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Why is it that people find annealed glass preferable to tempered glass? Besides drilling, I can't see any reason annealed glass is better. It's harder to find, breaks easier, and breaks into sharp pieces when it does. Are there any other reasons annealed glass is seen as better?

Any time I try and make a back wall for a vivarium out of foam, it never turns out right. The foam doesn't go to the right areas, the coco fiber doesn't stick to the background, or it just doesn't fit in the tank. I don't really feel like making another foam background, so I think i'm going to...

Hello all! I'm pretty new to the whole dart frog thing. My background is in saltwater reef tanks, and I'm not really in a place or time that I want to commit the time and resources to a new aquarium project. But I do have a tank, so I was thinking of doing dart frogs. I feel like the colorful...

Hi there! I am new to the community, this is my first build, and I urgently need some advice on how to fix this… I noticed a leak today on the back wall of my vivarium, so i removed the heating pads & insulation foam pads that I had attached to both back wall panels, only to discover that both...

Hello all, I have a substrate consisting of topsoil, reptisoil and sand (recommended by reptifiles as a diy tropical mix). I noticed that it compacts down a quite a bit especially when wet. Will this be a problem for springtails or should I add some Coco fiber or something else to keep it from...

This was just a random spur of the moment thought. I work at a pet store, and one of the many items we sell, is a 100% activated carbon filter that is meant for cat liter boxes. It’s basically a pouch of carbon that absorbs odor and/ or potential toxins. The reason for the question is, if you...