u/kikiriki240

hi hi!

i'm a noob at collecting my own stuff for my bioactive builds so i'm wondering if these branches I gathered seem safe to use? can someone identify what's on the bark?

for reference I gathered the one of the left from a fallen tree and broke it off, the one on the right i'm more worried about because i gathered it off the ground near the tree and it looks more worn out.

I gathered them yesterday, just now hosed them down and scrubbed. all closeup photos are of the branch from the right, what are these black/green dots on the last photo? they don't seem to come off when scrubbing

thanks in advance!!!

hi hi!

i'm a noob at collecting my own stuff for my bioactive builds so i'm wondering if these branches I gathered seem safe to use? can someone identify what's on the bark?

for reference I gathered the one of the left from a fallen tree and broke it off, the one on the right i'm more worried about because i gathered it off the ground near the tree and it looks more worn out.

I gathered them yesterday, just now hosed them down and scrubbed. all closeup photos are of the branch from the right, what are these black/green dots on the last photo? they don't seem to come off when scrubbing

thanks in advance!!!

found centipedes in my crested gecko vivarium. I suspect they hitched the bromeliads i recently planted even though I treated them with warm water and white vinegar and almost killed them in the process.
I keep power orange isopods and springtails, though i barely see springtails so i was planning on adding more to the population.
any ideas which type of centipede this is? i'm in eastern europe if it helps. I added my two bromeliads about a month and a half ago and first noticed this guys yesterday. I was sitting next to my terrarium for more than half an hour just now and got 5 of these guys out. they're fast and have been hiding under the litter so i suspect that's why i didn't see them. all are quite small, this is the largest one in the video. they're smaller than the adult isopods.

what should i do? any advice is appreciated. should i tear down the whole thing or keep hunting them? how big of a threat are they? this is genuinely driving me insane because i always almost kill my plants with my white vinegar sprays and hot water soaks and this still happens

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It will soon be one year since i got her, she has grown so much in just one year. can't believe she was only 7 grams a year ago. i'm soon going to start on her permanent bioactive enclosure

Any advice on how to remove water stains? I've tried scrubbing with a brush but it doesn't help too much. i'm scared to use vinegar, will it harm the springtails and isopods?

Another question, i've reorganized a few things in her terrarium and it left a sort of empty spot as you can see in this picture next to her, any advice on what to put here? Her feeding ledge used to be here but the isopods kept climbing to eat her food out of the cork bark so i moved it.

My 6 year old crestie developed these darker spots on her body over the last year. The scales seemingly look undamaged, she has been behaving as usual (though she was always skinny and a bad eater). they darken with her body when she fires up.
Does anyone know what could be causing this? just wanted to hear a second opinion because they haven't gone away.

When I first got my garg I had 18x18x36 inch in mind (45x45x90cm) to put on top of my crested gecko terrarium on a shelf, but with the newer research on gargoyle geckos showing that they are not as arboreal as cresteds and are more semi-arboreal and do better in longer less vertical tanks I'm not sure what to do. I've definitely also noticed that mine isn't a big climber and as we all know their toe pads are less sticky as cresteds so it makes sense.
I don't want to risk injury if falling from a height or to get a tank that is not optimal but i'm unsure what other dimension to go with because I have limited horizontal space.
Any thoughts on a 18x24x24? (45x60x60cm)
Thanks in advance!
Added pictures for gecko tax

hello everyone!

this might be an unusual post for this subreddit but i'm really looking for advice. I bought two bromeliads for my crested gecko vivarium, i'm not certain but i believe they are Vriesea and Guzmania. the guzmania I planted into the soil while i tied the vriesea to cork bark because i read bromeliads don't necessarily need soil and do better without soil, just watering the tank. Is that correct? Can anyone advise me if i made a mistake?

the second thing i'm worried about is the flowers.. they were bought with flower like stems in the middle, one red and one yellow, i believe those are the beginnings of her flowering stage but i'm unsure. As you can see I cut them as much as i could with trying to minimally injure the leaves because i've read that once the bromeliad starts growing a flower it will die within a few months so it's best to cut it to prolong its life. is that true?

This was a last minute plant pick because the plant i already had in the enclosure developed scale so I needed to take it out to treat it asap. I'm really hoping these bromelids don't die and that i didn't mess up. Thanks for any advice in advance

I had a schefflera in the backdrop of the tank that ended up getting scale so I impulsively took it out today and redid the tank. It was all pretty sudden and quick because I didn't want to risk infecting the plants I had and the plant dying.

The plants i added are:
🌱 Vriesea (Bromeliad)
🌱 Fittonia
🌱 Guzmania (Bromeliad)

The plants I had:
🌱 Pothos
🌱 Philodendron hederaceum

My question is regarding the bromeliads, this is my first experience with them and I read so many mixed things. First of all, the one on the right (vrisea) i tied to the cork bark because I read that their roots are epifine plants and that I just need to water the tank (middle). For the guzmania (its on the left behind the coconut hide) i planted it in the soil because the plant store lady convinced me the plant that big would die without soil and that it absolutely needs soil, but i'm scared I messed up by planting it.
Also i read online that the flower in the middle needs to be cut to prolong its life and if it has a flower it will likely die within a year, all of the ones in the store had a flower so i just bought them and cut it, but i'm not even sure if that was necessarily a flower or just the part of the plant that later produces the flower, it was in the middle and bright red on both plants. AHHH i totally freestyled this and i'm hoping for the best but i feel like i messed up everything. any advice is appreciated

I have a bioactive crested gecko enclosure with a Jungle Dawn LED, isopods, springtails, pothos, and a Schefflera.

The Schefflera has been in the enclosure for about 9 months. Since the day I bought it, the leaves have always been somewhat sticky, but over time it has become much more noticeable, and i've noticed it's mostly affecting the top leaves that are the closest to the lamp.

The leaves develop a very sugary, sticky coating that attracts dust and debris and has these brown dots. I assumed it was normal sap and I've been occasionally cleaning it but I've never seen anyone else mention this issue, it builds up so much. When I wipe the leaves with a wet cotton pad, I get brown residue off the surface, sometimes even black, but the leaves underneath look completely healthy and clean but sometimes misshaped which might not be related to this.

The strange thing is that the pland is growing very well, It is dense and constantly putting out new growth, leaves look healthy overall, I can’t find obvious pests on the stems, I don’t see scale insects, mealybugs, or anything moving, my pothos and other plants do not seem affected, the sticky residue has been present for months.

Has anyone seen Schefflera do this naturally in a high-humidity vivarium, or does this sound like a pest issue that I’m somehow missing?

Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated

my female (i assume female?) garg is 11 months old and 30 grams! is that the average weight for that age? how large are your fullgrown grags? i've seen some really huge gargoyles at an expo and now i'm wondering if my girl is too small for her age

Her colors are becoming noticeably more red as she ages, so excited to see her fully developed her colors. She's almost a year old now