Bioactive Gecko Vivarium STEP BY STEP ecosystem

My gargoyle Gecko Fuji was kicked from his home by a colony of ants. Now he's getting a new lease on life with a brand new, bioactive, subtropical jungle enclosure. Soon we will revisit this and make more a complete ecosystem, but for now this should do him well

Bioactive enclosures make excellent and enriching homes for countless reptiles and amphibians being kept in captivity. They emulate their wild environments in a truly beautiful way, and utilize a "clean up crew" to create a nearly maintenance free setup. An enclosure very similar to this would make a perfect home for a variety of tree frogs, arboreal lizards, and tons of geckos; especially crested and gargoyle geckos.

[chickenspheres]

been an avid terrarium builder for years, just recently found your channel and watched your most recent upload, so sad to hear what happened, but leafy this channel will blow up in the coming years for sure

[leafystreet]

Hey guys, thanks for all the love on this post. I had someone ask to pin everything I was using in the video so here goes nothin. These are not affiliate links. Jeff Bezos rejected my application. Peace!

[LGIsTheGoat]

I have two pet geckos a boy and a girl and whoever likes this comment is one fly for my geckos. This is gonna be fun 😅

[christinem]

Im building my own enclosure for a crestie I want to get next week. Love this setup! Thanks for the inspiration and tips 😁✌️

[breedube]

That little environment is gorgeous great job 👍

[ciranium]

Looks great! Awesome choice with the alocasias and schflerra couple things for your next build skip spray foam and try wood glue mixed with substrate and essentially "paint" the background and another thing carniverous plants are perfectly fine in vivs i use lots of species in my dart frog tanks and they love them and definitely not dairy cows but maybe some sort of panda kings?

[richardsanchez]

1:11 that's a good tip gotta remember that.

[whiyz]

Looks great! I have a crestie and your vivarium is making me jealous! For the isopods though, those are definitely not dairy cows. Porcellio Laevis have wider bodies and the black/white is a lot more vibrant. I'm seeing a little blue in there as well which is not normal. As a breeder, the only colors I see are black and white and very rarely do you get ones with only one color, but it is always just white and never only black. Could be oreo crumbles and they might have crossbred with powder blues to make that blue tint. Cool thing is that if those are oreos, they will crossbreed with your oranges and make a cool orange/white combo. Love the setup though! Keep up the good work!

[Kitten_choas]

Rip fugi😭 you’ll be missed rest in power😢

[tyicbranch]

Hi buddy I'm really impressed with the video and the the way you explained everything you definitely inspired me to look more in to a bioactive set up

[kenjiro]

Which plants in the setup were able to handle the gecko?

Are there any species of plants that you added struggle?

[DarkuHD]

I also have a gargoyle gecko and love this videos thats why I ask can we get an update of them pls.

[veradolis]

I sense that you digest a good amount of "ididathing". This is not an insult. I discovered you earlier through your dwarf frogs video and have been on a binge for an hour or so, great work.

[LukeMcGuireoides]

I recently built my first vivarium, for a crested gecko. I can't keep my begonia rex alive. I got a substrate kit from NEherp. The substrate is similar to an abg mix. I think the plant isn't getting enough water, since the soil drain so well. I also need another tall plant for the right side. I ordered a black velvet alocasia from joshs frogs l, but it's a small three leafer, with the leaves at ground level. I chafe at getting another plant I don't actually like simply due to functionality, but I think I'm gonna go with an umbrella plant. Maybe in the spring, when the Lowes has a better plant selection I can replace it with something desirable.

[maxking]

Dang.. that’s a great enclosure. Honestly my favorite one I’ve ever seen, and I would like to be able to make one as good as this lol. I recently made a new one but my plants aren’t seeming to be doing too good 😢

[Ozzy_Animations]

It’s so sad to know that Fuji passed away😢
R.I.P Fuji😢😢😢

[Flicker_thefox]

RIP Fuji you died doing what you love.

[HyenaActual]

Could you do a video talking about gargoyle geckos and like how good of a pet for beginners etc?? I really like how they look but idk how easy they are to take care of.

[mfi-cfsp]

I wish more did little stats like that too!

[xx.ultraviolet]

Do you have any videos or recommendations of handling mold in a crested gecko bioactive enclosure I just never had a mold problem with my bioactive set ups for reptiles and I’m not sure what to do.
some people say it’s bad because it can cause respiratory issues and to redo the whole cage
some people say that it’s good and safe and won’t harm gecko if anything mold shows a successful set up. However,
I wanna know if any of the stuff I’m researching is true and what to do next.
The isopods and springtails are not eating it.
the mold a group of these small little white dots
They’re deep in the substrate
And I only see it on the sides of the glass not even the top of the soil towards back corner of the enclosure and the mold is even on my a small amount of my hydro balls in the drainage layer I scooped some out airated the soil a bit since soil felt compacted and my crestie is in a little quarantine setup for the time being