Aloysius Taschse
Active Member
Hello fellow chelonian lovers,
I recently posted a thread about my idea to include a waterfall in Kiwi's new bioactive enclosure. I have everything planned for that, but I figured before I purchase things and start landscaping I should post a thread about what people think about my enclosure concept. I would post a picture of a design layout that I usually draw, but I couldn't do it this time. Hopefully people can give me ideas.
Before you go on, you may notice that there is a poll. I wanted to know how ambitious my project actually was, so feel free to submit results. (It may have some issues) Happy New Year's day!
The enclosure is this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055FSKPW/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Each bed is only 9 inches tall, so I'm buying the 2 bed option with the cover to make it a total of 18 inches (not including that extra 5 or so inches of space at the bottom of the cover). In this, I want prayer plants, boston ferns, spider plants, echeveria, air plants, devil's ivy, bromeliads, and some star moss (if safe, I don't actually know), and sphagnum moss. I also want springtails and isopods to add onto the "bioactive". Even more, I would like to have rocks, a humid hide box, logs, and the waterfall! The waterfall will be entirely put into a plastic container embedded in the 4 or so inch orchid bark/backyard soil substrate. I think I will build a cascading design, but miniature. I also want a large pool at the bottom which can easily be heated by the ceramic heat emitter and will be a lovely spot to soak for Kiwi. If possible, I would like moss and other nice things around the waterfall. There will also have to be a reptile mister. Day temps will be around 95 or so and night 85. The heat emitter will be positioned over a slate basking tile. There will also be an T5Pro Arcadia UVB light that will only be on on the day and will be stuck to a wooden beam across the canopy of the enclosure top for UVB. The humid hide box will basically be a tub flipped over with a hole that will be covered with substrate to make it look like an actual burrow (I can't resist!) I have checked all the plants and they should do fine in the enclosure. If there is anything that needs improvement or you have any suggestions, feel free to comment. As much as this is going to be a massive project and will be quite difficult, I'm really looking forward to surprising Kiwi with this for valentine's day!
I recently posted a thread about my idea to include a waterfall in Kiwi's new bioactive enclosure. I have everything planned for that, but I figured before I purchase things and start landscaping I should post a thread about what people think about my enclosure concept. I would post a picture of a design layout that I usually draw, but I couldn't do it this time. Hopefully people can give me ideas.
Before you go on, you may notice that there is a poll. I wanted to know how ambitious my project actually was, so feel free to submit results. (It may have some issues) Happy New Year's day!
The enclosure is this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055FSKPW/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Each bed is only 9 inches tall, so I'm buying the 2 bed option with the cover to make it a total of 18 inches (not including that extra 5 or so inches of space at the bottom of the cover). In this, I want prayer plants, boston ferns, spider plants, echeveria, air plants, devil's ivy, bromeliads, and some star moss (if safe, I don't actually know), and sphagnum moss. I also want springtails and isopods to add onto the "bioactive". Even more, I would like to have rocks, a humid hide box, logs, and the waterfall! The waterfall will be entirely put into a plastic container embedded in the 4 or so inch orchid bark/backyard soil substrate. I think I will build a cascading design, but miniature. I also want a large pool at the bottom which can easily be heated by the ceramic heat emitter and will be a lovely spot to soak for Kiwi. If possible, I would like moss and other nice things around the waterfall. There will also have to be a reptile mister. Day temps will be around 95 or so and night 85. The heat emitter will be positioned over a slate basking tile. There will also be an T5Pro Arcadia UVB light that will only be on on the day and will be stuck to a wooden beam across the canopy of the enclosure top for UVB. The humid hide box will basically be a tub flipped over with a hole that will be covered with substrate to make it look like an actual burrow (I can't resist!) I have checked all the plants and they should do fine in the enclosure. If there is anything that needs improvement or you have any suggestions, feel free to comment. As much as this is going to be a massive project and will be quite difficult, I'm really looking forward to surprising Kiwi with this for valentine's day!