u/NeonPearl2025

I had these two on my wishlist for so long, but they were for one super hard to find, and were very expensive.

I'm glad I finally found a cheap offer and these two came into my care. It's a Lemon Surprise and the spotted one is D. surculosa Mike.

They come in leca and are grown hydroponically. I will get them new Lechuza pots. I've seen roots come out, so they might appreciate a bigger pot.

I've had a Dracaena prior, like 15-20 years ago, but it was struggling and didn't make it. So I'm not really sure how to properly care for them.

Especially when it comes to how often to water, I'm kind of unsure.

How often do you water your Dracaenas? Do you have any tips?

Tia 🙏

I just pulled not one but two identical huge millipedes out of my Armadillo tank. I've never added millipedes to this tank and they are too big to fit through the air holes.

I do own Rhinocrocus sp., which are my only brown pedes, but they never had babies and they aren't even on the same shelf.

Is this also Rhinocrocus sp.? And is it possible they popped up because of too much heat in the substrate? (we have a heat wave here at the moment)

They must have been buried their entire life and grow under the substrate, as even with bark flips I've never seen any pede in this tank. Super weird.

I mean the two look perfectly fine and healthy, which is great. It is just unexpected.

Just watered my isopod tank and this dude popped up. I have spotted planarian, but they are usually only about a centimeter long. This dude was massive and I have no idea what he is or he came from.

What irritates me is the pointy head. This is typical for the planarian, but why is he so large? (dried mealworms for scale)

Tia

I added a big seed a while ago and placed it onto the moss to let it decay faster.

We have a heat wave at the moment and the pods hang out on the moist seed to stay hydrated

Got them about a month ago and they are super lively and active. Have not found one dead and today I spotted the first Tamarix baby 😊 pretty parents make pretty babies 😚

Geogenanthus ciliatus Midnight

A very moisture loving plant, whose care isn't that easy for me. I'm still learning, but the newest leaves look hot 🔥

2nd pic with hand for scale

We currently face a heat wave with 30°C indoors, which we rarely have. I try my best to keep the inverts hydrated with water spraying and giving veggies.

This fella here decided he now wants to live in the moss to be at the source of the water.

It's so cool that he's absolutely invisible from the top and in the wild you would never assume to find such a big pede so low below the surface.

I can only imagine how refreshing it was for him to be watered just now.

Got this giant seed or whatever it is a short time ago and I always thoroughly wet it on bin day. The springtails love the wet seed 😊

Doing the deed

I have her for a few months. She got her subadult leaf shape two leaves ago, but has dropped two leaves over night. The newest sheath also gets brown.

What is wrong? She sits under a full spectrum grow light 10-12 hrs a day and gets water every 8-10 days.

What can I do to save her?

(pic: from Instagram via Google, not mine)

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I'm in the process of building my first ever ball python tank and can freely decide on how tall I want the tank, as it's a custom build.

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How tall should it be to allow climbing properly? How tall are your tanks and did you ever wish you had more height?

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Tia 🙏

Xenobolus carnifex

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I got them tiny about a year ago and literally haven't seen them since the day I got them. I thought they all had died ages ago for whatever reason.

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And today, he's just chilling there out in the open, as if it was the most normal thing. And he has gotten huge!

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I prepare myself to not see him again for a year 🙈 but glad he's fine

Location: Germany

Size about 6-7mm

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I'm not familiar with her ID, but my uneducated self would assume it's a jumping spider from the way she moved? (short sprints with pause in between)