You did an incredible job here, the terrarium looks great. The only thing that could be improved on is adding labels throughout the video so we can know what you're using, what kind of plants, wood, etc.
Beautiful build! I live in the southeast north America and just bought a 3 month old anery corn. Love him! Once he gets older I will make a full habit for him. Do you do normal heat lamps in your setups or do you use heat mats exclusively? Is moisture an issue with the build because of the moss and things? Thank you and have a great day!
Hello! I'm using heating mats, that moss is dry moss, it doesn't need high moisture at all and you can make an enclosure with right humidity for corn snake 👍
@@CrimsonMedusa Awesome. Thanks for the reply! Alrighty. I will do dry moss. Put soil around the living plants and just water those spots correct? Keep the humidity up a without being dry all the time. The isopods live in the dry moss/soil around plants? Sorry about the questions. I just want to make sure I do it correctly. Thanks!
That's right, it should be fine, just don't put living plants on the heating mat, they will dry for sure lol! Isopods will be fine if you water your plants
@@CrimsonMedusa Thank you. I use a halogen basking lamp for heat/light at the proper height for temperature conditions. Humidity can be an issue being mid to low 30s so a little extra would be super beneficial plus the cleanup crew taking care of the critters droppings. Appreciate your time very much!
I try to keep my videos under 10 min but sopetimes I have more to show 😅 I have a cleaning group (isopods) to take care of the terrarium but I have to check now and then if there' s dirt inside of the cork. I haven't had to clean it myself yet 👍
@@CrimsonMedusa going to be transitioning to bio active soon for our corn snake Cheeto. Thanks for the reply cuz this was the only reason I haven’t done it yet.
Looks amazing!! I'm in the process of making my own bioactive corn snake enclosure. Right now I'm trying to nail down the correct substrate and plants. Since it's been a few months, did the plants you used hold up? And have you found any that work the best?
They lived well at first but my mistake was that I let them dry and they died 😅 I have updated this terrarium, I should make an update video of this because I think it looks more natural now
@@CrimsonMedusa Oh man that's so sad. I would love to see an update video though! Have you considered using a drainage layer? Also I plan to copy your rock ledge design but instead make that area the hotspot (with a hide ofc). I read somewhere that separating the hotspot from the plants will reduce the amount of watering and stress. I'm working with a 4' x 2' x 2' enclosure so ill have plenty of space to mess with. I hope your updated terrarium stays strong!
Now I made an update video! I dont use drainage layer with corns because they dig and heating matts doesn't work well with that layer. You can use these setup ideas, I'm glad if these videos helps to create something own ideas for watchers!
I have like 1-3 inch deep ecoearth substrate and the plants i have had in there for the past 2 years are pink syngonium and spider plants they grow like weeds and are very tolerant of being under/over watered in my tank Ive tried a basic bromeliad, it wasnt humid enough it didnt die but it wasnt growing much I had red nerve plants in there at first but my roly polies love to eat the leaves whenever they dont have a carrot to munch on so it was just suffering in there after a year I had pothos in one tank that i took apart it did well for the 3 months i had it in there I tried a hen and chicks succulent on my warm side, didnt fare well and the rollies ate that too I have a birds nest fern in right now but its only been in for about 2 months so i cant say if it is good or not There are soooooo many colors of syngonium so definitely check out your preference on them
Most of terrarium items come from German and Britain when you are European, my jumping spider is German too 😄 I can't live without Pet Factory haha! I'm not sure if I translated your comment right, but only bottom layer of the substrate is moist, air and hiding places are dry. I'm from Northern Finland so humidity is awefully low even for people so humiditys perfect for snakes this way 😄 plants needs more water and they died because it was too dry 😅
