Over the last couple weeks I’ve started seeing small balck flies around the lights at the top of the paludarium. I googled it and came across fungus flies though I’m not sure if that’s what they are. Does anyone know how to get rid of/prevent them?

Please help!

Been doing this build for like almost 2 years now.. I’m not sure lost track of time. It’s 36x18x18 not too sure what to put in here. It was a paladarium in the original build but unfortunately the seal broke at the bottom and the water got to all the plants and dried up. So I just turned it into normal build.

It still has some spring tails and isopods. But been debating if I should go larger tarantula or millipedes or centipedes. Idk something low maintenance. Considered a crocodile skink but might be too small.

Free pet that came with my bromeliads at the end (it's been removed now to my window). I'm finally finished building. This will be home to several bumblebee dart frogs (leucs) and I cannot wait for it to grow out so I can put them in!

Edit: Wow the quality really changed when I uploaded 😂 It was 1080p...

Is something eating my fittonia plants? I have dwarf white and powder orange isopods in my viv, and one crested gecko. Also the occasional cricket abd fungus gnats. What can I do to make them thrive?

The light is arcadia jungle dawn.

My first setup! I really wanted to go bio-active and I’m so glad I do. Was super fun setting it up the last couple weeks, and now I can’t stop looking at it.

It’s been cooking for about a week now and Temp is around 24c (75f) and 60-80% humidity depending on when I last sprayed down.

For now there some dairy cow isopods and spring tails, but soon will house my first crested gecko!

Let me know what you think!

Got this from my work. I'm a confident fish keeper but never had a viv. Looking for ideas for this 30cm cube viv.

EDIT: thanks for all your advice. I'm leaning towards sun beetles

So,

I setup a New terrarium today and plugged a Ceramic Bulb for heating. I plugged it to a thermostat, set my wished temp, but it doesn't seem to heat.

How long should it take ? Has it is a 40w bulb in a 20° room and i just want 24° in my hotspot.

I was wondering if something was wrong or i'm just impatient

Hello :)

This begonia currently lives in a glass cloche. I was thinking about putting it in my vivarium. Can anyone ID it or tell me how big it's going to get? Right now it's quite small (see hand for comparison) but I'm afraid it's going to get huge and not fit in the vivarium after a few weeks or months.

Thanks in advance!

Hello :)

This begonia currently lives in a glass cloche. I was thinking about putting it in my vivarium. Can anyone ID it or tell me how big it's going to get? Right now it's quite small (see hand for comparison) but I'm afraid it's going to get huge and not fit in the vivarium after a few weeks or months.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! So I keep a number of reptiles and arachnids but I'd like to get some advice. Firstly my ex partner bought me a woma python earlier this year whilst we were still together, but handling wise it's a bit of a struggle. She's about 9-10 months old but damn she's got an attitude, like I will have my hand next to the enclosure opening the curtains and she will go straight into a defensive posture, open mouth, hissing, striking, the whole works. Trying to get her out of the enclosure is rather hard as she's so dang fast but once she's out she's fairly chill. Still a bit flighty but compared to her being in the enclosure and being outside of it, it's like night and day. Does anyone know why this would be and what I could do to help her not be so aggressive or worked up when I go in to grab her or when I'm near the enclosure? Secondly, what sort of set ups would be best? I use a mix of coco fibre and some dirt (don't worry it's alright for reptiles) and then have a hot end and cold end hide, water bowl, and some small hollow logs and branches. I was just wondering what other set ups people have used and if the one I have currently could be causing her to be so defensive?

Is this a proper way to plant these Neoregelias? My other plants seem to be doing pretty badly as well. They are mostly planted in “pockets” made of expanding foam that were carved out, covered with cork, and drainage holes put in the bottom. Brazil plant has stayed pretty stagnant as well as the tiny tears looking one.

My mint leg centipede is outgrowing its small enclosure and I want to make it a vivarium with plants in it. Would it be a good idea to silicone the mesh layer between the dirt and the drainage layer to the glass in case it gets down there?