🌿 I BUILT A BIOACTIVE VIVARIUM FOR MY LEOPARD GECKO | TERRAQUAMAN 

Catching the kitty to check their mouth was to relatable for me had a good laugh. Turned out amazing!

Your kitty helping with the back drop was hilarious

With that set up, he is probably the happiest leopard gecko in the world!

I think this is the best leopard gecko set up I've ever seen. He looks like he likes it alot

Also I don’t think I’d use the ceramic heat due to leopard geckos liking to bask, I would use a halogen bulb for heating and make sure the UVB strip is next to it, it helps mimic the sun

The cat participation was so cute😂😂 got you back for calling kitty useless loll

I don't care what anyone says, leopard geckos are cool af. Nice build

I like this. I did this sort of thing because it’s absolutely possible to do bioactive in a drier setup. Although leopard geckos are not necessarily a true "desert" species, if you look at pictures or descriptions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India… at least not desert in the sense of a bearded dragon, a Gila monster, etc. The areas of South Asia where leopard geckos live are definitely dry and warm, especially in the summer days (and most days), but also temperate and forested in some regions, and cold in winter and at night. Rocky hillsides with bushes, canyons, ravines, glens, etc. On a similar note, I had a pair of African fat-tailed geckos for over ten years, until I had to move because of a fire. I kept reading about them not needing UVB and everything, so I figured the ideal exposure for them was to keep the tank in a northern facing window, with no UVB, but the window filled the tank with natural sunlight on a natural rhythm. Animals and plants are very sensitive to circadian rhythms and solar patterns. At night, I had the blacklight for them, which they frequently laid under. But during the day, they slept on the heating pad, and the natural light was there if they needed it. After we had a fire, I had to move. But surprisingly I was able to "gift" them to the San Diego Zoo, where I live. I don’t know if they’re actually on exhibit, though I’ve seen the species there before, but a lady from the zoo came to my house and took them from me. So that was the best case scenario.

Wow she looks so happy in her humid hide, it's so beautiful how you can provide such amazing habitats for all of your animals.

Your pets have to be some of the happiest animals alive, all their terrariums are awesome

I did enjoy watching this build , I do have suggestions I've found that ferns dry out fast and pathos grows huge, you could use parlor palms small coffee tree's and Buddhists pine and experiment with lighting and placement, I've found that of the three suggestions the palm grows the tallest and fastest I'd also look into "string of turtles" as an option as well. hope that helps, keep it up man.

I like that tunnel design it looks pretty awesome

Thank you for doing these setups correctly to many channels are far to low effort. Your content is highly underrated and you need far more viewers.

I love this build but coil UVB is horrible for any reptile, I recommend using a long UVB strip such as shadeweller 7% by Arcadia (Arcadia has better lights)

Wow man, the quality of the video is even better in this one, great job!!

Your living room is such a dream. I would be so happy if mine looked like that. As well as my tanks.

Awesome vivarium set-up!!

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I’m so glad you did this I absolutely hated the old design😭🙏

i love your builds, keep up the good work!

I love these build videos especially lizard, dragon and the gecko builds. Keep it up

Beautiful! I always learn new methods of building vivariums from you. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!

love everything about this build :)

Watching ur videos are so fun, especially building these terrariums!!!!

these deserve so much more recognition. beautiful work man. cheers.

I watched this video on my TV and let me tell you it a great experience. ❤❤

I miss my leopard gecko, he passed away while I was moving. He loved when I cleaned up his enclosure, so I always laid it in a new way. Always curious I named him Georgie. RIP ❤

Full on in research mode for my very first gecko here at our place and the balloon idea is genius! What a great result for the whole vivarium. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. can't wait to see what other videos the channel has to offer!

Hipster jar...thank you for that 🤣

Wanted to say that I really love your channel. You make beautiful and natural looking habitats. By the way the balloon technique to make the caves was genius. As a leopard gecko owner I wanted to provide some advices I guess. First of all the gecko you have seems to be pretty overweight, I would cut back on the worms and just keep him on crickets for like a few months (crickets have less fat than worms). Another thing is that leopard geckos sleep during the day and come out at night when the lights are off, so your heating lamp doesn’t make much sense as it won’t really bask. In nature they come out once the sun is down and lie down on warm rocks which is why heat mats are usually the way to go with the Leo geckos. You can just put one under the terrarium on one side so that it can have a warm hide. To add to the lights topic, leopard geckos with lighter eyes such as yours are very sensitive to light and can really just see better in the darkness, I remember I tried feeding mine with the lights on and it just wouldn’t even see the cricket, in your case the gecko is obviously experienced and can see the insects but still, make sure to turn off the light at the evening and so it’s dark until morning. I also sincerely hope he picks a poop spot that’s not in the cave system lol. Anyhow I hope this helps, once again love your channel and your vids (your editing is really good) and give your beautiful cat a treat from me )))

I use gutter pipe pieces for my tunnels. 3in wide or they have 2in ones. I get them at home Depot. Love your videos. I don't record the process of building mine. Just snap photos of the sequences. Xo from MD ❤❤❤

It turned out beatiful! I love your tanks and itˋs amazing how naturalistic an big most of them are. But if I may give you a few tips, the bearded dragon enclosure should offer more opportunities for climbing and in my opinion the homes for „bigger“ reptiles as the bearded dragon and the Basilisk could never be tall enough. The terrariums for your other animals are perfect though. Another thought - maybe you should give your leopard gecko less fat worms, he needs a diet ;) Really appreciate your videos 🤗

love these types of videos

Great job! I like the clip that you included about their natural habitat. But I cried a little bit when you used the sub stratum as a drainage layer! (Good thing you got them for free) Also, what a chonky gecko! 😅

Awesome video!! Fantastic enclosure 🤩. Your gecko looks very happy with his new home. I recently had to say good bye to my Leo (Willy) he was 22.5 yrs old! He lived a good long life but he is missed. Keep up the great work.

