[xxohmycaptainxx]

Just thought I'd give ya'll another update on my crested gecko vivarium. Things are growing in nicely.

The Hydnophytum moseleyanum's roots are taking over the side wall its ridiculous. The Pachycentria glauca is continually flowering and I actually managed to get a fruit to form which produced 4 seeds which I planted in some net pots with some vivarium substrate from NEHERP. So far 3 of them have germinated and are beginning to grow. I have more flowers on the plant now and another fruit forming so maybe I can get a steady supply of these plants growing and offer some of them for sale in the future!

The rest of the plants are growing in very nicely and everything is, for the most part, pretty well established in the tank. I'm planning on getting a couple jungle dawn LED's for this tank to maybe get some better growth on my Pachycentria and Myrmephytum but I probably won't do that for another few weeks.

I'll have another update later tonight with a video I took a couple days ago. This update and these pictures are about 2 weeks old, just haven't had the time to post them here. Be on the look out for the next update!

Anyway here are some pics!

 

[xxohmycaptainxx]

So the second update of this comes with some pictures AND a video! In the past two weeks stuff has grown in a bit more. I trimmed the Pilea glauca as it was getting really tall and lanky and I want to keep it more compact. I trimmed the ficus wayyyy back as it was getting really big and bushy. The Myrmephytum is starting to grow entrance holes in its caudex for ants and its really starting to attach itself to the manzanita. I also got several new ant plants, some Myrmecodia sp, another Hydnophytum moseleyanum, and another Myrmephytum sp. Yellow Fruit.

Originally I planted the Hydnophytum on the front left wall of the tank but it threw off the whole tank and made it look incredibly flat and as if there was no depth to the tank. To solve this issue I removed the plant and replaced it with the Myrmephytum I got, which is a sister plant to the other one I have however this new one is a year older so is much larger. Its doing well so far just waiting for it to throw new roots and get attached to the background.

Also just ordered some large clumps of Philodendron "wende-imbe" from jdart16, just waiting on them to arrive. Once they do arrive, they'll go on the back left wall of the cage, right behind the new Myrmephytum.

Now for some pics!

New front tank shot!

The trimmed Pilea glauca.

The new Myrmephytum.

The first Myrmephytum.

Entrance hole and root system on the Hydnophytum moseleyanum.

And here's the video of the tank!

 

[xxohmycaptainxx]

Just another update on the tank... phew with all the updates I've been posting I thought I'd get at least some comments. Ya'll not liking this setup? Please leave feedback and any comments ya got. Would love to hear from everyone.

Finally got the Philodendron 'wend-imbe' I had been searching for. Ended up being ENORMOUS so I only used a few small portions of it in this tank. Saving the rest for a big 36"x18"x36" build i'm planning for my group of D. tinctorius 'Patricia'. Got that planted in the tank today and rearranged the new Myrmephytum, that I showed in the last update, so it looked better.

The tank is now basically done. I just have to let the last few plants get established and then it'll finally be ready for my gecko. I'm thinking this'll take around 2 or 3 months as from personal experience Philodendron 'wend-imbe' is pretty slow at taking root in substrate so I'm assuming it'll be slow to take root to the background.

For the moment this tank is serving as temp-housing for a fourth Dendrobates tinctorius 'Patricia' that I got at the White Plains reptile expo yesterday. This frog is around 6-7 months old and is looking strongly to be a male. Really hoping it turns out to be male, as the trio I originally bought is looking to be 2 females and 1 male. There's still time though as the trio is only around 9 months old but I'm like 99% positive I have 2 females and 1 male. The group is going into a bigger tank as I said before so I would like to get a few more males to curb any aggression amongst females for a mate. So I would like a group of 3-4 males and 2 females.

Anyway here's a new front shot of the tank, some detail shots of the philo, and a couple pics of my new tinc.

 

[Frogs123]

That looks incredible. Good job!

 

[B-Lans]

I just ran across this thread so I saw the whole thing from start to finish in one go. It's been interesting to see the progression from bare tank to where it is now. Great looking tank!

 

[xxohmycaptainxx]

Thanks you guys! Its been a lot of work and money, some of the ant plants cost more than $50 each, but I'm happy I chose to go with the setup I did and I'm excited to get him into the tank when things are done growing in and the temporary dart frog inhabitant has been moved out.

I plan on adding a hanging hide for him, probably a coconut or one of those straw hides for finches, to provide a nice little spot for him to really curl up in and sleep. Now that I've shaded that back rim and added those plants on the left side wall he has more places to sleep but I think he'd appreciate a nice hanging hide.

I'll post updates occasionally but there won't be any that often simply because the cage is done being built and the only thing that will change is in regards to the plants. Speaking of which the Philodendron 'wend imbe' I added to the left wall is doing nicely and the new Myrmephytum is already sending out new roots so hopefully those plants become fully attached soon. My Pachycentria glauca is growing more fruits and flowers and the 5 seeds I planted are doing really well. If my methods of propagating this plant continue to work well I could have some young plants for sale in the coming months.

 

[gryfer29]

Thought I'd give ya'll another update. Here's a pic of the tank in its current state, after I put the leaf litter in.

It still needs a few more plants here and there but its coming along. I just ordered an Elaphoglossum nigrescens for the back left side of the tank. I'm going to plant it epiphytically on the wall of the tank so it covers the manzanita branches a bit and provides some cover for my gecko. I'll probably also plant some more philodendron wend-imbe directly in front of where the Elaphoglossum is going, just to provide more cover.

As it stands the tank has lots of climbing space for my gecko to explore at night but it doesn't have many hiding spots for him to sleep in during the day so once I can create more of those, and all the plants grow in, he'll be added to the tank.

looks great! whats that tree looking plant on the left?

 

[MetalFrogg]

Looks like ficus benjamina

 

[Dreams_of_Moss]

Thought I'd give ya'll another update. Here's a pic of the tank in its current state, after I put the leaf litter in.

It still needs a few more plants here and there but its coming along. I just ordered an Elaphoglossum nigrescens for the back left side of the tank. I'm going to plant it epiphytically on the wall of the tank so it covers the manzanita branches a bit and provides some cover for my gecko. I'll probably also plant some more philodendron wend-imbe directly in front of where the Elaphoglossum is going, just to provide more cover.

As it stands the tank has lots of climbing space for my gecko to explore at night but it doesn't have many hiding spots for him to sleep in during the day so once I can create more of those, and all the plants grow in, he'll be added to the tank.

Ik this is an old post but I have the same tank and I really want to do something similar to yours because I think it looks so cool! Also for a crested gecko. I want to do something as similar looking to their natural environment as possible, and this is the closest viv I could find to that in the same size tank as mine I hope I can find manzanita branches similar to these ones cause they look really good imo