I have had a bioactive terrarium for about 3 years. About a year ago I upgraded the size of the tank and added more live plants. For the past 4 months all of the plants have started to die. I have an auto mister set normally to 8 seconds of mist every 4 hours. I have fluctuated on this over the past 4 months to 8 seconds of mist every 8 hours and different variations of that. I was not sure if there was too much water or not enough. The tank during the day is about 85 degrees with a humidity that fluctuates between 54% to 85% when misting.
There is a live Madagascar Day Gecko in the tank who is very healthy and active. I use isopods and there is always crickets alive in the bottom of the tank.
I have a Reptitrip uva & uvb 8w strip light on during the day. I tested the uv and it ranges from 2 to .5 at the bottom of the tank. There is a nighttime red heat light on 24/7 and a 50w Deep heat projector with ir-a and ir-b on only during the day.
I know there is 2 pathos, a fern, a tradescantia, and a live plants from Hawaii. I have attacked before and after pictures 4 months apart. In the latest pictures, the plants in the background is fake.
Can anyone help figure out why im killing all my plants?
by Courtn3yMoos3
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