Very very true!

And skill. We are also limited by our skill. Serpa is an Ent. The rest of us only wish our designs work out like his.

I just finished the hardscape of my 4th bioactive enclosure for new gecko. 18x18x24 I feel pretty good about it. I ordered the 5th tank being black friday too. lol

Thank you so much!

how'd it turn out?

I saw a guy did a build like this but used gorilla glue instead of silicone and foam. The gorilla glue acts like expanding foam when it's wet.

@@jimmynich4791 Clint right?

@@sasquatchdonut2674 I think it was.

yes thats a must have

yeah i was wondering if the glass was tempered so i could drill a hole for the drainage layer

@@ahzulsenpai2391 drainage layer is different then a drain on the bottom, a drainage layer consists of clayballs and mesh ontop of that with charcoal and then substrate on top the springtails will live around the charcoal and in the substrate and the clay balls at the bottom will keep humidity while soaking up extra water that spills through the substrate.

I use lava rocks

@@andrewtran689 yes, those replacement lava rocks for propane grills work great, and they’re much cheaper too.

Thank you!

Yes, if you want it to be a real self sustaining setup you do need both

I didn't even notice 😂

No actually its fine. My plants are doing very well on uvb. Maybe its just some plants.

@@EZS248 yeah, it's very dependent on plant species. Your plants may do fine, while others wont. Many plants used in terrariums are low light plants, which dont need special lighting. So, they do fine. But now this hobby has exploded and more plants are being used, which many have very specific lighting requirements.

Alicia de Bruijn You can use any LED bulb that is nice and bright and white, I just use a 36 inch LED shop light from Home Depot. UVB doesn’t benefit plans at all.

Hey Sandy. I generally don't cut the great stuff, no. The oldest take I have with this method is 6 years old and it still have some dirt stuck on it. If cutting it is a pain you can also scuff it with a coarse grain sand paper. Its messy but easier I think. I did a full review of the thrive tank here and you can get a better look at the screen top. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncBmp7ibupecj2w.html

@@AltitudeExotics Im def going to try your method. I have tried using only gorilla glue, not my fave. Hard to control the expanding and coir/sphag doesnt last as long. Thanks so much, i really enjoy your work :))

It makes the foam stick better because the foam sprayed right on the glass with come off I learned that the hard way

They are super tough and built to fall. Their main defense against predators is to jump first and ask questions later. In 10 years and 50k geckos I've only had one single injury from a fall. A female jumped out of my hand and hit her eye right on the corner of a table. In a cage I doubt they could hurt themselves if they tried.

As someone who has multiple bio active vivariums, I have never seen any of the bugs outside of the vivariums

My feeders get out and idk how

Petsmart

Not hard at all..I did it when I was a beginner

@@katelynsumner8802 nice to know. I can't wait to get my gecko lol

I will be putting new geckos up for sale every Friday for all of February and March!

Unfortunately there is not

@@AltitudeExotics That's a shame but maybe there's options if there's square cabinets that are big enough to fit the whole thing on top. I've never seen any but I would've thought there's a market for corner vivs and cabinets.

Where from?

Well spotted ;)

It is safe once it is dry

@@AltitudeExotics oh thanks for telling me because that made me skeptical about using it

😆😆 you'll have to take it up with my wife, this was her idea

Yep I agree. But all in all great video