Bioactive Radix Tank

[Zdravko092368]

Do you have isopods or springtails in there?

[Qwerty3159]

Do you have isopods or springtails in there?

I introduced a good number of springtails from some existing cultures I had. I'm going to head off to a wildlife refuge this weekend to get some isopods from a safe area as well as some leaf litter. When the leaf litter is added that will give a lot of cover.

The radix will not allow the water dish to be kept clean. If I may make a few suggestions. First, I don't think that tank is big enough. The water dish is definitely not big enough, garters and most snakes like to soak. Are you feeding outside the tank? my concern is the ingestion of the soil. Is there a hide in there? No offense meant.

No offense taken constructive criticism is good. I agree the tank could be bigger. I'm going to make the leap to get a 40 as soon as I find one on Craigslist or Petco has a dollar gallon sale. I read on the caresheet here that a 10 gallon was the minimum for an adult male and although I'd never keep an adult in one of those I think the 20 long should suffice for at least a bit longer.
The main hide is a hollow under the cork bark. At first I dug it out for her but I filled it back and decided to let her make I herself. It's where she spends most of the nights as far as I can tell. There are other little burrows she's made under the rest of the cork pieces too. I've decided I'm going to stick an exo terra cave or two on the other side just in case. I know that dish is too small in fact I don't even mean it to be hers I just had that in there for now because I liked the green. I have a small tub that will fit over there and that's what I'm going to use.
I'm not terribly concerned about there ingestion of soil I'd rather her swallow a bit of that here or there versus something like an aspen shaving. I sifted all the small pebbles and mulch out. If it becomes a problem I will feed out of the enclosure but she took a rat pinky yesterday and the soil didn't stick to it at all.

The basking spot is on top of that big cork flat doubling as a cave. I'm planning to make some changes here and there and criticism is welcome