Building a bioactive tropical vivarium for tiny geckos

We raised three baby Neon Day Geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri) in this bioactive vivarium for their first six months! Come along as we build their tiny rainforest home, watch the plants grow, and slowly earn the trust of Kevin, Stuart and Bob. This video takes you through our 12x12x18 neon day gecko tank build, and our journey raising our baby geckos and hand training them. All our materials are listed below, along with a quick note about the carbonized cork. Let us know what you thought of this video and what you’d like to see next! We are celebrating 10k subscribers–WOW!! Thank you all for watching. Please share our videos and channel with your friends to help us keep growing. We appreciate you!!! Contact us for commissions (Bay Area or LA CA) or with questions at tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com Follow us on IG!   / tangledearthvivariums   Jane and William Check out our amazon storefront to build your own scapes while supporting the channel: https://www.amazon.com/shop/tangledea... materials: Exo Terra Pro 12x12x18: https://www.pangeareptile.com/product... Cork Bark: https://amzn.to/4gd8mP4 Ghost wood: https://amzn.to/4q7ZRL5 Carbonized cork: corkstore24 (more information below) Silicone: https://amzn.to/42xBBbZ Spray foam: https://amzn.to/4ri7RcL Coco Fiber: https://amzn.to/4gdmqb5 Sphagnum Moss: https://amzn.to/42nSZ2W Orchid bark: https://amzn.to/4g33rmQ Horticultural charcoal: https://amzn.to/4i9krcr Aquasoil: https://amzn.to/4rQ7sy4 Pre-mixed reptisoil: https://amzn.to/4zmxxcs Leaflitter: https://amzn.to/4aPSh27 Sponge: https://amzn.to/41Up0zw Black vinyl: https://amzn.to/46Y0peJ Light: https://amzn.to/3P191v4 UVB LED: https://amzn.to/4ggjXyE Alternate Flourescent UVB: https://amzn.to/3U3JMKW Heat lamp: https://amzn.to/4zhsoCA Springtails: https://amzn.to/4qBUR0w Hot glue gun: https://amzn.to/3Wi4UuF Hot glue sticks: https://amzn.to/48BLmJ5 Gloves: https://amzn.to/485oFNs Auto mister: https://amzn.to/49XYZBd Plants: Rabbit’s foot fern Maiden’s hair fern Selaginella ‘wallichi’ Selaginella sp. Borneo Pilea Depressa ‘Tiny Tears’ Marcgravia Umbellata ‘Pink’ Oak leaf creeping fig Cushion moss Sheet moss Carbonized cork note: We normally get our carbonized cork from ZORO, but they’re sold out. We've ordered in bulk from: https://www.corkstore24.com/ It can be pretty expensive if you don't order in bulk, so we'll be shipping out smaller amounts to you all while we have extra. Shoot us an email if you're interested: tangledearthvivariums@gmail.com 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Overview 1:24 Materials 2:06 Tank 3:09 Hardscape 6:00 Spray Foam 7:00 Carbonized cork walls 8:55 Where to find carbonized cork?? 9:57 Blacking out the tank 10:58 Drainage layer 11:32 Substrate 12:05 Planting 12:40 Clean Up Crew 13:00 Auto-mister 13:42 2 Week Update/Maintenance 15:15 Day geckos hatched!! 16:20 Adding day geckos 16:40 Lighting, Heating, & UVB 18:22 UVB LED’s discussion 19:45 Feeding 20:40 Initial Tank Reveal!! 22:02 1 Month later 23:05 Feeding/ Hand training routine 23:43 Meet the geckos (Kevin Stuart and Bob) 25:20 Road trip! 26:17 6 Month Update! 27:30 Grand Reveal! Background music attributions: Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... As I Figure by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artifact by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Circus Tent - Netherworld Shanty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Highlight Reel by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... This video is about: bioactive vivarium, vivariums, terrarium, how to build a vivarium, aquascaping, terrarium build tutorial, vlog, small vivarium, small terrarium, biotope gallery, ferret wonderland, reptiles, frog, dart frog, day gecko vivarium, serpa, neon day gecko vivarium, nano gecko vivarium