture, may I ask what you used for background/lighting?

In my experience growing a ton of plants (I think I'm up to ~75 species or so) under various artificial lights in and outside of terrariums, it depends on potting mix and habituation. Ficus should be able to take a fair amount of water. I have one growing with my poison dart frogs, and while...

I have a false bottom in my vivarium for drainage, and the wastewater empties into a bucket. SerpaDesign's channel on YouTube has a few tutorials on false bottoms for planted terrarius. If you're using a screen cage with a tray, no substrate, and potted plants, you could put clay balls (I think...

I think a panther would be a good call. I personally like them more than veileds, but they are more expensive. The issue is not so much whether or not you're a quick learner and more that if you get an import they may have underlying disease that will manifest later, regardless of your...

I think there's been a lot of good information posted already. I would like to add: in terms of humidity gauges: the plastic circle analog ones that are sold for reptiles are almost universally junk and don't actually work. If you don't have one already, I would recommend an electronic one...

For what it's worth I might reconsider the flap neck as your first chameleon. In my experience captive bred is one of the most important aspects to consider when selecting a reptile, and it'll be hard to find a CB flapneck (the link is for wild caught animals). Wild caught animals, particularly...

I prefer glass enclosures with vents for the reasons already described (humidity in my house is usually around 45% and keeping it up with a screen cage wasn't working very well). If you do go with a screen cage I would recommend an automated misting system as it will need to be misted very...

That's less than ideal, I'm terrible at ping-pong

Do you remember when you first had access to them commercially?