@@CrimsonMedusa quite interesting. at the time I only use some woodchips as a geound layer for 3 month now - it still has a humidity of 60%. slightly rising at night. I also got a brachipelma which has a layer of humus mixed with spagnum and other stuff - kind of your substrate I guess. And the first 4 weeks I couldn't get it under 85%... it was a nightmare. but I guess after some time the topkayer gets dry and it all vomes down to what you said my big mistake humidity wise was always to use to much glass background (so i corked up all the walls) and on the other hand the ventilation which is for most species more then enough and just drys out the enclosure. so I covered half of the holes or even more and himidity rose while still air seemed to be fresh and not stale when checking for it - no fungus or stuff that points towards low air ventilation ;). I dunno whats on top if your terra but if its all gaze or some kind of open "steelnet" maybe try covering most of it up - just make it enough for some air to exchange :P thanks though for the idea with the ecoplast or ehat it was called. I will use that one for my next build I guess :))
Fresh woodchip and coco bricks can be be pain in the bum at first but with good ventilation it dries in couple days. And it's not too bad for snakes if ventilation is good, the real problem is standing air which create an idealistic ambient for bacteria and molds and that's make infections for snakes. I'm using Giganterra terrariums which are basically better versions of ExoTerra. Top of the terrarium is wholly net and they have ventilatet doors. I have gigan terrariums for my tropical animals and I had to put partly glass top on the net floor because ventilation was too good and I couldn't keep humidity high enough even with a fogger 😅
I love how the snake is curiously watching you add new things to his enclosure. 😃
Corn snakes are so pure and curious animals, love them!
You did an incredible job here, the terrarium looks great. The only thing that could be improved on is adding labels throughout the video so we can know what you're using, what kind of plants, wood, etc.
New videos I have tried to give more informations, this was a good feedback, now I know people want to know more about them!
@@CrimsonMedusaI would love to know what the substrate mixture and plants are I want to build something very similar for a corn snake 😊
Love the look of it ❤
This is insane! Great job.
I love it! And your channel is one of the best I've seen. You deserve alot more subs ! Love the content
Oh thank you! So kind words! At the moment I have 4 projects so I'm going to send mies videos soon! 💪
@@CrimsonMedusa Cant wait !!
Amazing set up!!
What type of plants did you use ? Thank you.
Beautiful build! I live in the southeast north America and just bought a 3 month old anery corn. Love him! Once he gets older I will make a full habit for him. Do you do normal heat lamps in your setups or do you use heat mats exclusively? Is moisture an issue with the build because of the moss and things? Thank you and have a great day!
Hello! I'm using heating mats, that moss is dry moss, it doesn't need high moisture at all and you can make an enclosure with right humidity for corn snake 👍
@@CrimsonMedusa Awesome. Thanks for the reply! Alrighty. I will do dry moss. Put soil around the living plants and just water those spots correct? Keep the humidity up a without being dry all the time. The isopods live in the dry moss/soil around plants? Sorry about the questions. I just want to make sure I do it correctly. Thanks!
That's right, it should be fine, just don't put living plants on the heating mat, they will dry for sure lol! Isopods will be fine if you water your plants
@@CrimsonMedusa Thank you. I use a halogen basking lamp for heat/light at the proper height for temperature conditions. Humidity can be an issue being mid to low 30s so a little extra would be super beneficial plus the cleanup crew taking care of the critters droppings. Appreciate your time very much!
Long video, but great end result. Let me ask, how do you clean up inside the inside of the fixed cork log?
I try to keep my videos under 10 min but sopetimes I have more to show 😅 I have a cleaning group (isopods) to take care of the terrarium but I have to check now and then if there' s dirt inside of the cork. I haven't had to clean it myself yet 👍
@@CrimsonMedusa going to be transitioning to bio active soon for our corn snake Cheeto. Thanks for the reply cuz this was the only reason I haven’t done it yet.
Great enclosure I'm in the process of doing something similar and I was wondering what you were using to heat
Thank you! I'm using a heating mat, in the cave it's 30C optimal heat. I think it's 20W
@@CrimsonMedusa great thanks a lot :)
Looks amazing!! I'm in the process of making my own bioactive corn snake enclosure. Right now I'm trying to nail down the correct substrate and plants. Since it's been a few months, did the plants you used hold up? And have you found any that work the best?
