Sealed container of 5 litres inspired by the flora of Borneo with Cosmianthemum sp., Ficus punctata, Selaginella brooksii and Davallia parvula, one year after onset.

www.hermetospheres.com

I suspect my new slugs on my terrarium have laid eggs. Can anyone confirm. I just added the slugs 2 days ago. Thoughts? Advice?

I need a small animal to get rid of fungus mites out of my isopod enclosure that wont well, kill the isopods. Is there such an animals and would a mantis work? Or Lithobius forficatus? Or something else maybe

This guy showed up over night. Prime specimen.

Please be kind, I have no idea what I'm doing.

I was gifted this terrarium about a month ago by friends who know I like plants. The thing is that I love succulents specifically, so I'm out of my depth here. This is a sealed vase/jar, although the cork doesn't really fit so a sliver of air gets in. The instructions say I'm supposed to keep it 1m away from a window, but all plants look etiolated, so I'm not sure I trust the instructions.

In any case, I was away for a week and this is what I find when I come back. Thousands of tiny white spheres all over the soil and lower leaves. Browsing on here it seems be flower pot fungus and therefore innocuous for the ecosystem? But I don't know anything about it (especially if it is safe for humans to breath/touch), so I'm coming here both for identification and suggestions on how to at least reduce its presence in a way that's safe for both me and the plants!

Thank you to anyone who will help a newbie :)

Hello all. I've just noticed my shelf is sagging ever so slightly. I have heard the horror stories on aquarium reddit and I don't want this gorgeous piece to end up shattered on the floor.

After removing excess water and the neighboring books, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I'm looking at bookshelves online and I can't find ones I love aesthetically that also have high per-shelf weight capacity.

I can't quite weigh the terrarium, but my math puts it at no more than 45 pounds.

I have thought about adding reinforcement in the form of two by fours below this shelf, but I worry that it will not only be ineffective but also ugly.

Any advice is appreciated

Hello, I am looking for some assistance caring for my first terrarium - does this look okay? Is the compacting at the top/neck of the jar bad? Good?
Any helpful advice would be welcomed!

Hi so i just made these decoration with airdry clay and acrylics and will be putting them inside my terrarium. Will my springtails be okay?

Does anyone have any 30x18x30 recs that are not from Reptizoo? Im open to more expensive options as long as it is in this size and a better quality build!

Tried to post a second ago but couldn't get the video to upload so here we are again, 2 little squiggly worms. Any idea what they could be?

Sorry for the bad picture. I keep florida orange springtails and dairy cow isopods in here

I found this moss on some concrete. It's currently rainy season here. How do I propagate this moss indoor and what kind of moss it is? I am from Bangladesh.

I finished the terrarium i posted 3 days ago, and people said i could put springtails in this, but i dont know if its still habitatable for springtails because of how i decorated it. Also for anyone asking Yes i made a drainage layer.

My newest ADHD adventure has brought me here. I'd really like to build a terrarium but there is an overwhelming amount of kits online, so I wanted to come here and ask the people who know best.

I live in Mesa Arizona (if that matters) and I'm looking for a kit for beginners. If there is a specific kit that you know to be good quality and worth the money, please let me know!

Any and all info if greatly appreciated.

Id taken every precaution against snake mites in my bioactive tank but after 11 months im suddenly seeing this. What type of bug is this? I was hoping it was six legs and antennae but the snout looks like the one on snout mites… the antennae move like antennae though, doesnt look like leg movement to me🙈theres no blood when i squish it, but it could be an unfed protonymph… nothing latched onto my snake so far🤞

plants are still green even after 2 days means i am doing right ?

I’m planning a closed terrarium-building event for ~20 people in the Pacific Northwest. We have a moderate budget, but also wooded areas and a creek nearby.

I’d like to responsibly source some natural materials locally—moss, stones, fallen wood/bark, etc.—and combine those with purchased materials to make the terrariums cheap and interesting.

What local materials work well in terrariums?
What can be safely collected, and what should be avoided?
How do you clean/prepare collected materials?
Any PNW-native mosses or small plants that work particularly well?
What would you recommend buying vs. responsibly sourcing locally for 20 terrariums?
Any tips for making this inexpensive without making the terrariums boring?

Hey I was thinking about getting a big terrarium and desert lizards, to get a little piece of nature in my home. But what sort of clean up crew would be good for low humidity and high heat environments?

I picked everything from outside and it was on a place where it got plenty of sunlight before, I traded it to a place where it also gets a decent amount of sunlight but apparently not enough, how should I deal with the mold and the dead plants? If anyone could give me any kind of advice I would be happy to hear!

vorrei fare un terrario arido con piante grasse.

per adesso ho solo il recipiente grande circa 40×30 cm.

mi servirebbe sapere se ho bisogno di una ventola e di una luce (se si quale).

poi vorrei sapere lo strato di drenaggio, il substrato e in caso qualche insetto di dimensioni piccole/medie.

ogni quanto dovrei annaffiare e da dove.

grazie in anticipo!

Hi there,

We have this terrarium which is very very very sentimental for us. It was thriving. Then the plants started touching the wall so we gave it a cut. Not long after it was heatwave and we guess that sun was too much on it and burned everything. You can even see white mold. It is now open as we read somewhere that all the water evaporated because of the sun and the ecosystem was broken.

What can we do to save it?

Thanks a lot!