WHY I DIDN'T get any NEW ANIMALS for my JUNGLEARIUM?!

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[@Sjakie1983]

hey dude. It wouldn't matter to me which terrarium is larger. Your Junglearium is a masterpiece, just like antscanada, but both very different. I look forward to both each time for a new video. please keep making videos of it

[@Burnin16]

Honestly i agree. But i think it´s hilarious that Petko INSISTS that his 1 is bigger :D

[@Xakriuth]

Antscanada had a professional team build his too. Dont worry, petco, yours is still the biggest made by one person! Absolitely love your vids.

[@Iandev-oq5ps]

Antcanada's build is made with professionals, his format is kinda cinematic as well, yours is personal, you built that on your own, you just made it as you go, it's raw progress, there are mishaps but that's actually what's fun about it coz it's relatable, In fact, the way you deal with situation always amuse me. I never saw him plan that thing as well, pretty sure it's just because he saw yours that he decided it's worth as a content. Keep going mate, you're still the OG.

[@iiiisssssaaaaaacccccc]

Antcanada been planning this for about an year, so he didn’t see this and think “hey let do this for content” as you like to claim, ant Canada just like dark den did planning and built it on his own. The difference is that ant Canada have people helping him with construction and planning. Since ant Canada been doing this for ever now. He is a professional as well.

[@Iandev-oq5ps]

@@iiiisssssaaaaaacccccc no worries mate i like both, im not hating on AC, i like his channel too, i watch both, i just favor dark den as a hobbyist, it's raw, i can see the progress, i can see the imperfections, you'll see him build everything on his own, work out rough patches along the way, while AC is cinematic, and more focused on the animals and cinematography. two great channels. i just kinda relate more on DD as a hobbyist.

[@plug_0280]

This is looking awesome!! You should paint on moss seeds/spores onto the fabric so overtime when you water it it grows lush and green

[@CourtneyinSF]

I agree, sphagnum moss would be a great thing to grow as it benefits your carnivorous and orchid plants so much as a substrate. Plus would be very nice to have your own source to dry out for your tarantula enclosures. I think adding another nepenthes pitcher plant to your wall would be great because as they grow, many vine down to crawl along the floor. It would be a beautiful plant to place a little higher up the wall so it can cascade down the wall with lots of cute pitchers tumbling down. I would get a species that would not get too big either so you won't have to trim it up.

[@ElpredatorGYRO]

There are disgusting recipe with yogurt online. ;)

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

For egg laying, the frogs prefer dry or semi humid spots. My Phyllobates vittatus always lay their eggs black film canisters, which I just put down horizontally on the ground and keep completely dry (but the male will regularly return to then with a humid belly to keep the eggs from drying out).

[@TheDarkDen]

Should have checked how the whole process goes before just assuming everything :'D

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

@@TheDarkDen Haha, there is an in depth guide about it on my channel

[@Gandalf-The-Green]

You should offer the frogs horizontal film canisters on the ground, or in the case of the auratus a petri dish under a half coconut shell with an entrance hole. They will not lay eggs in containers with water. These are where they transport their tadpoles once they hatch. If you don't offer film canisters or petri dishes they will just use smooth leaves to deposit their eggs and you may not find them.

[@gayforbrae5693]

im sure you could probably sell the monstera cuttings and make enough money to make another enclosure also please get some liverworts for the wet area to fill some of the space because they look super cool

[@TheDarkDen]

thanks, will remember that!

[@caughtafaygo]

I never wavered! I knew Petko had the biggest!! ...junglearium!

[@sandywalter9728]

I love how curious the froggies are!!! ❤❤❤

[@melissah4084]

Looking good, Petko! Looking forward to seeing the sides fill up with plants. It's going to be beautiful!

[@ninaK789]

the frog photobombing the millipedes was hilarious

[@ScreemBean]

We love both giant terrariums!!! Even more so because it's cool to see different biomes and approaches. People in the comments need to chill out. 😂

[@bridgethoskins9809]

All i can say is "Beautiful". I love that you have taken us on your journey to build this. The ups and downs and everything in between. Thanks so much!!!

[@dickwoof7779]

The whole intro trying to justify the size of your junglearium and why it's still bigger vs what AntsCanada has built is the funniest shit ever.

