BUYING ANIMALS for JUNGLEARIUM! Terraplaza 2023

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dendrobates auratus
phyllobates vittatus
lepidodactylus lugubris
Anadenobolus sp.
Orthomorpha sp. „Thailand”
Desmoxytes planata
terraplaza 2023

[@TheDarkDen]

Merry Christmas to all that celebrate! I totally didn't notice this video will be released exactly on Christmas 😅

[@Thorcita]

Best Christmas present buying animals for the Junglelarium "together" (y)

[@fatemehmaryam2419]

@TheDarkDen Merry Christmas to you and your family and a Happy New Year!

[@impostor7134]

create content to find tarantulas in the wild

[@GrumpyKay]

Merry Christmas Petko to you and your family.

[@deanbartle1384]

I dont know about everybody else but I think it would be cool if you included a bit of the Croatian language all I ask is please use subtitles lol I only speak English so sometimes I forget there's thousands of other languages out there so it's cool to hear what other native languages sound like

[@jennifersoto6531]

Totally agree!

[@jaynadenny8071]

I agree

[@rawrimreptar08]

maybe like, a feeding video but in Croatian with English subs, perhaps?

[@deanbartle1384]

​@rawrimreptar08 that would be really cool

[@SilentForrest-he4qj]

Hey I'm German but live in Croatia.

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

In case anyone is worrying about the mixed dart frog tank: Mixing dart frogs is controversial and generally not something that's recommended to beginners, but Dendrobates auratus together with Phyllobates vittatus is definitely one of the safer mixes out there. This is for two main reasons that are really important: -They're so distantly related that there's no risk that they hybridize (as a general rule, you should never mix two different dart frog species of the same genus; if you only mix frogs from different genera you're safe on the hybrid front). -They're both group tolerant species that aren't really territorial (unlike frogs such as Dendrobates tinctorius and Oophaga pumilio, which aren't ideal for mixed tanks almost regardless of vivarium size), so with a vivarium as big as the junglearium, there shouldn't be any issues.

[@TheDarkDen]

That was my logic behind this mix!

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

@@TheDarkDen Perfect, just wanted to mention it to any new viewers out there since it's very easy to go wrong when mixing dart frogs. The vittatus are really wonderful frogs and I hope you'll enjoy them. They're often shy in the beginning, but they usually get quite bold over time if you're around the enclosure a lot and make them associate you with food.

[@joelneedham4548]

bit concerned about the water feature though tbh

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

​@@joelneedham4548 Healthy dart frogs are actually great swimmers, and I've not heard of a single confirmed case of a healthy dart frog drowning. However, sick frogs frequently go near the water feature when they're about to die, so when they die near/in the water, it looks like they've drowned. That's most likely where the myth that dart frogs are bad swimmers comes from. Water features have 2 major issues in dart frog tanks, which is why you should avoid them if you're a beginner or have small vivarium: - They waste a lot of room that the dart frogs can't utilize (since dart frogs won't really utilize them by "swimming in the open water" like some other frogs would). - There's a risk that the water saturates the substrate (which would be really bad, since dart frogs are sensitive to infections that can occur if they're kept on a wet, soggy substrate). However, the Junglearium is massive, so it's no big deal that the water feature takes up a small portion of it, and water saturating the substrate is really occurs if you've done something wrong (by not properly "isolating" the water feature from the substrate).

[@Spiderclawz]

It warms my heart to see cappuccino I can’t believe you’re still holding onto the old den❤ this video made me feel at home today

[@3Clod]

I'm on the roachguy side, look how evil petko enslaved him 🤣 7:25 roachguy dragging the cart inside and petko, recording, "we are working" 9:29 roachgyy selling stuff, petko goes for a walk 9:57 roachguy selling stuff, petko spends money 11:36 roachguy selling stuff, petko is eating 11:41 roachguy selling stuff, petko goes for a walk 13:55 roachguy selling stuff, petko sitting and so on! PS: I love you petko

[@TheDarkDen]

how much he paid you?!

