The white fleece layer honestly looks fine, it's as if there's another layer of substrate there and it looks kinda cool. This enclosure is ART you did so well!!
Omg i watched a few videos of yours about mice to learn about how to better care for “feeder” mice that came with my rescue ball python. The mice are no longer feeder mice and I’m trying to give them the best lives possible. But anyways my point with this is now I’m trying to make a bioactive for my python and need help with the background, i had no clue UA-cam would take me to your channel for that too! You’re great!! Thanks, emiology!
Im setting up a lwapord gecko enclosure, hoping to get one in a few months, im so excited and ive done tons of research, but im still super nervous I'm going to make a mistake, anyone got any good advice for a begginer :)
This was so interesting! Bioactive enclosures are so cool. One thing, you might want to flag the seed pod for those with trypophobia. The holes with bugs in set me off a bit!
as your first leo bioactive this is really good, and i love your way of making these videos both this one and the snail one, you just make them really interesting to watch so they are quite fun
I love it so much when people upgrade their pet's enclosure. I remember when I was able to give my rabbits a full room to themselves and it was such a nice feeling.
I cannot express how awesome it is that you're using uvb and substrate. It is so, so important that more people provide a more natural set up for their leos.
Do you think if a leo has been raised for a few years in very unnatural environment and generally lost all personality, that transitioning it into a bioactive with uvb etc. will help it regain life and "happiness" so to speak?
@@brianestepa2376 I had my leo in an unnatural tank for two years before I moved her to a bioactive, and she's doing great now!! She's much more active and seems a lot happier.
Most people are better off not using uvb dedicated lamps and just sticking with incandescent with d3 supplementation. Substrate is pretty important for non babies though.
I just upgraded my leopard gecko from a 20 gallon long to a 36x18x18 (which is about 40 gallons) yesterday! I'm hoping to make a 3d background for him as well! I already have all the things to make it, I just need to actually do it. Lol
I love when famous youtubers do this change for their leopard geckos. The community really needs to learn. Thank you! It is amazing. That background really gives the touch! If you want, spider plants or golden pothos are great and dont take much space.
@@Emiology so sorry 😅 pothos is hard, but an adult spider plant is easy. You just need to water it (not spraying) when the leaves start to get the color faded. with the light and substrate you have there is no way its gonna die. Mine is always with babies and that's all I do
omg I live in Colombia South America and I've been running onto the exact same problems you had: first off, there's no "grout", you just have to use cement mix. second "pound sealant" ? like what? we use sheets of plastic over here, agh I've been so frustrated over my background I decided to do a landscape instead. ph and my styrofoam keeps breaking, I have no idea.... I'm super frustrated.
Looks great, if you ask me. I'm doing my background, in an 18x18x24, for my first reptile, a crestie, and it's not as easy as they make it look on youtube. I added some thin branches into the foam, which has made carving the foam and applying the drylock extremely difficult. The entire building a bioactive vivarium is also VERY expensive. I doubt I would've taken on the endeavor had I known just how much it would have cost. I wish I had applied only foam on all three sides, carved it all out and applied the drylock, and lastly incorporated the wood with more foam so that I only would have had to go over the portions of foam attaching the sticks to the bg. Anyway, I'm dying to plant the thing now. It would've been nice to build it during the spring. The plant selections at the garden centers are probably a little t more extensive that time of year. Some Lowes stores do have a great selection still though, most everything I was looking for. I had to mail order bromeliads and a black velvet alocasia. I didn't like the alocasia variety at the store, even though they were large with a ton of leaves. The one I ordered is puny with 3 leaves, a very young plant. That's the thing about ordering your plants from vivarium/terrarium type businesses - the plants are small. At garden centers the plants sold are usually established adult plants, 4" pots at least.
Hiya, What heat mat would you recommend for a gecko in a glass vivarium please? Do you have any videos on how to care for reptiles, for example a gecko? ☺️ Thanks!
