Stuffing around with lizards

[Scleropages]

Took some pics of my temporary geck tanks wile they are still young...
The tanks have only been setup for a month Max atm.

I'm thinking I will just keep plants and no herps in a few years.. haha

Tanks:

Cool mushrooms that grown in 12-24hrs then die off again

Anubias I am trying out of water:

Anubias I grow under water:

One of the gecks:

Other geck (shes shy)

 

[Justdragons]

amazing. i would love a tank like that. where would i go to even start to learn about live tanks and mushrooms and stuff?

also what is a good sort of price for those exo terra tanks? alot of people have them but i always see them for like 270 bucks...?? seems steepish??

 

[Scleropages]

I couldn't get rid of the mushrooms if I tried.. just the ideal growing conditions for them...
They are only small tanks 30X30 under $100ea

 

[Gibblore]

Looking good mate keep em comming

 

[Asharee133]

hey paul, have you tried turning all the lights out and seeing if the fungus is bioluminescent?

 

[Justdragons]

I couldn't get rid of the mushrooms if I tried.. just the ideal growing conditions for them...
They are only small tanks 30X30 under $100ea

what sorts of lighting are you using? did you start the moss somehow or does it just grow from the humidity? are they rocks you have russled up? sorry for all the questions im just very intrigued (sp)

 

[Shotta]

Holy Crap!!
That thing is freakin' AMAZING Awesome setups!!

 

[mad_at_arms]

hey paul, have you tried turning all the lights out playing some floyd and seeing if the fungus is hallucinogenic?

fixed

 

[Shotta]

also how well do the anubias go out of water do you water them like a normal plant if not submerged underwater?

 

[Scleropages]

haha I'd rather listen to sphongle .. It doesn't glow.. I feed the gecks with the lights out.. creep around all hrs of the night like a mad man with torch and crix in hand watching little lizards eat..... c.r.a.p I don;t have a life! haha

And NO I am not going to eat one before anyone asks... haha

also how well do the anubias go out of water do you water them like a normal plant if not submerged underwater?

Anubias can grow out of the water fine if kept sprayed and in the right conditions... I think I will have to set up misters though

They are only temporarily tanks.. when the geckos are bigger I will move them into something nicer...
This tank currently has nothing in it except plants.. I plan of setting up a few of these with more branches for them:
(sorry to all the tub/white enclosure lovers cringing at my unnecessary plants )

 

[Pilbarensis]

Mate those setups are stunning! If anything they should be permanent! Also that is a great amount of plants. If you compare international phelsuma gecko keepers to the Australian keepers you can see a distinct lack of effort in housing in the Australian keepers. This is a great setup and you're chameleon geckos are going to love living in their. I can easily imagine this tank very quickly becoming home for a small breeding colony.

Cheers

 

[Scleropages]

I know, my enclosures are crra p compared them them!

 

[Pilbarensis]

No yours are outstanding! Especially with the limited terrarium resources out here in Australia. They are not bad by any stretch of the imagination, may I ask where did you get your plants and what species are they?

 

[Glidergirl]

wow they look great, would be great for boyd's but is it not too humid for most geckos? What geckos would like it more humid like this Smooth Knob I presume? Could you do that for Red Barreds and Arkoona Dragons, or do they prefer it drier.
Also What substrate do you use? Soo many questions lol

 

[Wild~Touch]

Love it I creep around at night with a headtorch and talk to my geckoes as I feed them too.

 

[Pilbarensis]

@ Glidergirl - They're Chameleon Geckos, a great and rather $$$ species from the Queensland rainforests. So they require the higher humidity.

 

[Scleropages]

No yours are outstanding! Especially with the limited terrarium resources out here in Australia. They are not bad by any stretch of the imagination, may I ask where did you get your plants and what species are they?

All the moss/broms are from my gardens... I have grown Broms for years..(bromeliaceae)

wow they look great, would be great for boyd's but is it not too humid for most geckos? What geckos would like it more humid like this Smooth Knob I presume? Could you do that for Red Barreds and Arkoona Dragons, or do they prefer it drier.
Also What substrate do you use? Soo many questions lol

Some geckos like it humid.. these are Laevis not Levis , lol

 

[MesseNoire]

Are you possibly considering posting a tutorial or some instructional way on how to grow and setup all this stuff?
I would love to read how it all goes together

 

[Pilbarensis]

Yeah I would also love to learn how you grow the broms and moss and then how you setup the tanks. It would help me a lot at the moment as well.

 

[Scleropages]

I'm still stuffing around with it all atm. I could post a boring how too with the next tank if you want.