u/DiamondBlue17

This is Inkling, my red phantom inkspot! He just arrived today and is now hiding away in his quarantine enclosure. I am already in love and can't wait to watch him settle in.

Hey all! I wanted to share pictures of the build process and final result of my first bioactive vivarium. It will eventually house a crested gecko after I give the plants and clean-up crew time to settle in. The enclosure is a 36x18x36 habistat glass terrarium.

I first created a ventilation system using foam board which I placed a pc fan into. I then created a custom background using silicone, spray foam, cork bark, and a background soil mixture from Neherp.

Here is a list of plants for anyone interested:

Button fern

Pilea Micro greens

Peperomia Caperata

Peperomia Rana Verde

Peperomia Venezueliana

Peperomia Piccolo Banda

Asst. Fern

Pilea Moon valley

Pilea Depressa

Pilea Depressa Sao paulo

Pellionia Repens

Pilea Glauca

Philodendron Scandens

Mahogany Fern

Indian Holly Fern

Goldfish vine

Neon Pothos

Begonia Foliosa

Philodendron Brazil

Pilea Moonlight

Begonia Manaus

Red Prayer plant

Neoregelia Fireball

Alocasia Amazonica "Polly"

5 different air plants

Neherp Live Moss

I am boiling some leaf litter now for the springtails and isopods. Whew, what a process this was. I'm excited to see how all of this grows in though! Let me know what you guys think and if I should adjust anything.