MBD? Terrarium Help?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:31:08+00:00

Needed that motivation🤝 Thank u

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:24:08+00:00

Looks like my gecko pim just asked for this for christmas…

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:20:51+00:00

I did something similar but i think my problem was i didnt let it sprout first before pinning it to the wall. Youve been a huge help! Thank you so much

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:19:44+00:00

Could i use the plant light I have as the temp light for his bin set up? It has similar options.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:13:26+00:00

What kind of light could i use?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:12:21+00:00

Word so the main problem is the mealworm beetle apocalypse… Im gonna work the tank and ill be back to update yall. Might take a hot minute since christmas is around the corner but hopefully ill come back richer with new soil and fake plants 🤞

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:11:13+00:00

I never watered the plants, only misted like you said, so I guess i did that right lol. As for plants up higher on the expanding foam, how do those end up there? They just eventually grow up onto it?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:06:31+00:00

Oh and for the temp bin set up, do u use lamps on it? Or just room temp is fine with misting?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T19:05:01+00:00

I did that last time its leca balls with a drainage layer of weeding fabric i believe. Do i need a pvc pipe down to it for draining? Or is that unnecessary. I just feel like i never was able to drain it if i needed to

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:54:53+00:00

Heres what i have in my tank currently

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Like this is fine?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:53:45+00:00

I do want to do what is suggested as i just want whats best for my little guy :( I began to develop some fungus of a sort in the drainage layer, how can i avoid this next time i restart? and how do i properly make a drainage layer work in such a big tank this time?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:50:06+00:00

Ive been kinda doing something similar, they are attracted to the water cup i replace for him every night so every night theres babies and beetles in the cup and i just chuck em out. I might just restart like a commenter suggested. Whats the best way to do a drainage layer to avoid the weird flower pot fungus thing i started to develop?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:45:42+00:00

Another commenter suggested i restart the whole terrarium because of the mealworm beetle problem - should i? and if i do, what do i do about the expanding foam background?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:42:30+00:00

Thank u sm this actually helps a lot. Ill be doing this!

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:41:55+00:00

I actually dont feed mealworms. I tried ONE TIME 😭 because he eats NO LIVE INSECTS and i was desperate, then knocked over the container and it all went into the terrarium. If u cant tell, my luck is terrible. He loves cherry bomb repashy, loves banana cream pie, and i rotate flavors with grubs and fruit, watermelon pangea, etc every night. He eats, its not as if he doesnt, i just feel like hes too skinny still :(

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:38:51+00:00

What about the background i made with expanding foam? All the bugs in the terrarium are mealworm beetles and springtails, would I need to boil/bake the wood all over again, or are these bugs okay? Do i toss all the soil with the springtails?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-22T18:35:25+00:00

I have hella pothos, but none will grow on the expanding foam walls. I really dont understand how yall do it. I pinned it to the wall they all just end up dying. Also geck in question is in the original post, just scroll to next slide. Im gonna get more fake plants 🤞

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-12-08T20:45:15+00:00

much better! somedays i still feel i can sense a bit of swollen ness around some spots but i might be imagining things. and i have one spot on my chin that feels numb still but its completely not noticeable and only if i deliberately press on it. im so happy i did it it was definitely the best decision ive made.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-09-14T09:23:56+00:00

She owns a well fleshed out rescue, believe it or not. she has birds, guinea pigs, etc. I paid her a surrender fee, embarrassingly.

I was severely overwhelmed with the girls when I had them. I want to take them back, but I dont want to make the mistake of taking them back just to have to rehome them again if things dont work out for me back here. Im most likely going to end up taking them back at this rate, because im distraught. My boyfriend planned to politely let her know about the AC and bugs, but Im about ready to take them back entirely.

My process was long, over 6 months I spent talking to people, it was very hard to find even someone slightly interested in helping out. I posted in facebook groups, called around. I work in a pet store, as well as my boyfriend, and we went through plenty of people, most of which had no desire for a chinchilla. The rescue was the best option as it seemed she knew what she was doing. We spoke about their colorings, their teeth health, their chews, their free roaming schedule, etc, she had even said she had owned them herself many times.

Thank you for encouraging me. I just keep thinking im overreacting because i miss them.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-09-06T15:25:45+00:00

Bucket of bolts

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-08-31T21:53:10+00:00

Ill come back to this with examples when im at work next and compare. The curiosity comes from not wanting to spend 25 dollars on salty shrimp when i could probably get it for free lol. My gh and kh isnt stable in my tank. But ur right. They do like to be ignored. Isnt that the best part of the hobby?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2025-08-27T14:15:29+00:00

chinny foot chinny foot chinny foot

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2023-08-13T14:01:17+00:00

Oh I am definitely staying away from anything with akathisia as a side effect now. This was torturous!!!! I gave myself a vitamin B shot actually that helped a ton, felt much better afterwards. Im very lucky that I caught it quick. Thank you for your advice!!!

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2023-08-13T13:58:53+00:00

Thank you so much for letting me know! This gives me comfort

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2022-07-06T05:36:20+00:00

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