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Some details have changed from the design to implementation, but most of the design made it to the end. I got about halfway finished adding my drainage layer and substrate when I realized it could be done better and that soil that deep and in such confined spaces would likely grow mold and other unpleasant things due to lack of aeration. The microbes do convert the waste into plant accessible nutrients, so using live plants will prolong the life of the substrate, but not using them won't be detrimental. If the substrate isnt bioactive, you spot clean and maybe replace/refresh couple of times a year or cycle the substrate and replace in batches. It really is beautiful and we like to have the information for others who make be looking to create am enclosure.

Over the years it hasn't been as big a worry as people were happily collecting their products from outside, where natural microbes live. Also, my dragon has been known to catch one fish out of the water in his old enclosure (sad I know lol).Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. It looks like your browser or this site is blocking some scripts or cookies necessary to properly display the viewer. Something else I found are freshwater scuds, they seem like the aquatic version of isopods they might eat the dragon waste.

I don't know much about how to help, sorry, but I was just peeking through some forums and your enclosure is so lovely! In Japanese mythology, a woman is fabled to have lived for 800 years after eating one of these fictional beasts, and so the creatures became a symbol of longevity. It came up a bit short since I wanted a minimum of 6ft of climbing height for him, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a more enriching swimming area for him (at the design stage of the build my first draft had a much smaller aquatic section).There is the possibility of looking at bioactivity but then I am not really that much of a huge advocate for species that spend more than 50% of there time on the surface. However, I'm not sure how much filtration I can actually obtain by using the aquatic substrate, underwater features, and plants so we'll see. The main issue with going with an aquarium is that water will inevitably get underneath it and may begin to smell. I want to eventually add fish to this setup when the tank finishes cycling, so I would like some cleanup critters to add to the tank to take care of the waste that I may miss every now and then. In the past, keepers were also generally experienced frog or day gecko keepers who kept on top of their maintenance properly.

As a Costco member, you may be eligible to receive an exclusive discount on plans through Figo Pet Insurance. Our Connecting for Life campaign is in full swing, and your support is making some very exciting new projects possible. I'm just afraid since I have the overhang I'm going to have to remove it and clean poop out from under it. Im thinking some type of reptile safe cleaning spray specially for this type of thing, that you can just spray on the spot where you removed the poo from.It's not something I do myself at the moment, but came about from discussions with Mary and PALS who is trying to study what is coming out of the other end of the cleaner bugs. The scans also revealed a pair of wooden stakes inside the remains — one running from head to tail and another across the shoulder blades — which were presumably added to keep the creature intact, Cress said. So I separated the foam packing peanuts and drainage layer with a plastic pond liner, and ran a drainage pipe from the bottom of the enclosure to the pond liner (a bit difficult).

The group is paraphyleticas it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. S. from Japan more than 100 years ago appears to be a mix of fish, monkey and lizard parts that have been joined together like Frankenstein's monster, initial scans suggest.He covers a wide range of topics including space exploration, planetary science, space weather, climate change, animal behavior, evolution and paleontology. But subsequent scans this February revealed that the mummy was predominantly made from cloth, paper and cotton, painted with sand and charcoal and held together by metal pins. Spot clean out chunks, top up occationally if you have to take a chunk out, but the whole point of bioactive is that the bugs do the cleaning. They won’t get rid of the nitrate but they might break down the waste so it’s easier for your filter to handle, they are would probably become snacks to most fish though.