[@3Clod]

@@TheDarkDen rotfl merry xmas petko you're the best

[@Kirbyroth]

Roach Guy pretty funny😂😂

[@KrotiKrotensens]

Roachguys comments are good :D

[@GrumpyKay]

Roach Guy is funny too! You two are so amusing to watch together. Wouldnt mind having him on again hehehe your adventures are always so amusing and insteresting to tag along with.

[@051adam]

If you're a new fan checking out this video (as a long time fan): this is the genuine selfless dedication you can expect from this guy in everything he sets his mind to! Also seeing a frog "bolt" was a first for the channel maybe? Great video as always, ty Petko! I'm catching up after busy holidays so enjoying everything I missed!

[@mixtaperadio]

yooooo tell roach guy that shirt he was wearing is freaking cool. awesome video with the both of you. thank you from New York

[@spider-queen]

it was lots of fun to see this whole experience!

[@angicatron8512]

Those 3 tree frogs you could name Huey, Dewy and Louie so tiny and cute

[@saviesaviour4875]

Needa add roachguy more into videos. He seems awesome

[@SuperMadSD]

For your safety bro, get some metal screen or something for the car when going with a load like that. My mom one that coulb be taken out and put in as needed. Only takes one emergency brake for you to have enclosures through your head.

[@azbgbg]

That was interesting video, can't wait to see what other animals you will get :) btw roach guy looks like Aaron from the walking dead :D

[@karl-filipolsson5970]

Fun fact about desmoxytes planata is that they actually produce hydrogen cyanide wich is one of the most poisonous things in the world, but they produce such small amounts that it doesent affect humans, however just to be sure i always washed my hands after toutching them

[@Ramme86]

L. Williamsii would be awesome in the big one with the frogs

[@csabalenart7699]

I was the first paying with the card reader :D My mantises love the new DD enclosures.

[@darkmido6087]

Petko you need to come to Denmark in may. We have a pretty big exo show here! Lots off animals! But, the money system is abit tricky.. we dont really use cash here. So you must atleast have a credit card system with you.

[@TheDarkDen]

I have it 😊

[@darkmido6087]

@@TheDarkDen awesome. I hope you will check it out ;) take care.

[@jacobhoward7288]

Love roach guy's roach shirt.

[@Foogle..]

LMAO! Poor roach guy XD Nice haul for the Junglearium 🙂

[@drex7177]

Just a thought for when you go to sell your enclosures at events, if you brought some pictures or a slideshow type video of your enclosures in use, it might help encourage more sales. As people would see how great they are in use.

[@HyeonsikLi]

That title is definitely more appealing

[@TheDarkDen]

:'D

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information merry Christmas Petcko

[@DiamondKat]

merry Christmas to you and your family also and thank you for taking us along with you that was so interesting that is why I think you are one of the best content creators and your channel has educated me so much on spiders and among other things like the time you took us along hiking , I see spiders differently because of you ❤😊

[@Mike-ly9qi]

Can't wait to see what you have planned for 24 my friend.

[@MANNY100123]

Can't wait for the next video! Merry Christmas, Petko!

[@xion1629]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Petko!

[@Gravityembracegary]

Merry Christmas petco 🎉

[@francesrees4334]

Merry Christmas ❤❤

[@kitmcgee9127]

Awesome video! Thoroughly enjoyed ❤

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Merry Holidays to you and your pets.

[@joebauer2768]

Awesome vid! Thx :)

[@ItIsWhatItIs8120]

Happy Holidays to you and family 😊

[@OmniusFS.exotics]

Amazing new aditions, cant wait to see you put them in and see how they love the amazing junglearium.

