Just finished setting up this 36x18x36 bioactive planned for a female pair of skinks. While I give it time to grow in, what are good places to look for captive bred skinks ideally sexed. Seems pretty limited out there and I worry about getting potentially two males, or a breeding pair and hear everywhere that keeping them in a group is better than a single one.
I've been setting up a 36x18x36 bioactive for a pink tongue, but I think I'm going to house an emerald green instead because I love the heavy planting and want something more delicate, along with the space being more spacious for one. Is it ok to house these guys alone? Or should i definitely have at least two? Also if I had two females do I need two separate distinct basking areas?
What do you think of the hardscape for my 36x18x36 bioactive enclosure for a Pink tongue skink? Planning for the top right to be the basking zone allowing for a slightly cooler basking zone on the mid log directly below it.
I have been spending the last couple months designing and now building a bioactive tropical terrarium. After going back and forth about what to house I have decided on a PTS and plan to get the terrarium up in running in the next couple months and letting it mature and plants grow in til litters pop up next spring/summer. I already have a pretty robust colony of ramshorn snails going in my 33 g shrimp/community tank which I am now actively supporting rather than trying to eradicate given that PTS like snails. While I also plan to supplement with canned snails, repashy insect foods and silk worms (if interested) are there any other snails I should think about trying to start colonies of? I also know that grain free dog/cat food and scrambled eggs are options, but those seem less than ideal if I can get it to eat some better options.
I have been setting up a 36x18x36 bioactive terrarium and have been considering what I want to house in here. I am an experienced reptile/amphibian keeper, but at the moment just have a musk turtle and a few fish aquariums. My aim is to have a reptile that with age will be able to come out and chill. I think I am settling on a pink tongue skink as they seem to fit the enclosure size and tropical environment, along with having that docile chill like adult personality I am looking for. Am I pretty correct to think they will fit that description? Additionally, my plan was to have cork tiles walls with lots of cork rounds and branches secured in various heights of the enclosure, along with hardy plants. I have a mistking for misting and was planning on using an arcadia forest UVB, along with 2 jungle LED bulbs and a DHP or halogen for basking (thoughts). I live in norther US, but the herp room generally stays in the high 60's at night in the winter, so was thinking I could go with a halogen bulb and not have to heat at night. I also wanted to get an idea of what I should feed. I have seen things from traditional insect feeders with canned snails, all the way to repashy gecko foods and canned cat foods.
I'm in the process of setting up a 36x18x36 bioactive tropical terrarium. I think I'd like to house a group of three emerald tree skinks in here. However, I'm realizing the availability is sparse and I'm ok with getting on a waiting list as I want this set up to mature before adding inhabitants. However, since they can't be sexed til close to a year of age how do people go about getting a group that is not going to end up having multiple males to wreck the place? Also any suggestions for where I should look to get some?
I am planning on a bioactive tropical paludarium of 36x18x36 and looking at zoo med vs exo terra. Wanted to get opinions of which are better. What I like about the exo terra is the water drain and the front ventilation strip. However, I worry a little about leaks around the bulk head over time. I am planning on an exhaust fan at the top so not sure I need that ventilation strip. Thoughts of which is a better option?
As life does, I hit a snag in my initial enclosure plans which was for a 36x18x48. On closer examination that was not going to work with the bioactive plans I have. My foot print is limited to 36x18 so I am going to go with the exo terra paludarium 36x18x36 enclosure. I am planning on having 7-8 inches of substrate, so we are down to 28 inches of vertical height. So, I already decided this would be too small for an adult mainland and am looking at one of the smaller island locales. However, I am still worried this isn't going to be optimal size for an adult. If it isn't I will probably end up going crested or chahoua, but really love the look personality of the leachies. So wanted to get opinions from people who actually live with them, do you think this 36x18x36 with 7 inches of substrate is going to let an adult thrive? It will obviously be filled with plants and plenty of branches and cork rounds.
I just ordered my 36x18x48 enclosure for a bioactive set up I have been designing the past month. Super excited to start this build for a future leachie and just needed to post about it. This is the AI generated photo of what I am kind of planning:
I've been designing a 36x18x48 terrarium that I would love to house a leechie in. Ideally I want a Grande Terre, but wanted to get opinions on what people who actually keep them think about the size of enclosure. It's going to be heavily planted with lots of cork rounds and climbing/hiding areas. Am I ok sticking with a GT, or should I definitely downsize to an island locale?
20 g long. Great condition. Upgraded to a 33 g so no longer need it. Located near Cle/Akron 80 for the bundle.
I am setting up a bioactive enclosure now to let mature and dial in my parameters before getting a panther cham. I'm hoping to get one next summer and am looking around for breeders. It doesn't seem like there are a lot of sambava locales available and wanted to see if people could suggest good breeders for sambava in the USA.