Nice work dude the tank looks very naturalistic and I’m sure your gecko will enjoy it very much!

He loves the tunnel... great job!❤

I hope my house looks like yours someday! So many cool critters & habitats! Awesomeness!! 👍👍💗

This is an awesome enclosure. The leopard gecko will love it. My only question is, what if you needed to get access inside of the cave. The only way is to break it open. I don’t see why you would have to more a what if moment.

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Total belter ( Scottish word for awesome)😂 another work of living art , keep em coming bud 😁👌👌👌

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Lovely enclosure, that terra sahara substrate always looks pretty fun to work with! Your new gecko is a very lucky lil' friend!❤ My late leopard gecko Diego would like to argue with the 'up to 20 year lifespan' thing though as she made it to 23 years!❤

i want to be biologist and buy a lot of exotic animals and take care also make content. hope i can achieve my goal. i kinda admire you on this point.

Yo, you always have the best videos

Hey, I loved watching this build and I wanted to try something similar for my leopard gecko. I was wondering if you could link all of the products you used in the description?

It’s the cat and the sandals that keep me coming back.

Love this channel funny and good information 👍

I think the camera focus, is auto focus when you come in to view. If its like mine, touch focus in the frame and leave it on manual focus to that focus point and it should hold that point rather than going from shallow to far focused when you move in and out of frame. Without knowing what you have that is

I didn't know that people attributed both red sand/soil to Australia, and leopard geckos to arrid desert climates. Red soils and sands are found famously in other parts of the world; and leopard geckos are geckos, the soft skinned lizards with the freaky feat evolved to climb in their native environment of usually warm wet forrests.

nice cool

100% how im gonna do my enclouser for my leopard gecko

Only thing I'd suggest is getting different grass it's going to dry out super quick over those lights. The desert look would still look good though

Nu har du gjort det igen - ett underbart bo. Nästan så att jag vill flytta in tillsammans med leopardgeckon i den där tunneln ... 😁

The idea and outcome are amazing, but what if one of the balloon pops then the cave system might break

Your gecko looks a smidge overweight but the enclosure is great and I’m sure with so much enrichment he will be able to work off some of his chub

Do you have one of those solar meter things? I would want to measure how much UVB that coil light supplies because I've always heard that they are completely inadequate. BTW, great video, as usual

My anxiety would not allow having hides that couldn't be accessed. Especially for leopard geckos cuz you know that one of those caves is going to become his bathroom. In my experience it's usually the humid one 😂

old guy is loving his retirement home i see, great job man!

thanks for the great balloon idea, what clay was that

Hi, this was a very betyflr vivarium!, but I have a question, what's the feeding routin of the geko to keep it so big and healthey? THANK YOU A LOT😄👌

That is one overweight gecko. Dang! But you made an absolutely beautiful environment for him. With all that extra room maybe he'll burn off some fat.

I love geckos but my family doesn't let me have them. I've had every pet you can think of, but I've never had a reptile. What should I do to convince my family?

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hi, how do you clean that? I would like to make a terrarium like that, pleace tell us

My good sir, that very expensive substratum is for the plants. Its supposed to be used as a soil additive or even a complete soil replacment. Using it as the drainage layer is a huge waste 😢 Also, the use of the clay for the humid hide, may result in a weak design. The clay is ment to dry and harden compleatly. Continues spraying to water the plants and moisten said hide will eventually wash the clay out and result in a colaps. Dont get me wrong, this all looks amazing. But even the use of coiled uvb and the che. Lots of things that will need to eventually be changed to dial in for more consistent husbandry. I would of went with a linear uvb bulb and a dhp.

What happens if you need to get him out but he's in the hide? 🤔

How do you clean the poop inside or the cave ? 😅

WHY DID HE KEEP POURING WATER IN THE BOWL AFTER IT WAS OVERFLOWING 😭 23:52

no hate but coil uvb lights tend to be awful. You should get a uv radar to see if its working.

Can someone explain to me why the pothos plant started to die and he removed it?

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where did you get him from

Зачем UVB сумеречно-ночной ящерице?

WIth Leopard Geckos (and all animals especially Lizards) it's not always the best idea to imitate the natural habitat conditions... those geckos are 3-7 (or more) generations removed from the wild... a little humidity won't make them spontaneously combust... and also just because they CAN survive in different climates doesn't mean they will thrive there.... it's the same principle as a Betta fish in a glass... they will survive but not particularly great

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Dont use UVB for leopards, dear god this is not bearded dragon.

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