They lived well at first but my mistake was that I let them dry and they died 😅 I have updated this terrarium, I should make an update video of this because I think it looks more natural now
@@CrimsonMedusa Oh man that's so sad. I would love to see an update video though! Have you considered using a drainage layer? Also I plan to copy your rock ledge design but instead make that area the hotspot (with a hide ofc). I read somewhere that separating the hotspot from the plants will reduce the amount of watering and stress. I'm working with a 4' x 2' x 2' enclosure so ill have plenty of space to mess with. I hope your updated terrarium stays strong!
Now I made an update video! I dont use drainage layer with corns because they dig and heating matts doesn't work well with that layer.
You can use these setup ideas, I'm glad if these videos helps to create something own ideas for watchers!
I have like 1-3 inch deep ecoearth substrate and the plants i have had in there for the past 2 years are pink syngonium and spider plants they grow like weeds and are very tolerant of being under/over watered in my tank
Ive tried a basic bromeliad, it wasnt humid enough it didnt die but it wasnt growing much
I had red nerve plants in there at first but my roly polies love to eat the leaves whenever they dont have a carrot to munch on so it was just suffering in there after a year
I had pothos in one tank that i took apart it did well for the 3 months i had it in there
I tried a hen and chicks succulent on my warm side, didnt fare well and the rollies ate that too
I have a birds nest fern in right now but its only been in for about 2 months so i cant say if it is good or not
There are soooooo many colors of syngonium so definitely check out your preference on them
Beautiful.
I am dieing to know what that background. I'd like to use the same idea for my tank. But for the life of me I have no idea what it is 😢
It's called frost window film, for example brand named DC-fix makes these but there's plenty of other brands too. I hope you will find it!
@@CrimsonMedusa Thank you!!!!!!!! ❤️
How big is the enclosure?
This is 100x50x50cm
Nice eyes
oje das wird ja fast tropische feuchtigkeit haben mit dem Boden
What's that language?
@@CrimsonMedusa the same that was written on your natural hummus and other stuff you put in the enclosure - so I expected you to be german haha. sry
Most of terrarium items come from German and Britain when you are European, my jumping spider is German too 😄 I can't live without Pet Factory haha!
I'm not sure if I translated your comment right, but only bottom layer of the substrate is moist, air and hiding places are dry. I'm from Northern Finland so humidity is awefully low even for people so humiditys perfect for snakes this way 😄 plants needs more water and they died because it was too dry 😅
@@CrimsonMedusa quite interesting. at the time I only use some woodchips as a geound layer for 3 month now - it still has a humidity of 60%. slightly rising at night. I also got a brachipelma which has a layer of humus mixed with spagnum and other stuff - kind of your substrate I guess. And the first 4 weeks I couldn't get it under 85%... it was a nightmare. but I guess after some time the topkayer gets dry and it all vomes down to what you said
my big mistake humidity wise was always to use to much glass background (so i corked up all the walls) and on the other hand the ventilation which is for most species more then enough and just drys out the enclosure. so I covered half of the holes or even more and himidity rose while still air seemed to be fresh and not stale when checking for it - no fungus or stuff that points towards low air ventilation ;). I dunno whats on top if your terra but if its all gaze or some kind of open "steelnet" maybe try covering most of it up - just make it enough for some air to exchange :P
thanks though for the idea with the ecoplast or ehat it was called. I will use that one for my next build I guess :))
Fresh woodchip and coco bricks can be be pain in the bum at first but with good ventilation it dries in couple days. And it's not too bad for snakes if ventilation is good, the real problem is standing air which create an idealistic ambient for bacteria and molds and that's make infections for snakes.
I'm using Giganterra terrariums which are basically better versions of ExoTerra. Top of the terrarium is wholly net and they have ventilatet doors. I have gigan terrariums for my tropical animals and I had to put partly glass top on the net floor because ventilation was too good and I couldn't keep humidity high enough even with a fogger 😅