[@TheDarkDen]

because there are comments on every video how I no longer have the biggest enclosure xD

[@williamcozart8158]

By Sheer Wolume, The Junglearium is CHAIMPION!

[@CourtneyinSF]

Lol it is funny, but I feel that antscanada has a lot of experience and a willingness to have a billion ants in his which is not really what is happening here in the dark den. I see this as a learning project where he is discovering what he wants or doesn't want as he goes and it's about the journey and not having it jam packed with as many insects and things right away. I find the journey and discovery phase very interesting, especially hearing about changes or adjustments he would make in a new version. When I watch antscanada it is more from an expert level where I am secretly hoping all his ants escape and cause chaos which is not what I would ever want for the dark den.

[@ElpredatorGYRO]

@@TheDarkDen This is how you use it, not the size that matters. You are much more genuine.

[@ElpredatorGYRO]

@@CourtneyinSF I find the constant " But I was not prepared for what would happen next ! " and the story telling of epicness and suspense to be really fake and annoying for AC. I cannot watch his content because of it.

[@drewsully421]

Love seeing happy little frogz! Enclosure is looking nice!

[@blenderuser6728]

I LOVE you, Petko. NEVER CHANGE!

[@Billbeaux]

Always stay the same and never grow as a person. Solid advice 👍

[@spyro257]

i dont see it as "The Dark Den VS AntsCanada" but as "The Dark Den + AntsCanada" as they are different, as in adding different animals, slight different biomes and layout, yet similar... EDIT: can u use red film over the camera, so u can see them, without them seeing the light, just like u can with ants, or is that different?

[@piv9976]

yes! I love you are doing the walls, it will look amazing

[@leaveyoursword9635]

amazing to see it growing, you rock!

[@Shooshoobella7]

I love the junglearium and all its inhabitants, but I just adore those cute little frogs and their curiosity so much. 🥰

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information and updates Petcko

[@tracybowling1156]

I love how the Junglarium looks! You're doing all kinds of interesting additions!

[@coelacanth9311]

Your video's are always fun!

[@mariestubbs4606]

Great vid Petko I luv the Junglearium .

[@AmNeuberg]

GRATULATION, Deine Ideen und die Durchführung ist EINZIGARTIG 👌✅

[@AuntieAnneArky-td6fq]

Love the Junglearium and the videos about it. Really appreciate learning about the build. Love your style.

[@deewhitcha6014]

love seeing the frogs and the wall looks great!

[@machellelowry9404]

Petko, your junglearium looks amazing

[@MANNY100123]

I'm always excited to see Junglearium uploads! Thanks Petko! :D

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

You should check out the huge enclosure on the channel Brad's Bioactive Builds. It's considerably bigger. It's insane. It's like a construction project with a frame, what is essentially a built in sink, a water feature, a cave, a lay box. It's for Asian water monitors. Or croc monitors. Can't remember exactly. His channel is growing pretty fast but it's nothing like yours or Ants Canada yet

[@stijnxd]

The side wall is already looking really good!

[@SwissFrogGuy]

Absolutely beautiful work. Reminds me very much of the set up that I made myself! Very similar, except that I put glass on the left and right as well.

[@zeeksthegoblin7564]

It is going to look amazing!

[@CourtneyinSF]

Wonderful improvement!

[@DoctorPolski]

Fantastic work.

[@kingofortnite]

i love the jungleruim project so much bro good video

[@littlenikki9539]

Froggies are adorable! 😍😍😍

[@anzepancur5178]

Hey, i just got phelsuma klemmeri and i absolutley recomend them, they are going to be perfect. Small geckos, active during the day, amazing colours. They will be visible all the time. I reccomend them a lott

[@ChantalsCritters]

Great video

[@danielclark8094]

Its looking sweeeet! 👌 you went with a similar idea to what i said 🙂 you will be impressed with the finished product! Defo looking like a jungle

[@effy_kujo]

Yours is the biggest 😂 I love it 💜

[@Wtfzipcode]

shout out to all the people like myself who made sure to comment about antscanada's tank. glad yours is still the biggest on youtube!

[@Kontrol_Knold]

Looks great with the wall! do you plan on doing something similar to the wall on the opposite side?

[@RT-py7ju]

Best rivalry ever. You and Ants Canada

[@olliety]

Gorilla glue will bond directly to the wet wall, but test a small section to see if it shows through the fabric first

[@Foogle..]

