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Pareeeee
08-29-12, 04:59 PM
So I spent several hours today completely changing Rodney's (my Crested Gecko) vivarium. The plants weren't doing well because the soil was all wrong and drainage was very poor. It was also beginning to cause some mold growth so it was time for an overhaul.

It went from this:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Pareeeee/6-4.jpg

Ripped everything out:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Pareeeee/5-4.jpg

To this:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Pareeeee/4-5.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Pareeeee/3-6.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Pareeeee/2-7.jpg

Close-up of the substrate. I have gravel & charcoal in the bottom layer, then a piece of that plastic grid/screen stuff they put on fluorescent ceiling fixtures. On top of that is a sheet of fibreglass screen. Then a soil mixture of peat/sphagnum/sand/compost, on top of that is that expanding moss you buy at pet stores.

What do y'all think?

alessia55
08-29-12, 05:07 PM
That looks GREAT! :yes: Rodney is such a lucky little crestie :D

Pareeeee
08-29-12, 05:47 PM
Thanks!! :)

snake man12
08-29-12, 06:09 PM
Wonderful pareee!!!