Bioactive Panther Chameleon Vivarium - 50 Different Species of Plants!

12/26/2020: To see the Bioactive Panther Chameleon Vivarium at the two year update with a plant list and discussion of enclosure size and glass enclosures:    • Bioactive Panther Chameleon Vivarium ...  

To kill some time while stuck inside under quarantine, I give you a tour of the planted bioactive canopy vivarium I set up for my pet panther chameleon Spicoli, along with an explanation of the basic specs of this setup. Cited sources and recommended reading for anyone looking to build a similar setup are included below. In the future I may release tutorials specific to my builds, but in the interim I recommend the tutorials available on the “SerpaDesign” YouTube channel, which contains very good information that I have made heavy use of in the past. If you have additional questions about Spicoli’s setup, please leave me a comment.

General Vivarium Construction and Maintenance Sources:

1) Basic Tropical Vivarium Construction:    • Naturalistic + Bioactive Crested Geck...  

2) Tropical Terrarium Substrate Mix:    • Tropical Terrarium Substrate Mix - Te...  

3) DIY ABG Substrate Mix for Bioactive Vivariums:    • How to Make ABG Substrate Mix For You...  

4) Vivarium Setup 101: https://www.neherpetoculture.com/viva...

5) Vivarium Lighting: https://www.neherpetoculture.com/viva...

Chameleon Sources:

1) Keeping chameleons in glass terrariums: http://www.chameleonnews.com/10JulAnd...

2) Bill Strand’s Chameleon Academy: https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleo...

3) Panther Chameleon Care (Reptiles Magazine) http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care-...

4) Panther Chameleon Care (Chameleon Forums) https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/...

Musical Sources:

1) Forest Food by Ethernate

2) Chalk Railroad Tracks by Morgan Komure

3) Title Theme: The Shining (30 seconds per fair use)

4) Reminiscent Chords by Ethernate