Happy to see your Junglearium and all the inhabitants and fauna doing so well ! 🙂 Hilarious intro, don't worry about who has a bigger terrarium/vivarium/paladarium. You all have different plants and critters so it's amazing to see! Edit: Have you thought about adding some climbing plants to the netted wall you just installed? Could a cool way to increase the immersion you were talking about when adding the bromeliads. 🙂

[@silasfoulon]

Looking very nice👍👍🌿

[@thilokaminsky5718]

Hello from Germany. Nice would be if u ad some orchidee in the junglearium would be awesome because in jungle the flowers always have so nice colors. And especially orchidees are so nice! love and support from Germany

[@TheDarkDen]

I'm kinda scared of adding them because I know they are kinda fragile!

[@thilokaminsky5718]

It sounds little bit weird but I always use the orchidees u got in supermarket for like 10 euro and I have no problems with them for real. When u place them between some other plants or like the bromelias at the side the roots will do their thing because in nature they grow on trees. For real orchidees are not this hard as u think bro test it 😊🫱🏻‍🫲🏼❤️

[@Jironnimo-et4br]

Hi dark, when I look at your figures you are close to the end. LOL

[@ramonmestre5100]

It really doesn't matter who's junglearium or who started first they both have different animals and plants as well, giving information on how to take care of your animals that you might have

[@misua5759]

It would interesting to be able to get the cuttings from the monstera 😍

[@ESTAFILINO]

Get a Platycerium bifurcatum for the right wall, awesome fern species from Australia!

[@T3kRazor]

To stop the frogs from trying to jump out all the time, maybe you should add some sort of mesh across the bottom of the opening (maybe only 30cm or so). I'd expect with more animals added in, there'll just be more and more escape attempts. Also, for the wall over the water area, having that filled with more thirsty plants, like what you'd find near ponds/rivers/lakes might look interesting

[@steelmouth83]

I would staple that cloth, I imagine even if the silicon holds at some point when the plants are all grown the weight may be too much for the silicon

[@nikoerni7964]

Difference is the junglearium is 100% DIY by petco. While antscanda's terrarium enclosure is build by proffesional glass and aluminum maker. Plus antscanada way more experienced in making terrarium. So his terrarium looks more like miniture rain forest.

[@A1Arachnids]

the rhaphidophora tetrasperma and begonia are very fast growers so you're going to have a Hydra situation. you could try to sell the cutting!

[@Aedony]

You don't need to dry the wall necessarily, there is silicone that can be used underwater (for aquariums) and can cure wet. (e.g. hobby 11968 fix underwater fix)

[@adamnagy4544]

Then use polyurethane adhesives on the second wall, it is love the moist. Btw I still think it is a bad idea to keep different dart frogs in one enclosure. Firstly I thought that they have a tons of space, so they will be fine, but seeing them interacting so much is worrisome. They stressing each other like crazy, since they are territorial

[@ladymiaeriksson5809]

I love the jungelarium. If I had one myself in that size I would never be able to get anything done cause I would spend all my time looking at it 😄

[@idarahmqvist1373]

Moss ❤ Wall needs different cool types of moss 😍

[@stanleyhyde8529]

It doesn't really matter if what Ants Canada has, it wasn't built entirely by him. He had the the glass assembled by someone else. It's the only other terrarium of this size I can think of on KZbin. When you finished this, you claimed it was the biggest enclosure of this kind built by a single person. I almost posted a comment about him but remembered that you did all of this on your own while he had a bit of help making your claim a solid one from what I can see

[@vwvw4]

I think orchids would be worth a try, since they would add something special to your junglearium. Also tribolonotus since they look like tiny dragons and stay a size appropriate to your other inhabitants.

[@luigifumagalli4961]

more videosss

[@Joeofthemasks]

even the cloth alone, before the plants looked so much better. But yes the Plants will make it look more like a window into the outside world

[@maht0x]

Maybe the egg pots need EGG DEPOSITS ONLY writing on them. Superglue gell will work on wet

[@karmo0o178]

Not sure if day geckos can properly attach to the hygrolon, maybe glue som twigs and branches on the wall so tehy can climb the bromeliads more easily.

[@jonathankool1997]

What about elkhorn or staghorn ferns? Or air plants? for the side walls? Would grow happily on that.

