Building a bioactive tropical vivarium for tiny geckos
Tangled Earth Vivariums
13,576 views
We raised three baby Neon Day Geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri) in this bioactive vivarium for their first six months! Come along as we build their tiny rainforest home, watch the plants grow, and slowly earn the trust of Kevin, Stuart and Bob. This video takes you through our 12x12x18 neon day gecko tank build, and our journey raising our baby geckos and hand training them.
All our materials are listed below, along with a quick note about the carbonized cork.
Let us know what you thought of this video and what you’d like to see next!
We are celebrating 10k subscribers–WOW!! Thank you all for watching. Please share our videos and channel with your friends to help us keep growing. We appreciate you!!!
Contact us for commissions (Bay Area or LA CA) or with questions at tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com
Follow us on IG! Instagram: tangledearthvivariums
Jane and William
Check out our amazon storefront to build your own scapes while supporting the channel: https://www.amazon.com/shop/tangledea...
materials:
Exo Terra Pro 12x12x18: https://www.pangeareptile.com/product...
Cork Bark: https://amzn.to/4gd8mP4
Ghost wood: https://amzn.to/4q7ZRL5
Carbonized cork: corkstore24 (more information below)
Silicone: https://amzn.to/42xBBbZ
Spray foam: https://amzn.to/4ri7RcL
Coco Fiber: https://amzn.to/4gdmqb5
Sphagnum Moss: https://amzn.to/42nSZ2W
Orchid bark: https://amzn.to/4g33rmQ
Horticultural charcoal: https://amzn.to/4i9krcr
Aquasoil: https://amzn.to/4rQ7sy4
Pre-mixed reptisoil: https://amzn.to/4zmxxcs
Leaflitter: https://amzn.to/4aPSh27
Sponge: https://amzn.to/41Up0zw
Black vinyl: https://amzn.to/46Y0peJ
Light: https://amzn.to/3P191v4
UVB LED: https://amzn.to/4ggjXyE
Alternate Flourescent UVB: https://amzn.to/3U3JMKW
Heat lamp: https://amzn.to/4zhsoCA
Springtails: https://amzn.to/4qBUR0w
Hot glue gun: https://amzn.to/3Wi4UuF
Hot glue sticks: https://amzn.to/48BLmJ5
Gloves: https://amzn.to/485oFNs
Auto mister: https://amzn.to/49XYZBd
Plants:
Rabbit’s foot fern
Maiden’s hair fern
Selaginella ‘wallichi’
Selaginella sp. Borneo
Pilea Depressa ‘Tiny Tears’
Marcgravia Umbellata ‘Pink’
Oak leaf creeping fig
Cushion moss
Sheet moss
Carbonized cork note:
We normally get our carbonized cork from ZORO, but they’re sold out. We've ordered in bulk from: https://www.corkstore24.com/
It can be pretty expensive if you don't order in bulk, so we'll be shipping out smaller amounts to you all while we have extra. Shoot us an email if you're interested: tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Overview
1:24 Materials
2:06 Tank
3:09 Hardscape
6:00 Spray Foam
7:00 Carbonized cork walls
8:55 Where to find carbonized cork??
9:57 Blacking out the tank
10:58 Drainage layer
11:32 Substrate
12:05 Planting
12:40 Clean Up Crew
13:00 Auto-mister
13:42 2 Week Update/Maintenance
15:15 Day geckos hatched!!
16:20 Adding day geckos
16:40 Lighting, Heating, & UVB
18:22 UVB LED’s discussion
19:45 Feeding
20:40 Initial Tank Reveal!!
22:02 1 Month later
23:05 Feeding/ Hand training routine
23:43 Meet the geckos (Kevin Stuart and Bob)
25:20 Road trip!
26:17 6 Month Update!
27:30 Grand Reveal!
Background music attributions:
Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artifact by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Circus Tent - Netherworld Shanty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Highlight Reel by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
This video is about: bioactive vivarium, vivariums, terrarium, how to build a vivarium, aquascaping, terrarium build tutorial, vlog, small vivarium, small terrarium, biotope gallery, ferret wonderland, reptiles, frog, dart frog, day gecko vivarium, serpa, neon day gecko vivarium, nano gecko vivarium
20 Comments
2. Congratulations on the engagement!
3. These geckos are so cute and I love the tank! The different plants make it look so colourful and full of life!
Building a bioactive tropical vivarium for tiny geckos
Tangled Earth Vivariums
13,576 views
We raised three baby Neon Day Geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri) in this bioactive vivarium for their first six months! Come along as we build their tiny rainforest home, watch the plants grow, and slowly earn the trust of Kevin, Stuart and Bob. This video takes you through our 12x12x18 neon day gecko tank build, and our journey raising our baby geckos and hand training them.