[@candyscott489]

Fantastic !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Colins_Critters72]

Perfect end to Christmas hope everyone had a great one and looking forward to the next vid

[@johnb8087]

A Dark Den video is a perfect end to Christmas Day 😁

[@Mike-ly9qi]

Wow that is huge! I'd be lost for days if we had expos here that big

[@reptiletailz108]

U did a great job making the video hope u had a merry Christmas love ur content petko

[@danasmith8557]

Thank u for sharing

[@BugsMetropolis]

That looks really fun! I really want to start an Invertebrate Business! At 12:28 was that an axolotl?

[@groupemaintenanceprestige]

Merry Xmas

[@patrickdurkee6081]

Merry happy everything, Petko! I've never seen the pink footed millipedes. Curious to learn more about them! Have a happy new year!

[@RT-py7ju]

The millipedes that are wild where I am have cyanide in them! They are round millipedes with yellow dots along their sides. Apparently they have enough cyanide in them to kill 4 grown men. Idk though.

[@melissah4084]

Hi Petko! Thanks for taking us along on your adventure! Roach guy is hilarious, by the way! Looking forward to your next video, so we can see all the new animals as they explore. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. Love from Michigan 💛

[@mariestubbs4606]

great vid n luv the lil critters ..

[@binkyboo4793]

Those cute frogs are a sweet Christmas present! They're going to love the junglarium.

[@Gusbusbus]

The editing turned out great, what a fun video :D

[@harrychana1161]

I love ur channel.. excellent work

[@xxPRINTRULESxx]

Even at Christmas these videos are the highlight of my week!

[@michellemorningstar880]

Merry Christmas Love going to the expo love the frogs and gecko so darn cute thanks so very Much .Petko...

[@macansan7046]

Cool video man! I hope to meet you on the next expo you go 👍

[@BobyChanMan]

Merry Chistmas!

[@dbrey2635]

What will the predator be for the gecko? Those are going to populate like crazy in that perfect environment.

[@williamcozart8158]

what predator would you suggest?

[@dbrey2635]

@@williamcozart8158 I don't know of one, I was just wondering. I can't wait to see them get released.

[@TheDarkDen]

If it comes to that, I will regularly sell them!

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

I'm pretty sure he's not planning on having any. Having a vivarium where vertebrates are being eaten alive would violate the animal protection laws in many European countries (not sure about Croatia, but here in Sweden it'd be strictly illegal). It's difficult to draw a line between roaches (which are generally fed live to various animals, partially because you really can't feed with dead insects in most cases) and live rodents (which I think everybody would be upset to see being fed live to an animal unless there is absolutely no other choice), but I think vertebrates is a good place to draw the line and the Swedish legislation agrees (any vertebrate feeder animals must be humanely euthanized before being fed to whatever animal is going to eat it to avoid unnecessary suffering). Ethical and legal issues aside, a vivarium where bigger vertebrates are preying on each other in a confined space would most likely also not work very well. This is because most vertebrates have a too slow life cycle and the populations would be way too small. This makes it really difficult to create a stable ecosystem of that sort, where the animals that are being eaten are bigger than springtails and isopods. The junglearium is still significantly smaller than nature, and has a much smaller diversity of bigger animals along with extremely small populations, which makes things complicated and increases the risk of extermination of one species. I suppose the best way to get rid of the geckos is to put in a bottle trap with some roaches overnight (google Fish Bottle Trap) to catch a few and sell at the next Expo. It's an extremely effective way of catching small geckos, and mourning geckos are very popular. (Edit, saw now that he commented that he'll do this)

[@dbrey2635]

@@TheDarkDen of course! I forgot you can capitalize on this junglarium in more ways than one. What a treat it has been to watch this channel grow.

[@TwinFlameTreasures]

I can’t wait to see the next video of you adding the new members to the dark room! ❤

[@RobloxDoki]

yes me too!!

[@ChantalsCritters]

I really enjoyed the expo video.

[@user-gx6qr9iv1o]

Belated Merry Christmas Petko! I really enjoy your videos. I think it would be wonderful if you shared more about your language and culture in your future videos😊.