[@akagainesy]

Pruning plants like that doesn't hurt if you propagate the cutting so you can use, sell or give away new plants 😉

[@SrSealKing]

Yours is better than antscanada, I have suggestion, what about adding tree skink?

[@jamesgoodchild7140]

If u want eggs from the frogs add coconut huts with petri dishes under them, they do not lay eggs in water

[@aurora_dawn123]

I don't know if Glass Box Tropicals ships to other countries, but maybe you can get Dusk Moss Mix for the walls.

[@shelleoshelle7252]

What about an orchid or two? The conditions are probably perfect.

[@user-uw6bq9vo7d]

Great

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

I would love to see a black velvet alocasia in the junglearium. In my 18x18x24 viv, mine only.puts out one leaf at a time :( I wish my plants would grow like yours. I almost never get to trim them. I think my substrate has been depleted by my snake plants, which were the only thing that grew excessively. They went wild.

[@johnlash6511]

The guy that does reptiles uncaged has a whole room so his is still bigger 😅😅

[@estherwolf4354]

Looking great, have you thought of putting small camelions, they would look cool in the junglearium

[@TheDarkDen]

Idk if they would try to pray on frogs!

[@estherwolf4354]

No these are super small they eat fruit flies too

[@josephvaldez5000]

What if you use construction staples, that way you wouldn’t need to worry about the silicone drying

[@laughin7654]

The “let me grab my gun” killed me

[@MrThebray]

I believe that little monstera is a rhaphidophora tetrasperma. A different species from monstera, but I believe related.

[@MrThebray]

to be fair though, they are known as mini monstera

[@8lynx817]

Hey Petko. You could get a pair of anolis sagrei for your terra. They are not as outstanding as other lizards but they are very very active and the male sexy time "beard display" is just amazing

[@8lynx817]

as well as a few guppies for the little pont. just be carefull, they breed like crazy. But the little babies also are... good food for other animals

[@GsTs]

AC also had a lot of help and money

[@amphimrca]

🐟🐟🐟

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

The junglearium looks to be set up with the larger plants. Now you should look into smaller species that are slow growing or that don't grow large, like microferns, very small species of orchid, mosses and liverworts, selaginellas. A lot of these can be mounted on your logs and rocks and on the hygrolon. I recommend the channel Troy Goldberg's Tropical Garage. He's has some videos featuring only the plants he uses and his footage is always amazing.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Also, you can get moss slurries that you can apply to the hygrolon with a paintbrush that will grow into a mat of live moss.

[@A.R.C.77]

Im still not convinced ive seen ants Canada walk into his enclosure and work on it

[@Lulueh]

The bromeliads look okay, but I think a moss wall might have looked nicer.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Hey, it is your space and the animals need to adapt well.

[@josefvinante9892]

Maybe can be cool if you leave the dead leaves on the ground and their natural cycle can procede

[@ZimzeLimze]

Yeah

[@user-fo1om7wv5r]

Yeah good idea it will definitely look bigger 🥹

[@clairehill2584]

How’s your fish??

[@eevee_themeanie5883]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@krns28]

Looks like some of the frogs have on fancy glitter pants

[@CaptIronfoundersson]

Petko when someone says they don't like spiders, "Let me get my gun."

[@Plants-and-Ts]

You’re enclosures is way cooler than antscanadas, I think it’s just because of the plants

[@honeyghost7917]

By this pace antscanada is gonna shove a coyote in his enclosure 😂

[@yerbal87]

hey! maybe you should hold the top fabric with nails or something, if not perhaps it will all collapse with the weight of the plants...dunno

[@TheDarkDen]

Using nails would be risky because it will pierce the hydroinsulation!

[@andrewserafine3978]

What is the name of that plant you keep needing to cut?

[@TheDarkDen]

Some Begonia!

[@scottowen134]

Hey dark den master me ans my daughter have watched all your videos and they have helped her out with her fear of spider she's 8 ans it's her birthday tomorrow would you please do a shout out on your next video to Sophie please it would make her year she's been having a very tough time with her illness thank you kindly if you can love your vids ❤

[@ojestero8778]

Doesnt the centepids eat the frogys ?

[@darkmido6087]

These sides gonna look crazy, in a not good way i think :/ you should just do a moss wall..

[@JesIsOrange]

I still believe that Pantdora is bigger than the junglearium.