My bio active enclosure.
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Rhea’s mum
Established Member
Looks good. Only thing I would keep an eye on is the jungle vines. They are quite flaky so when shedding the Cham sometimes rubs and bits can come off the vine and go in the eye if that’s what the are rubbing.
KGun19
Member
Is this a serious question? Yea I have soil under the moss.
AmandaS
Retired Moderator
I was super confused, just wondering how you are keeping your plants alive in peat moss. Lol. Then you made your comment so I went back and looked...and I can see your planter in there poking up a little.
Hi there and welcome. Those are some beautiful plants you found.
The jungle vines are going to be a high risk item.... They rub their eyes on them also Panthers will bite branches as they start to mature and taste everything. Jungle vines flake off very easily and break down to where you can pull strips of the coating off quite easily. I would replace these with real branches.
Keep an eye on the moss that posses an impaction risk. If the feeders get down in it and the cham goes down to hunt them then there is danger having it. It does not digest well.
What lighting for UVB did you end up getting?
The jungle vines are going to be a high risk item.... They rub their eyes on them also Panthers will bite branches as they start to mature and taste everything. Jungle vines flake off very easily and break down to where you can pull strips of the coating off quite easily. I would replace these with real branches.
Keep an eye on the moss that posses an impaction risk. If the feeders get down in it and the cham goes down to hunt them then there is danger having it. It does not digest well.
What lighting for UVB did you end up getting?
jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
How's it not a serious question, if you look at the side, we just see moss piled up. None of my bio enclosures have been set up like that so I'm sure other people, just like me, were wondering what was going on. No need to be rude
KGun19
Member
Thanks, I’ll look into a more ghost branch for him. I bought a shooting gallery the other day so hopefully I won’t be using my ghetto feeder much longer. So risk should be less with a feeder making its way out. I have 2 18 inch t8’s I see that you preach the arcadia T5. So my question to you is can I let both my T’8s run there course and replace them with a t5 in 6 months. Or should I stop using them all together and just buy it now.
So the real difference between the T5 and the T8 is the distance the UVB is pushed... A T5 with a 5.0 or 6% will push the uvb much farther then a T8 with a 5.0 or 6%.
And it looks like you have quite a bit of distance between your uvb and the basking below it. What bulb strength are you using?
Personally I would get two daylight bulbs for the T8 fixtures so they are not wasted and buy the T5 with a 5.0 or 6% bulb. Basking would be 9 inches below this.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Besides what other members have said about the moss, it may make it more difficult for your beautiful lady to dig thru when she lays eggs. I used cut up sphagnum moss sparingly and mixed in with my soil when I set up my ladies’ enclosures.
KGun19
Member
5 is a male .
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh...the panther in the pic looks female. Sorry.