@@Emiology just a heads up i finally got the time to get it all done and upgrade my ackies enclosure. thanks for the video helped a great deal seeing what someone from the UK used. :)
I'd just put a strip of back card or something along the front to hide the drainage layer. This looks so much better than the silicone with coco fibre sprinkled on it that most people use.
Beautiful! ❤ I just wonder if the drainage layer is really neccessary. I was suggested by some professional reptile keepers, that a drainage layer for leos is an overkill, since it is a dryer tank. Bio dude and Sweet Chief also don't seem to do it. Any thoughts before I begin this project myself?
Depends more on the type of plants you want to use than the reptile I think. Even arid plants like cactus can suffer from poor drainage, so it doesn’t hurt to put one in 😊
Cresties have never interested me for some reason! Not sure if it's just the morphs, I do like dalmatian ones though. The jumpiness of them puts me off a bit, I don't have very quick reaction times lol
Hello! I was wondering if you could do a leopard gecko care series. I am thinking about getting one, and it would be really useful to have some more info! Love ur vids emi. ❤️❤️🐁
I probably will keep care videos to just rodents as that’s my thing but leopard gecko talk on UA-cam has hundreds of videos better than I could ever do for geckos ❤️
Yay! I am getting 2 new rats soon so have to do intros and I am not excited but what can do???😂 your videos really helped! But have 1 question. After doing both what should I start with? The bath tub or the carrier? You have done both first so what would you do now?
I do like doing the bath tub first just to see if there is going to be any issues. Only reason I stopped doing it is because they all jumped out and it kinda defeated the point 😅
"kind of poop colour" 😂😂 The background turned out great though! Curious if something like plastikote that's used for small pets would work in future as an alternative sealant? 🤔
What light strip do you use for the lighting for the plants please? As I currently have my heat bulb for the hot section and a UVB for the calcium intake for them? I hope you can help thank you!
Nice terrarium, I just watched a video from Krystal French Geckos on youtube that was a really awesome naturalistic bio active with live plants and a cool background. I think those that enjoy this video would like that one to.
You can use window vinyl to cover up the front glass if the look of the drainage layer and fleece bother you. It’s easy to put on and comes off easy too
Hi I know I’m commenting this a bit late and it has nothing to do with the video but you’re very good on mice so I was wondering what can I do I have a pet mouse and a wild mouse that came in to our house and got in my pet ones Cage and we think it’s a girl
watching you craft and paint the background was true artistry! thanks for this video, it was super helpful! i'm gonna build my bioactive enclosure soon
also next time after you add the sealant maybe you can sprinkle a little coarse sand over the top of the sealant before it dries to keep your rock texture!
The white fleece layer honestly looks fine, it's as if there's another layer of substrate there and it looks kinda cool. This enclosure is ART you did so well!!
I think it will squish down over time too!
@@Emiologysame thing happened with my enclosure it annoyed me soo much but its kinda squishing down
Omg i watched a few videos of yours about mice to learn about how to better care for “feeder” mice that came with my rescue ball python. The mice are no longer feeder mice and I’m trying to give them the best lives possible. But anyways my point with this is now I’m trying to make a bioactive for my python and need help with the background, i had no clue UA-cam would take me to your channel for that too! You’re great!! Thanks, emiology!
That looks amazing! the background looks fantastic! I’m very sorry about Humbug as well, he was a good boy..
That looks fab, you would think it was a professional back drop you’ve did a great job.
Thank you! That’s a nice thing to hear! Definitely know how to make it look even better next time
Do you know if mapei ultra color plus fine aggregate grout is safe?
Im setting up a lwapord gecko enclosure, hoping to get one in a few months, im so excited and ive done tons of research, but im still super nervous I'm going to make a mistake, anyone got any good advice for a begginer :)
This was so interesting! Bioactive enclosures are so cool. One thing, you might want to flag the seed pod for those with trypophobia. The holes with bugs in set me off a bit!
as your first leo bioactive this is really good, and i love your way of making these videos both this one and the snail one, you just make them really interesting to watch so they are quite fun
Thank you!
