I have a tiger salamander, about 9 inches and while this is a great looking enclosure it really is not suitable for a tiger salamander. Tigers are burrowers,they spend a good amount of every day underground. They like loose substrate for easy digging. You need 6 or more inches depth. They also need a water source where they can soak and drink. Mine will use its water container daily. I mentioned they burrow, they dig up and rotor-till the substrate like crazy, plants would get destroyed daily. Having a couple logs,half cork bark rounds are good but have them on top of 6 inches substrate. The tigers will burrow under them
That was my first thought watching this.... "Um my guy why are you filling your entire burrowing space with this pond glue crap." Just set your tank up good and solid and you wont need any of that. The main thing being 4-6 inches of substrate depending on the size of the salamander. Plus probably not good for their skin
I never knew tiger salamanders thrashed her heads when eating! With their derpy looks this is adorable. This, however is about as far from a perfect tiger salamander enclosure you can get. You forgot the first and most important thing which is lots and lots of substrate for them to burrow in
No. No more instant bs. The feeling you get from building your pets home (and them accepting it) is not something you wanna miss. You dont wanna build your pets home go watch an animal documentary because thats about the same level of care you have.
Hey great video, I'm looking to get a tiger salamander myself so I stumbled across this video and it was very inspiring! One question though, is there a drainage layer to this? Almost every bioactive set up I've seen had one but unless I missed it you seem to have gone without one?
It depends on if you use a misting system then you want a drainage layer, but with a salamander you won’t need a misting system so don’t need a drainage layer.
mine just died i went on vacation came home and he was a skeleton i was gone 6 days. ikno my fruit flies had to have cleaned him up but what sucks is ill never know what happened to him. i recused him from an abusive home they tried to literally kill it with fire and stomped on it cracking its skull open at the jaw nursed him back to full health in less than a year had him 3 almost 4 years now and then this.
Luke I've caught/ scene lots wild tigers . They are always very close to water, doesn't have to be big water sources ie lake, but small pools,swamps,creek etc. Definitely need water but like you said shallow dish that they can just submerge in is fine
I have a tiger salamander, about 9 inches and while this is a great looking enclosure it really is not suitable for a tiger salamander.
Tigers are burrowers,they spend a good amount of every day underground. They like loose substrate for easy digging. You need 6 or more inches depth. They also need a water source where they can soak and drink. Mine will use its water container daily.
I mentioned they burrow, they dig up and rotor-till the substrate like crazy, plants would get destroyed daily.
Having a couple logs,half cork bark rounds are good but have them on top of 6 inches substrate. The tigers will burrow under them
That was my first thought watching this.... "Um my guy why are you filling your entire burrowing space with this pond glue crap." Just set your tank up good and solid and you wont need any of that. The main thing being 4-6 inches of substrate depending on the size of the salamander. Plus probably not good for their skin
Very nice my friend
This is really cool. I need to make an enclosure using this technique for my leopard gecko
I never knew tiger salamanders thrashed her heads when eating! With their derpy looks this is adorable. This, however is about as far from a perfect tiger salamander enclosure you can get. You forgot the first and most important thing which is lots and lots of substrate for them to burrow in
I personally enjoy these videos more than the videos on your other channel. You do great work on those vivariums so natural looking.
This is stunning! What a blast it must be to fashion these.
l wish l had one of these when l had my tiger salamander! Good job WillZilla!
Looks so cool! Always love how detailed your builds are
Really cool , they are such an awesome species of salamander! Super Nice build & set up!
Nice one
Really amazing!
Loved it
so cool
Beautiful!
Thank you 😊
I wish I could buy a habitat built out like this
No. No more instant bs. The feeling you get from building your pets home (and them accepting it) is not something you wanna miss. You dont wanna build your pets home go watch an animal documentary because thats about the same level of care you have.
How much do you charge for an enclosure?
Not sure how I missed this build.
Maybe I missed it but what's the substrate mix?
Hey great video, I'm looking to get a tiger salamander myself so I stumbled across this video and it was very inspiring!
One question though, is there a drainage layer to this? Almost every bioactive set up I've seen had one but unless I missed it you seem to have gone without one?
It depends on if you use a misting system then you want a drainage layer, but with a salamander you won’t need a misting system so don’t need a drainage layer.
@@goneviral6037False. It depends on how you set up your terrarium. If you dont have a lot of water you WILL NEED to mist.
mine just died i went on vacation came home and he was a skeleton i was gone 6 days. ikno my fruit flies had to have cleaned him up but what sucks is ill never know what happened to him. i recused him from an abusive home they tried to literally kill it with fire and stomped on it cracking its skull open at the jaw nursed him back to full health in less than a year had him 3 almost 4 years now and then this.
How long do your plants live? Where are the roots supposed to grow? You were better off keeping them in shallow pots
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Is there any way to commission an enclosure from you
Water?
Not for Tiger salamanders maybe a shallow dish but Thats not necessary
Luke I've caught/ scene lots wild tigers . They are always very close to water, doesn't have to be big water sources ie lake, but small pools,swamps,creek etc. Definitely need water but like you said shallow dish that they can just submerge in is fine