In my case, it would be "Why NOT to go bioactive." All it takes is one parasite outbreak and then you're out thousands of dollars, hours upon hours of work and months of waiting for stuff to grow in. When it happened to me, I had to throw out $10,000+ in bioactive enclosures to save my animals. I don't think I'll ever do it again, even though I loved seeing them inside the greenery. Another negative was when I discovered ticks inside the substrate, but bioactive advocates highly disparage sifting, sterilizing the soil, or sterilizing the decorations. I would 100% disregard most of their advice if I were ever to do it over again. If you join the Facebook groups and tell them your plan to sterilize, it can result in an automatic ban.

It’s a lot more then substrate isopods and springtails drainage with drainage lever some need Misting u still have to clean still a lot husbandry to think about depending on ur reptile 🐍 x

Looks great bro

Defo need something enclosed for them to hide in the back xx

Watch snake discovery they are great for hog nose breeding education sugar pack hides are great for a hide in the warm end in the back and homing them togeather couple to a bin is ment to help get them eating things I’ve learnt from snake discovery they have went from home to snake house and wharhouse and a Zoo lol x

Don't worry too much. I've had a baby go 6 months without eating before. Now she's a beautiful 4 year old.

I wanna get some of this just to top, tortellinis salads add some variety.

Arcadia sponsor this man

TTPG is most definitely not the event to go to if you’re looking for people who are passionate about turtles in their natural habitat. For that, head to the TSA Symposium. TTPG is squarely focused on the private captive breeding of turtles and protecting private turtle keeping. Sam, I hope you can be the change that the TTPG needs.

Sorry about the audio glitch, it gets fixed a few minutes in

Nice enclosure, those are some beautiful pancake tortoises.

Great update Sam. Tillandsias need nearly constant high humidity to persist- in that set up with the heat bulbs, you’d probably have to spray them every day. As far as new additions, look to Sanseveria. There are several species and cultivars, and they are native to East Africa. Pancakes are awesome, I absolutely love them. Thanks for sharing your group with us.

Misting the paper towels will help them shed.

Great video. You didn't say how much it is though, just that it's cheap. How cheap lol?

It's wonderful to observe that our chicken coop has become a welcoming habitat for tortoises as well! Thank you so much for working with us! 💛

They're precious!! Can't wait for updates!

Excellent!!! 🎉

Beautiful babies 🐢🐢

Listen to Cota, sure she already told you too!

GO REST, DON'T WANT TO GET WORSE. OLD MOM HERE 🙏🙏

I can't tell 100% but it looks like it might be a water hyacinth you might also want to add some water spray also note is Indian water fern which will self replicate by spawning babies in the the spots between the fingers on the fronts so each thumb or finger between them will sprout a baby plan And it's self rejuvenating to rejuvenating is 100 percent edible by animal animals and plants I mean animals and turtles and chickens elite the stuff so it's good for them and usually they bring in a couple of pond snails or Rams horn snails which are fine the turtles will eat those too You might want to just put a couple of mosquito fish or guppies if you're in a tropical area or a warm area they will survive over the winter if not if you live in a temperate zone you got to bring them in in the winter time because they will die off we deserve the cold The only ones that might survive are Gambusia and they are native to the United States and Mexico can live in fresh or brackish water and can spend brief periods of time in high salinity saltwater or you could add Molly's mollies will survive in tropical waters and in temperate warm subtropical waters and saltwater and fresh. but then Gambusia probably the best fish for mosquito control and they're pretty little fish in their own way they're about the size of guppies both libraries both guppies and gamboos . are libraries they don't know if they can interbreed or not but they can go see a look like guppies they just don't have the thin coloration they have vertical stripes instead of horizontal stripes and they kind of bluish greenish scales on the sides with those black stripes they can have sometimes a silver or golden tinge to them so they're pretty fish the males are very pretty The females are very dull they're kind of like olive green drab color with the stripes but there be good to get but for a floating plant definitely get the water sprite and as the leaves age there's the plant age excuse me and their leaves grow more and more out of the water they've become more frog like like real delicate but they're thick they're very versatile leaves so they mean they can start out in the water and be very flat and broad leaf So they're trying to absorb as much sunlight and get as much carbon dioxide as possible and once they start growing out of the water they start thinning out and adapting to more terrestrial style photosynthesis and breathing they absorb more carbon dioxide through the aerial leaves than they do the aquatic ones But it's a nice little trade off between the plant and above all they're going to be sucking up nitrates like you didn't believe it's one of the best plants out there for 2nd up nitrates but they've got to be floating plants they can't plant them they have a lot of roots the roots the whole plaintiff is edible for Fish and turtles