It came out so well 😍😍
Thank u queen, couldn't have done it without all your videos
Hi leopard gecko! Do you remember me? My leopard gecko had a 20 gallon long and now she has a 40 gallon mansion! :D
I love it so much when people upgrade their pet's enclosure. I remember when I was able to give my rabbits a full room to themselves and it was such a nice feeling.
My gecko mango is literally your geckos twin ☺️ beautiful enclosure btw! I’d love to do a big bioactive setup!!!
I cannot express how awesome it is that you're using uvb and substrate. It is so, so important that more people provide a more natural set up for their leos.
Do you think if a leo has been raised for a few years in very unnatural environment and generally lost all personality, that transitioning it into a bioactive with uvb etc. will help it regain life and "happiness" so to speak?
@@brianestepa2376 I had my leo in an unnatural tank for two years before I moved her to a bioactive, and she's doing great now!! She's much more active and seems a lot happier.
D3 supplement > UVB lamp
Most people are better off not using uvb dedicated lamps and just sticking with incandescent with d3 supplementation.
Substrate is pretty important for non babies though.
I just upgraded my leopard gecko from a 20 gallon long to a 36x18x18 (which is about 40 gallons) yesterday! I'm hoping to make a 3d background for him as well! I already have all the things to make it, I just need to actually do it. Lol
I’m trying to do the backround right now and the foam got EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
I love when famous youtubers do this change for their leopard geckos. The community really needs to learn. Thank you!
It is amazing. That background really gives the touch! If you want, spider plants or golden pothos are great and dont take much space.
I’m not good with either of those plants I’ve tried both of those in enclosures before and they didn’t last very long 😞
@@Emiology so sorry 😅 pothos is hard, but an adult spider plant is easy. You just need to water it (not spraying) when the leaves start to get the color faded. with the light and substrate you have there is no way its gonna die. Mine is always with babies and that's all I do
This is just my opinion, and I think your enclosure should be a tad bit taller. Other than that you enclosure is awesome. Keep of with the videos Emi
very spoiled gecko looks amazing
omg I live in Colombia South America and I've been running onto the exact same problems you had: first off, there's no "grout", you just have to use cement mix. second "pound sealant" ? like what? we use sheets of plastic over here, agh I've been so frustrated over my background I decided to do a landscape instead. ph and my styrofoam keeps breaking, I have no idea.... I'm super frustrated.
Hello🥰🥰
Does springtail and isopod can survive in arid habitat though?
What brand of foam did you use?
No nails i think
Looks great, if you ask me. I'm doing my background, in an 18x18x24, for my first reptile, a crestie, and it's not as easy as they make it look on youtube. I added some thin branches into the foam, which has made carving the foam and applying the drylock extremely difficult. The entire building a bioactive vivarium is also VERY expensive. I doubt I would've taken on the endeavor had I known just how much it would have cost. I wish I had applied only foam on all three sides, carved it all out and applied the drylock, and lastly incorporated the wood with more foam so that I only would have had to go over the portions of foam attaching the sticks to the bg. Anyway, I'm dying to plant the thing now. It would've been nice to build it during the spring. The plant selections at the garden centers are probably a little t more extensive that time of year. Some Lowes stores do have a great selection still though, most everything I was looking for. I had to mail order bromeliads and a black velvet alocasia. I didn't like the alocasia variety at the store, even though they were large with a ton of leaves. The one I ordered is puny with 3 leaves, a very young plant. That's the thing about ordering your plants from vivarium/terrarium type businesses - the plants are small. At garden centers the plants sold are usually established adult plants, 4" pots at least.
Have you had any issues with your Leo eating your isopods?
Such love went into this enclosure. Wonderful job!!
Even though I am a rat owner I love to watch all of your vids you’re such an inspiration
Got the same leopard gecko type as me!
