I Built a BIOACTIVE Vivarium for my CRAZY Crested Gecko! 

Your crestie was a tokay gecko in a previous life. I shouldn't be laughing but that little spicy dude is hilarious. 😂

Looks great, Kayla! That’s the most aggressive crested gecko I’ve ever seen 🤣

Pretty sure your Crestie is an undercover agent for the Tokay delegation 🤣 You've got beautiful setups! I'm so glad there's someone other than SerpaDesign doing gorgeous setups on RU-vid! Your channel will get HUGGEEEE P.S. Sorry Dav Kaufman but Kayla now officially has the best hair in the reptile game 🤣

Need more Groot videos . Has a personality that is addictive to watch

I have never seeen such a created gecko before! That's crazy! At least he has a good mother!

Dam I never knew you could make something so realistic like this. You are very talented and your channel is underrated I look forward to more amazing videos like this one. I'm jealous, I wish I could make something like this for my leopard gecko but I know even if I had all the necessary materials I could never make a terrarium as good as yours.

I was blessed with a sweet crested gecko. Although he is super skittish and doesn’t really like being handled he sometimes waits for me to come replace his food and must his tank. Love this build by the way, it looks so good! I plan on doing something like this once my crestie is old enough to get a larger tank. Thanks for the inspiration!

That set up is amazing! So beautiful. Your gecko is funny.

great video, the enclosure looks amazing

Instead of coating the exterior of the foam with silicone, I've seen a few of prominent reliable people here on yt, can't remember who exactly, use this stuff called Dry-lock. You just paint it on with a brush. It's perfectly safe and waterproof and doesn't have to cure. I'm not sure, but what I've been wondering is if you could use this and skip shaving off the surface of the foam. That would be so much easier. The bubbly look of the foam wouldnt be noticeable once coated with moss or whatever. I've gotta look into this. I'm gonna get a crestie and build a vivarium one day, if I can ever afford it. Your video was very helpful, not to mention good content. Thx, from north Alabama

Loved this. I have a tokay and gargoyle I'm looking to do new enclosures for, and this is encouraging me to do my own instead of buying the substrate kits. So much money to save, and I'd rather spend that time workibng with my kids as well.

I bet thats his calmest too. When that gecko is eating, its a movie scene. Unless eating is the only time when the Gecko is calm😂 Great work, Amazing video, Keep up the hard work👏👏👏

Absolutely my favorite bioactive how-to video!! I’ve saved it and watched it several times. I look back on it for reference more times than I can count. Absolutely wonderful video! And love groot!!🤣

That crested gecko I don't know to be scared of it or admire its cuteness

no joke this is one of the best vivarium i saw, this was really helpfull!

Nice tank! Groot really is beautiful! Looky no touchy lol , keep us posted!

Amazing process! Definitely a work of art! Also your little demon is interesting.

OMG That crestie is hilarious

I'm actually really impressed with this video and the viverum I'm planning on trying to make a bioactive set up for my crested gecko it's a year old now to be honest I just didn't now were to start but this video definitely inspired me to look more in to bioactive set ups

Amazing video like always ❤️

Wow!!! So gorgeous, as a plant lover and animal lover this is a dream come true, I need to get a crested asap

Really awesome video. Love to see that your videos are blowing up! It looks so professional

So cool! I'm getting ready to make my first enclosure so your video was helpful!! Thanks for posting!

Loved this video. Very informative and entertaining. Groot is amazing.

That’s a beautiful set up I love the plant selection

this is amazing! so talented :)

Beautiful job

beautiful setup.

amazing job kayla....

Awesome set up there that gecko was really grumpy lol you kept calm about it

Awesome tank!!! I like using in the background gorilla glue. It cures faster! I’m doing a video on emerald tree skink because of your recommendation! It will be a tank build!

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omg im so ready for a reptile room tour

Wow this is a stunning build!! I'm getting a Leachie soon and i hope i can make something this pretty 🙌

Look stunning and georgeous mam great video and awesome full of surprises and knowledge

Thats a beautiful vivarium setup. The Arcadia Jungle Dawn LED Light Bars are great and really bright. I'm in the process of setting up a new vivarium for my Sudan Plated Lizards at the moment. I have a few plants for it but it's going to be pretty dry and I was wondering if the volcanic product would be useful particularly around the plants. So far I've got a Haworthia, a Ponytail Palm and some ornamental Grass. It's quite a large vivarium measuring 72x36x24 inches.

Holy Moses! That tank looks FANTASTIC. I've been watching hours of crestie vivaria videos and that is one of the best, hands down. About your lighting, does a LED strip like that do the trick? Is it enough to make the plants really grow? It looks very affordable. There isn't much to it at all.

I love these build videos makes me want to get a huge enclosure set up for my cresteds and completely deck it out for them. I have plenty of stuff for it, I just need to figure out which tank would be sacrificed as their new enclosure. I have a 75, 55, 40, 90 and if my fish doesn’t get better soon I’ll have a second 40. My 20 is going to be taken soon and my 29 has a arboreal conversion kit on it for my gargoyle…. I have a problem

amazing, i am looking to try my hand at creating my own Viv environment and this is a perfect training video

yooo this is so dope !!

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that looks great! cant wait to get my crestie a larger tank and build up a better vivarium.