[@jadecharron7098]

Super fun to see the expo in Europe! Its quite similar to the expos here in Canada. Though it takes us like 5 hours to setup our booth the day before and 3h the day of xD

[@S4B3R117]

Wish I lived somewhere so diverse as Europe, here in US a three hour drive doesn't even get me out of the state lmao

[@frankallen8440]

This was a nice change up in videos. The roach guys seems like a cool guy.

[@caughtafaygo]

Sound track is dope 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@maht0x]

that was fun

[@karl-filipolsson5970]

Ah, yes desmoxytes planata, yeah they are tiny but awesome looking, i used to have a small colony but i did not manage to make them thrive so unfortunatley i lost them, maybe i should try putting some in my new big rainforest enclosure when its done

[@Hellennewtospiders]

Merry Christmas, great video. I loved your trantular Tshirt you wore at the expo. Looking forward to see whats in store for 2024, maybe a visit to a UK invert expo? 🤔🤣❤👏🏼👍

[@TheDarkDen]

I was thinking of visiting the one in London :D

[@Hellennewtospiders]

@@TheDarkDen awesome, hope to see you there 👍 😀

[@fatemehmaryam2419]

Roach Guy: "He's finally doing some work. Finally!" 🤣🤣

[@BREAKERisDEAD]

If you get a roll of shrink wrap, you can wrap your enclosures on the cart and itll be easier to push it around without worrying about things falling off

[@TheDarkDen]

Well that's exactly what I forgot to bring :'D

[@ChntalX]

Seeing the axolotls, makes me wanna go to an expo myself and check them out >

[@1faithchick7]

For anyone that needs to change their car light, never touch the actual bulb! Human oil makes the bulb burn out really fast, or explode. The bulb will last much longer if you don't touch the glass. Great video as always!

[@lukecarlisle1673]

YES! you got mourning geckos!

[@egzy7859]

Deym petko really killing it with those skinny jeans haha

[@DR-gt2vh]

I hope the Junglearium won´t turn into a battlefield (again)!

[@user-gg2yc8hd1h]

Nice Lada Niva :)

[@dbrey2635]

Baby dart with the dot should be named Dot.

[@dbrey2635]

Or Dotty if you want to go old school.

[@crazybuglady]

Great you're in Hungary,that's where I'm from originally... such a cool event I wondered will the lizards not eat up the centipedes in the junglearium?

[@d.t.olalee6758]

Zip ties, zip ties, zip ties! Between duct tape and zip ties you could build a house!

[@ethanabbott2258]

Hi baz I think 2 shorter ones a week and an hr long one every so often sometimes with 3 young kids I don't get to sit down for an hr lol, great content tho

[@zebedeemadness2672]

Petko if i recall from past footage that on the Junglearium glass, you have what looks like two, one inch finger holes (one on each panel)? If there is two small hole you may want to get some caps to put in them, as now you have Morning geckos (surface climbers) that can just go through them.

[@TheDarkDen]

Those are not holes, but glued rounded glass panels

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@TheDarkDen 👍, you will have to get in the routine of checking the glass runners (on the inner panel), especially the top one (I'm sure checking the bottom one is instinct), as the Mourning geckos may hide out in them.

[@maryjodennis5688]

The frogs are so damn pretty! Is it just poisonous ones you handle with gloves? Good frog handling? The little and I, catch, name, (sometimes marry) release bullfrogs.

[@zebedeemadness2672]

Generally it's advised to keep handling of Amphibians to a minimum, only when needed. The natural salts, oils on are hands and the chemical products humans use aren't good for them, it's typically advised to use gloves (powder free), that are wet with chlorine free water. For a quick transfer etc, you can if need be fully wash your hands in just water (chlorine free) the reduced the salt etc from your hands but gloves are the better way, most Amphibians breathe through there lungs and skin, some just through there skin, as to why there skin is to be kept moist to absorb oxygen.

