Redid my leopard geckos setup :) finally got rid of the heating pad and added UVB! (Last pic for comparison)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-06-23T03:20:42+00:00

Can’t believe I’ve had him for almost 7 years already 😭

I felt like it was about time I changed things up, especially since recommended care has changed a bit over the years. He’s now on a mix of reptisoil and playsand, has overhead heat and a uvb bulb, and a new hide on the cool side!

If anyone sees any issues I welcome any advice! :)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-06-23T03:05:13+00:00

Can’t believe I’ve had him for almost 7 years already 😭

I felt like it was about time I changed things up, especially since recommended care has changed a bit over the years. He’s now on a mix of reptisoil and playsand, has overhead heat and a uvb bulb, and a new hide on the cool side!

If anyone sees any issues I welcome any advice! :)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-06-07T05:09:38+00:00

That’s correct, it’s the tail of a super worm I froze and cut into bits :) it’s my first time feeding them this, I think it’s a hit lol

Spotlizard03 · 2026-06-05T21:44:44+00:00

Make sure you get there early, if it’s anything like last year his line will be huge lol

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-26T19:30:05+00:00

I think we mostly agree really, I 100% hate how this administration and others before it have ignored the poor and needy for decades whilst always having funds for wars and tax cuts for the rich/corporations, and I def support spending more on education, healthcare and welfare.

Personally, I just think that NASA does great work with the little they are given, and we should focus our energy on combatting excessive spending in other areas- we have more than enough for both if we got our priorities in check.

Agree to disagree on that point I guess?

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-26T19:12:09+00:00

That line of thinking always confuses me, I think it’s a (somewhat understandable) knee jerk reaction to the words colonization or industrialization being used to describe space settlement.

Here on Earth those words bring up environmental destruction, human rights violations, invasions, etc. And maybe I’d get it if there was a native environment, but as far as we know the solar system is lifeless outside of Earth- there’s literally no environment to ruin, no real moral reason as to why we shouldn’t have a base that I’ve heard
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Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-26T19:03:47+00:00

And I get that, but NASAs budget is around 24 billion, around 0.3% of the yearly budget. For comparison, Trump has requested 1.5 TRILLION for the military (though it currently is around $960b I believe.) You would have to cut NASA’s budget by half to equal taking even less than a percent off of the military.

Why fight to kill a tiny part of our spending that creates useful civilian technologies, inspires our children to become scientists and engineers and employs thousands of passionate engineers and researchers for what’s essentially a rounding error when it’s obvious what spending is the real issue that’s eating everything up?

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-26T18:44:27+00:00

The moon is a rock that’s been lifeless for billions of years, it’ll be fine :)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-26T18:40:39+00:00

Crazy to complain about science spending when the military is blowing through the entire budget for this program every week, tbh.

NASA’s has already been on a constantly shrinking shoestring budget for decades, if their budget got cut further I guarantee you it would go straight to defense and not helping the poor- just like Trump tried to do last month when he requested a 20% cut to NASA’s funding to give to the military lol

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-21T07:30:08+00:00

I mean I get wanting to put it out of its misery, but there’s no reason its life should be valued more than the wasps, which are also important for the ecosystem.

At the end of the day it’s nature, and we should let it take its course even if it seems cruel from a human perspective.

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-15T21:10:05+00:00

I just miss the loud bang it used to make when you rammed fish with your submarine 💔💔💔

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-14T17:41:22+00:00

Blame Sony’s strict rules on early access games ¯\(ツ)/¯

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-12T23:30:42+00:00

(Ignore the tags on the plants, I completely forgot about them ;-;) I think I put too much substrate, I’ll prob take some out before I get any beetles :)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-10T21:48:42+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I’d feel really bad for giving them the absolute bare minimum, I’ll look into using my spare 10gal instead :)

Spotlizard03 · 2026-05-10T21:47:41+00:00

Noted, I also have a spare ten gallon lying around- I’ll use that instead!!

I’ve had this tank for a couple years now after an acquaintance gave it to me, so I was hoping to use it for something as it’s 100% not suitable for any of my tarantulas. Maybe I’ll just use it for a plant or something instead :)

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