Anything else needed for Bio?

[slim aspen]

Soooo this is my first (and hopefully successful) Bioactive I’ve set up! Coming to this discord has helped me SO MUCH. I attached photos of his original enclosure as well and within a month or so (and with the help of you all 💕) I’ve been able to give him a home I’m really proud of. Just want to see if anything else is needed or if anyone has some extra tips! Also the temps are off here due to me planting for 35-45 minutes getting the right spots. Excuse my grubby fingerprints on the walls, those are being wiped as we speak lol

Enclosure: Reptile Habitats from Dubai website, 50 Gal 36x18x18

Lighting/UVB/ETC: Halogen Heat Lamp 75 Watts on a dimmer, my Albino Miso is sensitive to light c; Arcadia ShadeDweller Full ProT5 UVB kit (2.5% UVB). 4 pack of digital thermometers to help with accurate readings outside of my surface temp gun.

Substrate: 70/30 mix of the ReptiSoil (no additives or fertilizers) as well as washed Play Sand from Quikrete

CUC: Currently with a mix of Powder Blue Isopods and Springtails, waiting a few weeks to see if they continue to multiply and if not will be switching to a few others that were recommended! Waiting on my leaf litter to deliver in the mail but have added Sphagnum moss in the meantime to assist CUC with moist areas and some hiding spots.

Plants: I have a mix of Dracaena, Echeveria, Peperomia, and Trailing Elephant bush (all confirmed safe on the Arid plants list!). I have added plants to different sides of the enclosure and am waiting to see how they react to lighting, heat, humidity, etc. If these don’t work I’m also starting my propagating process with some duplicates I bought so if something goes wrong I can replant some replacements in different areas of the enclosure!

Hides: I have a mix of hides from Miso’s original starter kit and added a few more since then. I have a main humid, 3 cool hides (one is technically drift but he enjoys digging under, also noticed he enjoys his cooler side more until he’s close to his shed time), 2 hot hides, water dish on the warmer end to help keep humidity levels stable (as it’s dry where I live). Otherwise I have a cork and another driftwood.

[sharp gyro]

You’ll want a grow light / LED for your plants!

plants grow / thrive on a different spectrum the what UVB is

Uvb = light for animal
LED = light for plants (and supplemental lighting for animal but )

There’s one on the shopping list

[slim aspen]

THANK YOU!

[slim aspen]

!shoppinglist

[rotund ferry]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zW8Nq-6wF5ZAeq7j4cE7Bwa9EpXqKhIX/view?usp=sharing

[slim aspen]

@sharp gyro hello! So I got the LED on the shopping list but am a bit confused how to change the color scheme. Says sunlight is best for plants however I can’t seem to find in instructions how to change these colors. If I press settings it just sets the timer 😭 any advice?

For now it’s just ok the default when you turn it on but seems kinda bright with the UVB as well. My albino is pretty light sensitive :3

[sharp gyro]

Which one did you end up with :o? i haven't seen that timer

i can look around to help troubleshoot if you send me the link

[slim aspen]

Got this one! NICREW C10 Plants Freshwater LED... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PQT6BSB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[sharp gyro]

What’s the plus and minus do when you just click them?

[slim aspen]

Literally nothing 🙃😭

[slim aspen]

Even tried holding them and nothing

[sharp gyro]

And the book doesn’t say anything?

Does it only have the timer and nothing else?

[slim aspen]

The book says the different settings but doesn’t actually say how to change it to them

[sharp gyro]

It doesn’t have one of these options?

[sharp gyro]

In the link you sent me

Watch the video it has

It goes over it quickly but it shows you how to set sunrise and sunset / daylight power

[slim aspen]

Doesn’t have that o.o