What basking and heating did you use? Looking to get a pancake (or two...or three) in the fall

Hi! New viewer here. I clicked on your video to check out these enclosures but I love the way you explain things and include/admit to your own errors, which others might edit out. I like how these enclosures are made and I am thinking of getting one in the near future! Proud to be subscriber #681

Hope you feel better. WOW, nice unboxing. Good luck with these. (hope it's a male)

Enjoy!

Should probably delete this video. Go buy another dubia enclosure. Reread instructions 3 times. Remake video.

My favorite species to keep.

A bunch of hypocrites

it's only the listed products that are banned, arcadia is still completely fine I use them they are fantastic

Do research. Youre spreading false info

This isn’t entirely true, zoomed reps are meeting with officials to go over why these bulbs are necessary for animals survivals, it’s not just reptiles but other mammals need it as well. Europe went through this and succeeded and there’s no reason why the US won’t, they aren’t just going to let our animals die. Nice vivisection though, there is hope we’re gunna be fine 👍🏼

I believe the need for lights will lead to innovation in ways to continue to keep reps that need the lights. I hope anyways. Its not just private keepers that this hurts but zoos and rehab facilities that keep reptiles as well.

This is kinda scary, I’m not sure what I would use instead of heating and UVB bulbs. My pets life’s depend on it. And I’m lucky to even get my turtles outside in the summer but once fall comes around it gets way to cold for my turtles. If that’s the case I guess we would all have to move down south or something just to give our pets some sun year around.

Will fake plants with suction cups stick on the side walls of these pvc enclosures like they do on glass enclosures?

Wow!! This is scary 😱 and I’m not scared by much!!! Like you said, ppl are stocking up despite the fact that they are all one day going to burn 🔥 out, but what about the little guy like us who can’t afford to do that. Thank you for this important information❣️🫶🏻☀️ much love and blessed be.

Is this cage big enough for a single adult crested gecko or should I get the 24x18x36 enclosure?

The biggest problem with this reptile heat bulb ban is we have people who have littler kids who would be afraid of the dark as reptile owners. Plus the United States have the highest crime rates in the world especially kid napping

Why’s it look like you have on makeup wth 😂

Nice enclosure

I have 2 of the 48x24 enclosures and I put those together without issues and I just bought my Crestie the 18x18x24 and this hurts watching you put it together, I agree watch a video on putting it together and or read the instructions step by step. These are very nice enclosures.

They are beautiful!

One day I can be like him, having lots and lots of space for land tortoise.. #Greetings from Indonesia

Nothing wrong with that buddy we're still discovering ourselves and figuring out what we enjoy keeping and the amount we want to keep, the amount of downsizing we've done to get ready to move has made a big difference to us I do want to upsize back a little once we get moved but I don't want to be back where we were by any means

There's nothing like a little time away to ground oneself. I encourage all keepers to create a written collection plan that they share with family and friends that will help guide future acquisitions and distributions. Nice job prioritizing.

I did the same thing. It was tough letting my amazing Bulls go the most, but things are easier now just focusing on Black Milks and Pines (I do still have a Corn as well). It’s less work and back to being fun again.

Interesting I’m allways on the look out for different flowers that are SAFE for torts ❤

A lot of pyramiding... Where is the humidity sensor?

Such a small enclosure. Look at them try and escape as soon as you open it

Congrats, Sam!