It looks really great! I bet your Leopard gecko loves it ❤
Hiya,
What heat mat would you recommend for a gecko in a glass vivarium please?
Do you have any videos on how to care for reptiles, for example a gecko? ☺️
Thanks!
I recommend checking out Leopard gecko talk on UA-cam she has lots of videos of how to care for them ☺️
@@Emiology thank you ☺️
What size is the enclosure
where did you get the polystyrene sheets, the stuff i can find are super thin so it would be so expensive?
eBay!
@@Emiology thanks, i feel us Brits get the short end of the straw for this stuff. I did buy that G4 stuff with the same assumption you had.
@@Emiology just a heads up i finally got the time to get it all done and upgrade my ackies enclosure. thanks for the video helped a great deal seeing what someone from the UK used. :)
The music in the beginning sounds like something you’d hear on the Great British Baking Show when they show everyone baking 😂👍🏻💖
What are the dimensions of this tank??
I'd just put a strip of back card or something along the front to hide the drainage layer. This looks so much better than the silicone with coco fibre sprinkled on it that most people use.
Wow, it lookes amazing! You did a fantastic job. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful! ❤ I just wonder if the drainage layer is really neccessary. I was suggested by some professional reptile keepers, that a drainage layer for leos is an overkill, since it is a dryer tank. Bio dude and Sweet Chief also don't seem to do it. Any thoughts before I begin this project myself?
Depends more on the type of plants you want to use than the reptile I think. Even arid plants like cactus can suffer from poor drainage, so it doesn’t hurt to put one in 😊
Wowwwwwww that is one beautiful set up you did a great job on that. Wow
what foam did you use? :)
This is an INSANE set-up and proves that you will go to any end to give your babies a happy life. Amazing amazing content, keep up the great work! 💛💛
it’s not too long though. I want to see more 😂
I love how this looks! It’s so amazing! Also, your dairy cow isopods are adorable ☺️
use drylock
I think it looks awesome! Great job!
Stop being so hard on yourself it looks amazing!! Would you ever consider getting a Crested Gecko? I’m really interested in getting one 🦎
Cresties have never interested me for some reason! Not sure if it's just the morphs, I do like dalmatian ones though. The jumpiness of them puts me off a bit, I don't have very quick reaction times lol
@@Emiology yeah their morphs aren’t half as cool as leopards. Hahaha yeah should probably have a quick reaction time to get a crestie 😂
Hello! I was wondering if you could do a leopard gecko care series. I am thinking about getting one, and it would be really useful to have some more info! Love ur vids emi. ❤️❤️🐁
I probably will keep care videos to just rodents as that’s my thing but leopard gecko talk on UA-cam has hundreds of videos better than I could ever do for geckos ❤️
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Yay! I am getting 2 new rats soon so have to do intros and I am not excited but what can do???😂 your videos really helped! But have 1 question. After doing both what should I start with? The bath tub or the carrier? You have done both first so what would you do now?
I do like doing the bath tub first just to see if there is going to be any issues. Only reason I stopped doing it is because they all jumped out and it kinda defeated the point 😅
Orbit is so lucky to have you! This is such a pretty enclosure and was definitely worth the wait !
emi this is art 💜 please feel extremely proud of yourself 💙
Hi emi I love your videos there so entertaining to watch ily x
Hi EMI! I love your videos and you have such a pretty accent
Thank you!
And I’m so sorry about humbug
Ahh!! I’m so excited!
What did you use for the white layer i coukdnt hear what u said and you didnt show the label
She used hydrofleece if that’s what you’re talking about😊
No way all those chemical and paint fumes are safe!?
