🌿BIOACTIVE VIVARIUM FOR A LEOPARD GECKO | TERRAQUAMAN

Ciao ragazzi !
In this video I’m creating a bioactive vivarium with a custom made background and a DIY hide for a Leopard gecko.
Enjoy !

[BraydenmF]

One of my new favorite YouTubers right now

[MalzyHD]

Wow awesome work! Supernew to the channel and just built my own terrarium for my first leo gecko :)

[bluebottle]

awesome setup and very pratical. underrated build!

[LukeMcGuireoides]

Great video. Your channel is kickass. I am worried that habitat might be too humid for a leo. It should be fine as long as it doesn't get respiratory problems though.

[ToastLord]

Thank you so much for showing us the whole process of construction! For my first reptile I am going to be buying a chinese cave gecko and with a few modifications this will make the prefect enclosure!

[DoorsToHideBehind]

Only thing I'd say is I don't think the drainage layer was necessary because you won't be spraying the tank down heavily in a leopard gecko enclosure.

[SCMIY]

Should have gone with some black dirt clay bottom. They will normally have a picture of a leopard gecko on it. Plants should be desert plants, not high humidity plants. I used all the Leo-recommended materials for my Leo but still had humidity problems. It slowly got more and more irritated and would hide a lot. Now I have added a dual fan that circulates the air and lowers the humidity. Now it is so much more active and happy.

My Leo loves its heat spot (30°C, 40%) every morning when it turns on. I see it just absorb all the heat, and when the fans turn on to lower the humidity, it comes out for fresh air.

[albanyn.]

awesome setup, it looks super cool! i think there’s some things that you should be aware of for leopard gecko keeping though. not sure if you have a heat matt already in there but i’d put a thermostat at least on the light, making sure the little guy is getting enough heat or making sure it doesn’t get too hot. i’d recommend heat mats any day over heat lamps. heat lamps can be helpful for their circadian rhythm but it’s harder to pin point the exact temperature, whereas the heat mats connected to a thermostat (always use a heat mat with a thermostat) can actually detect and give an exact number and this temp can be controlled and set. leopard geckos need heat radiating under them rather than over head to digest their food properly. the heat mat should be around 91 degrees fahrenheit and the overall tank temp should be around 80 to 85. i hope this helps!

[gerardogaytan]

Quedo muy bien, si se llega a comer algo del sustrato y de los isopodos no tendra problemas?

[yourlocalmonkeyy]

Hey! So I am bored with my 10 gallon brown anole tank, and I was wondering if you could make a video on that

[IShowGoatYt]

You’re growing fast man best of luck to you❤ don’t miss me

[Will-tlsj]

Nice video man I enjoyed your editing with it as well hope to see more builds from you thank you for sharing this

[Mae_with_shark]

Incredible diy 😍but can you do a full video for the substrate please!😢🙏🏻

[Cxwzzz]

I really like the setup can you briefly tell how much everything cost together?

[francescobaiesi]

hi, can I ask you how long the terrarium was and how many packs of expanding foam did you use in total? thank you

[Sdub]

the music at the beginning make me want to shout "HECTOR!"

[LorianCaesar]

Disclaimer: I skipped through parts of the video so I didn't watch every second.

Not to hate but you could've done so much more with the background, for example sprinkled stuff like coconut fiber, moss, bark and other stuff on the expanding foam while it was still wet to create a very naturalistic look. On top of that, your DYI hide still had some rough edges which you said you were going to burn away so keep that in mind for the next time to perhaps melt the edges away some more. On top of that you were talking about perhaps adding a UVB but that's not how leopard gecko's work. You need to add UVB light like really, don't go overboard with it tho and go for like a UVB 5.0 (5%) more than that could burn the gecko and also mind the distance.
Now here comes another very important thing for leopard gecko's, you need to have multiple hides for leopard gecko's: a hot hide, a moist hide and a cool hide.
The "hot" hide comes on the warm/hot side of the tank, the cool could be on the opposite of the tank and then the moist aswell. Fill the moist hide with moss which you need to spray down once or twice a week to keep it moist which has enormous benefits for their shedding.
Indeed add a water bowl as leopard gecko's do drink which some people don't know (I heard you said something about the water bowl perhaps you don't have it in house a.t.m. so it's okay but then think of a temporary solution because they will die without access to water.

Overall decent build and I'm curious to know how your builds will look like in the future!

[Quint-hs]

what are all the things you used so i can get a idea for what i need nice video

[richardsanchez]

So in the futtue im thinking of getting a leopard gecko. And i know they need more length than height but instead of going 36x18x18 I'm thinking of going 36x18x24. I know they do climb but do you think they'll climb that much if i give them two feet?

[alliemackowski]

Looks cool, would look better if you covered the foam with real dirt or moss, plus I hope all the stuff you were using is reptile/ animal safe!😅