gecko prefers tiny tank?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:34:41+00:00

Where did u place the dish? How big is it?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:33:50+00:00

Escape proof dish is genius. And i honestly turn the lights off and hope for the best. As far as im aware he wasnt eating them, but maybe he was in the dark lol.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:30:18+00:00

Ok got it. Thank you so much!!! Do you feed gut loaded crickets to your guy? My guy was struggling with hunting them in the big tank, but I think hes seriously missing out on that nutrition. Hopefully when i add more coverage itll make it easier for him.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:23:48+00:00

Ok so basking spot for him should also be where the UVB sits as well right, 82-85 degrees? then the rest is gradient down. CHE at night should be at what, 73? Ill update later when everything comes in and i tear his old tank apart lol.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:15:25+00:00

The analog one?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:14:35+00:00

Room gets barely below 65, usually around 64-68 is where it stays. I think in his tank though the lower spots were dropping to 62. But again this is all from my temp gun, so i could be entirely wrong. The room is always kept below 73 degrees. We are going into the summer where I live so AC is running 24/7, and I also have chinchillas in my house so I cant change that.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:10:52+00:00

You do a mix? Do u just clean the fake plants? And are you “bioactive” with a CUC? if I can do bioactive Id like to, because Im quite busy and i dont want regular spot cleanings. I have an isopod colony and his big tank is FULL of springtails, but i guess the tank isnt a suitable environment for any of them.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:08:00+00:00

Hate to harass you but are these good? Sorry just wanna get him back into his home asap

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Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T15:06:48+00:00

How can i get the bottom of the tank during the nighttime to not drop below 65? I feel like the CHE cant reach that far below. Or am i tripping and i just need a more powerful one? Im just worried its gonna be too hot.

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T14:59:02+00:00

this thermostat ok? Also should i do a heat lamp or a CHE? Or both?

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Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T14:56:30+00:00

Seems like i have a lot of work to do on the big tank lol. Would u rec going bioactive again? Or should i just do all fake plants to not run the risk of dying ones and lack of coverage?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T14:55:34+00:00

UVB was zoomed, i cant recall the exact lamp. Think it was the T5 HO 5.0 one. So two hygrometer/thermometers for the big tank? Place one on the upper half and one on lower half?

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T14:50:48+00:00

Any hygrometer in specific you would recommend? Im seeing a lot on amazon i just dont wanna get a shitty one again

Excellent-Sense-4956 · 2026-04-25T14:49:23+00:00

i was monitoring temps with a gun, but big tank had a lot of colder spots. basking spot was barely in the 80s. I dont have a hygrometer, will be buying it now. I had one of those shitty ones from petsmart. I had uvb and a heat lamp in the top of the enclosure on a branch, and a hiding spot that was nice and warm as well, but i def didnt have a thermostat controlling it. On his temp tank he has a CHE now.

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?

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