For me breathing it in while doing it? Probably not. Once it’s dry and sealed with 0 smell? Perfectly fine for reptiles
What would happen if they ate the expanding foam
They can’t they don’t have the teeth for it
"kind of poop colour" 😂😂
The background turned out great though! Curious if something like plastikote that's used for small pets would work in future as an alternative sealant? 🤔
Maybe I’m not sure! You get so little of it in a tub I’m not sure if it would be worth it 🤔
@@Emiology ah yeah that's a fair point, you don't want to spend more money for the sake of it 😅
Thank you it looks beautiful. I'm trying to do one for my nephew.
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Hey awesome job. Quick qyestion, im sure i missed the info but is the grout sanded or nonsanded? Thank you
Damn the background is awesome asf! I definitely want to try this for my next build! Fuhhhhh
Come to think of it, wouldn't it be nice to put a small fan inside? So that there is some kind of air flow and the gecko is more comfortable.
Where did you get your sedge grass? It looks awesome in your setup and I want something similar.
Great video, by the way!
This is the best DIY background I've seen! Ever! Such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing this!
So cute!😍
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Keep it up 🙂🐀
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What light strip do you use for the lighting for the plants please? As I currently have my heat bulb for the hot section and a UVB for the calcium intake for them? I hope you can help thank you!
planning on doing a similar background to this for my kingsnake. It looks super sick!
Emi that looks amazing! Orbit is one very lucky lil lady! 🥰💕
This looks amazing, I’m currently watching this with my rat chilling in my hoodie :)
Will the background be easy or difficult to remove if ever you want to replace it in the future?
Nice terrarium, I just watched a video from Krystal French Geckos on youtube that was a really awesome naturalistic bio active with live plants and a cool background. I think those that enjoy this video would like that one to.
Yey! It turned out great after the poo situation 🤣 Orbit is very lucky!
I LOVE the label on the tank!! Can you tell me what’s on it and how you made it?
it looks so awesome, you did great and also she's so freaking cute!
You can use window vinyl to cover up the front glass if the look of the drainage layer and fleece bother you. It’s easy to put on and comes off easy too
Hi I know I’m commenting this a bit late and it has nothing to do with the video but you’re very good on mice so I was wondering what can I do I have a pet mouse and a wild mouse that came in to our house and got in my pet ones Cage and we think it’s a girl
Do you recommend leopard geckos as pets?
There's no need for a drainage layer in LG tank
It doesn’t hurt to add one
@@Emiology ok but it seems pretty wasteful imo. I added charcoal to the bottom. That also helped my springtails to generate.
5:17 mmm~ anyone else thinks thinks the foam looks like some kind of food?
Oo and so sorry about Humbug but he is running over the rainbow bridge now
I'm this isn't an rat intro vid but a tip for future is to put malt paste on their backs to encourage grooming
please do more reacting to rat cage videos!!
i LOVEE how you work so hard for your pets
Weird pitch: what if you cut apart a wire hanger and used it to tie the light to the rack rather than the zip ties.
oh my goodness,, emi you are so close to 100k!! 💛💛
So excited!!
Good job Emi! I think you deserve a lot more subs then 100k with how caring and awesome you are!
Wow! Looks fab! Orbit is a cutie 💚
Awesome build. Good job.
Well done it looks incredible! 👏👏
Wowwww love it. You go above and beyond
This is so awesome very creative I love it
I love bioactive leo enclosures!
thx for all your help :(
ThrS GAGE IS SO COOL :D
Awesome setup! One question, what shelving do you have the enclosure on? Thanks ~
It was from Amazon but I can’t find it to link it anymore!
Hi Emi!
watching you craft and paint the background was true artistry! thanks for this video, it was super helpful! i'm gonna build my bioactive enclosure soon
also next time after you add the sealant maybe you can sprinkle a little coarse sand over the top of the sealant before it dries to keep your rock texture!
How do you keep the Isopods and the springtials alive don't they need way more humidity then a leopard gecko?
You can keep an area of the tank humid for them, she has a humid hide if that doesn’t work I’ll have to rethink
I like it
It looks great Emi. I kinda wonder if it would be possible to make a bioactive mouse enclosure?🤔
Definitely!