Should have named that guy Tokay… his little angry face was adorable

this crestie is the meanest i've ever seeeen, my feelings would be so hurt haha

Awesome

I just came across your channel. I feel like your channel is very professional 👌 keep it up girl.

Awsome 👌👌👌👌👌👌💚💚🦎

Love you videos :)

Grroooooootttttt!

Great video 😀. Smashed it 💥👍🏻

Love the vid! Was wondering if you had a link to the wood you used for your backdrop as well as the plants! I’m having a hard time on where to get plants…

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Great video! Did you wait to introduce him to the enclosure to give time for the plants to root themselves? Or did you introduce him right away?

Do you ever have to do a big clean every 2 weeks with that setup? Love your videos

Love the set up! I’m looking into making one for my crested but I can never seem to find good hardscape, do you have any recommendations for where to get some?

nice video i plan on making a vivariam my self

I know this was a year ago, but how long did you have to wait for: 1) the expanding foam to set before carving 2) the silicone to cure and 3) before placing your gecko in? Thank you! I live this build ❤

I love him😂😂😂

Great job, Kayla. It looks amazing. Next life, I'm coming back as one of your pets so I can live in a full country estate like this one. I promise that I won't bite you, lol, I'll be a little more appreciative.

XD what a Charakter! Great video thanks for Sharing

I never thought cresties could bite that hard. Beautiful work. My only thought is why peat moss? Isn't it an unrenewable resource?

Great video you do great work. It’s awesome. Will your gecko always be aggressive? Sorry, I’m new and learning. I hope to get an enclosure and get it set up in the next few months. Thank you for sharing. I’m a new sub. Your also very beautiful. ☺️

Hi, I'm working on a bioactive for my crested gecko and your video has been really helpful! Are there any UVB and grow lights you recommend? I need something that will work well for an 18x18x24 tank. Thanks!

cresties wont bite they said 😜

I am going to my first reptile expo in 2 weeks! , I have been doing tons of research and I am very much anticipating purchasing one. This would be my dream setup! I am going to try to do it but it would be my first bio active build! Any other tips for a beginner? Also, awesome vid Kayla. I’m subscribing! Also your gecko has quite the personality!🤣

Omg Kayla you are so beautiful!!

Great setup. Wow he's so mean.

beautiful job on the new bio active set up...u did an amazing job...its too bad groot doesn't know how much time, love, money, and thought went into making his new home...if he doesnt appreciate it then just know all of us watching certainly do....lol

What watt was your bulb and also what heat do you use? Is it a dual mercury bulb? Also what watt for led strip. I’m doing a Ikea cabinet up and struggling with what heat and lights to use as making it bio active

I’m building a crested gecko foam background right now, the wood I’m using for the hard scape isn’t the most mold resistant, do you think I could coat the wood with silicone to prevent mold, similar to how you coated the foam background?

This looks SOO good, but do you need a background?

How is the nerve plant holding up? I have had trouble with it in the past due to high humidity, it brought pests so I was wondering if it is a good option for my gecko vivarium? Thank you

How long after the foam and silicone cure do you continue and add the plant life n such

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Which led strip and bulb did you get I worry about wattage because I know they don’t like Heat so I prefer to get the ones you’ve gotten 😭😭

Hey! Was wondering where you got your enclosure from? I’ve been searching for one and it’s proving difficult :( I tried to find if you already answered this question but I couldn’t find it

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Amazing video!!! What enclosure is that? What size? I want to get a 24x18x36 or taller for my tokay gecko. I thought crested geckos were supposed to be nice. Yours is more like a tokay! Followed you on IG just now. Great video!!! I’m trying to sub here but I keep getting error. I’ll try again later.

Hi may I ask, when you adding the moss on the backgroud did you applied silicone in order to stick the moss firmly on the surface of peat moss?

So, the plants near the top don't need to be planted in soil?

I have a crested gecko to

Do you have the link for the LED light you used?

There still need to be heat lamps right? My room is in the basement and it gets really cold all the time. Can I also put heating pads on the outside of the walls?

What's the difference between the 2 poams do thay work the same

And also where do you get the climbing wood from

How do I keep the wood from getting moldy over time? I’ve build a background, but the wood got moldy, so I had to take it out.

I bet hes been hanging out with that tokay gecko down the road.

So the dirt in the back of the enclosure is enough to sustain the plants that you place in there? I plan on doing the same but i thought it would be a pretty thin layer.

Is the fertilizer in the plants original soil not an issue? I’ve always been warned to remove it all before planting.

Very nice Gecko and home for him, though he is aggressive and thinks your hand is food.

Where is the Toronto reptile Expo and is it in Canada

May I ask, what do you believe to be the best lighting for bioactive to keep plants alive?

Hello Kayla, I really love this Tank build so I wanted to know whats the Size of the Tank? Greetings Tanja

What is your lighting schedule for the tank?

Hi could you tell me where you would place the food and water bowls???thanks

Hand mist, or automated? Do you fog at all?

You didn’t wash off the fertilizer off the roots?

What brand is the tank?

Guys I need help , there's roaches in my geckos vivarium. Is the only option to get rid of all the plants ?

What's the other foam used? And what's the purpose? Thank you