[@christianmedina26]

What's the car parked on your future workshop. It looked cool

[@TheDarkDen]

Lada 4x4 :D

[@casitube22]

Is the cat Mitsa or cappuccino???!!! You called her both names. You should go get Mitsa and bring her there

[@Kwanster78]

Something I wondered about for a while is when several species are in the same enclosure. Will not the hunter eat like the clean up crew?

[@TheDarkDen]

They will, but hopefully by now they are established! And I can always add more if needed!

[@aphiliarachno]

Merry Christmas, Petko! That was a nice video, cool expo and cute new animals. 😊🎄🦎🐸

[@NoHugsPlease777]

Is the Roach guy a dad? Will he ever become the Papa Roach? 🥁

[@Mimir_the_wise_]

if i worked it out right 8000 florits is only 17GBP which is really cheap

[@urplumber484]

Hey Petko! Merry Christmas! Just a question…because you are starting a new “world” without outside life, what are all these new animals going to eat if there aren’t other insects or food for them to eat? Without a complete eco system, will you need to add food for the new animals to support them till enough animals are sustaining for all?

[@TheDarkDen]

Well of course that I will feed them like any other enclosure...but there is also always something to hunt in there!

[@Mahe292]

Oh man, i Love L. lugubris, they are such cute Geckos :) but to be honest, i dont think it is a realy good idea to put them in the junglearium 😅 in around one year you will have so many of them. They will be every where 🙈 and when they escape, they will lay eggs everywhere in your cellar 😅 I think a bunch of (i dont know the english Name atm.) himmelsblauer Taggecko (the German Name, transalted it is skyblue daygecko) would be awesome :) Edit: i mean Lygodactylus williamsi :) such a beautiful gecko and they would fit very well in the junglearium :)

[@ShadySheev]

Exactly. Some of the babies WILL escape and breed in the basement and eventually in the entire house. I even doubt that the Junglearium is secure enough to keep the adults in.

[@RepvertYT]

Petko I have a question. Reptile expo Hamm is the biggest of Europe right and what’s mostly available there I am a gecko and invertebrate guy I don’t know if it’s worth it I live in Netherlands so close to Hamm

[@Loyal69]

You sell shirts to USA and when is restock of tshirt of you riding Sasha?

[@TheBonboni11]

Store the glass in the kuruznjak

[@TheDarkDen]

😂

[@piv9976]

brave driving those enclosures like that, without securing them. Hope you didn't have to do a sudden break 😅

[@TheDarkDen]

You would be surprised how much friction there is in between them because of the foil, they basically stick to each other!

[@piv9976]

@@TheDarkDen thank god, i would be scared everytime I had to break. But by the looks of it everything arrived intact

[@rachelelwood7743]

Does Roach Guy have a channel I could subscribe to? ☺️

[@thetime_]

Mourning geckos in the dark den? Sign me up!

[@kasonfurnas9551]

I'm a dumb american. I couldn't figure out what stretch foil was. We call it Saran Wrap!

[@januk7725]

that had me scratching my head too, in the UK it's clingfilm

[@rawrimreptar08]

if I know anything about those geckos... you're going to have SO many soon 😂

[@icantseeathing]

I really don't think putting mourning geckos into that big of a terrarium is a good idea. I'm keeping them in a medium sized one and already had one escape when opening it. I can only imaging you're gonna be losing a few every time you're opening that big slide (especially after they reproduced and you have dozens)

[@sdqsdq6274]

mine advice is never add those flat millipedes unless you want infestation , they produced like mad

[@TheDarkDen]

oh, we will see :D

[@pepperlee2313]

I wonder if day gecko will eat the millipedes 🤔

[@TheDarkDen]

I don't think they can grab adults, but babies most likely!

[@IEATCHAIR]

The guy on your currency looks like he might be your dad.

[@faunasanctum]

soon enough you'll be finding baby mourning geckos all over the Dark Den 😅

[@TheDarkDen]

I am so ready for that :D