All our materials are listed below, along with a quick note about the carbonized cork.
Let us know what you thought of this video and what you’d like to see next!
We are celebrating 10k subscribers–WOW!! Thank you all for watching. Please share our videos and channel with your friends to help us keep growing. We appreciate you!!!
Contact us for commissions (Bay Area or LA CA) or with questions at tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com
Follow us on IG! Instagram: tangledearthvivariums
Jane and William
Check out our amazon storefront to build your own scapes while supporting the channel: https://www.amazon.com/shop/tangledea...
materials:
Exo Terra Pro 12x12x18: https://www.pangeareptile.com/product...
Cork Bark: https://amzn.to/4gd8mP4
Ghost wood: https://amzn.to/4q7ZRL5
Carbonized cork: corkstore24 (more information below)
Silicone: https://amzn.to/42xBBbZ
Spray foam: https://amzn.to/4ri7RcL
Coco Fiber: https://amzn.to/4gdmqb5
Sphagnum Moss: https://amzn.to/42nSZ2W
Orchid bark: https://amzn.to/4g33rmQ
Horticultural charcoal: https://amzn.to/4i9krcr
Aquasoil: https://amzn.to/4rQ7sy4
Pre-mixed reptisoil: https://amzn.to/4zmxxcs
Leaflitter: https://amzn.to/4aPSh27
Sponge: https://amzn.to/41Up0zw
Black vinyl: https://amzn.to/46Y0peJ
Light: https://amzn.to/3P191v4
UVB LED: https://amzn.to/4ggjXyE
Alternate Flourescent UVB: https://amzn.to/3U3JMKW
Heat lamp: https://amzn.to/4zhsoCA
Springtails: https://amzn.to/4qBUR0w
Hot glue gun: https://amzn.to/3Wi4UuF
Hot glue sticks: https://amzn.to/48BLmJ5
Gloves: https://amzn.to/485oFNs
Auto mister: https://amzn.to/49XYZBd
Plants:
Rabbit’s foot fern
Maiden’s hair fern
Selaginella ‘wallichi’
Selaginella sp. Borneo
Pilea Depressa ‘Tiny Tears’
Marcgravia Umbellata ‘Pink’
Oak leaf creeping fig
Cushion moss
Sheet moss
Carbonized cork note:
We normally get our carbonized cork from ZORO, but they’re sold out. We've ordered in bulk from: https://www.corkstore24.com/
It can be pretty expensive if you don't order in bulk, so we'll be shipping out smaller amounts to you all while we have extra. Shoot us an email if you're interested: tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Overview
1:24 Materials
2:06 Tank
3:09 Hardscape
6:00 Spray Foam
7:00 Carbonized cork walls
8:55 Where to find carbonized cork??
9:57 Blacking out the tank
10:58 Drainage layer
11:32 Substrate
12:05 Planting
12:40 Clean Up Crew
13:00 Auto-mister
13:42 2 Week Update/Maintenance
15:15 Day geckos hatched!!
16:20 Adding day geckos
16:40 Lighting, Heating, & UVB
18:22 UVB LED’s discussion
19:45 Feeding
20:40 Initial Tank Reveal!!
22:02 1 Month later
23:05 Feeding/ Hand training routine
23:43 Meet the geckos (Kevin Stuart and Bob)
25:20 Road trip!
26:17 6 Month Update!
27:30 Grand Reveal!
Background music attributions:
Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artifact by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Circus Tent - Netherworld Shanty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Highlight Reel by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
This video is about: bioactive vivarium, vivariums, terrarium, how to build a vivarium, aquascaping, terrarium build tutorial, vlog, small vivarium, small terrarium, biotope gallery, ferret wonderland, reptiles, frog, dart frog, day gecko vivarium, serpa, neon day gecko vivarium, nano gecko vivarium