The bio dude shopping list
Enclosure supplies
24” The Bio Dude Solar Grow T5 HO UVB fixture – This is what will hold your T5 UVB bulb
22” ReptiSun T5 5.0 UVB bulb – Make sure your UVB bulb is linear and not a circular/compact bulb (Having the correct UVB bulb is a matter of life of death)
22” Arcadia T5 6% UVB bulb — Make sure your UVB bulb is linear and not a circular/compact bulb (Having the correct UVB bulb is a matter of life of death)
Exo Terra Dome heat bulb fixture – This will hold the heat bulb
50W Arcadia Deep Heat Projector bulb – This heat bulb allows your chameleon to warm up and bask
Bio Dude Glow & Grow plant LED light – This is a nice-to-have and is not required for the health of your chameleon but I have seen a huge improvement in my plants since using it
Outlet timer – Used to turn your lights on/off automatically
MistKing starter system – This is my all-time favorite automatic misting system
Thermometer & hygrometer – Used to measure the temperatures and humidity
Rubber tipped feeding tongs – I use these to handle the bugs since I don’t like touching them with my hands
Calcium without D3 – This should be used every time you feed your chameleon unless you are using a multivitamin that day
Bee pollen – This is considered a super food and can be used for gutloading and supplementing
Bug Grub gutload – Used to feed to the bugs to ensure they have the micronutrients your chameleon needs
Bioactive supplies
Terra Firma Bioactive Kit – A kit that comes with soil, tree pouch, BioShots, sphagnum moss, and oak litter
Terra Firma – An all-in-one soil mixture for bioactive setups
Chameleon tree pouches – These can be used to make a screen enclosure bioactive
Sphagnum moss – Great for giving your springtails and isopods a place to breed
BioShot – Micronutrients to help your plants, soil, etc.
Dwarf White Isopods – Clean up crew used to breakdown organic matter like poop, shed, etc.
Leaf litter — To be mixed in with the soil to provide food for the isopods
Plants
These are all plants that I use myself that have been safely used in a chameleon enclosure
Pothos Golden 4” pot – My #1 plant recommendation that does really well up high in the enclosure
Pothos Jade 4” pot – Same thing as the ‘Pothos Golden’ just a different color
Pothos Marble Queen 4” pot – Same thing as the ‘Pothos Golden’ just a different color
Pothos Neon 4” pot – Same thing as the ‘Pothos Golden’ just a different color
Philodendron Swiss Cheese 4” pot – These do well towards the top and middle of the enclosure
Calathea Lancifolia 4” pot – These do well towards the middle of the enclosure
Aglaonema Firecracker 4” pot – These do well towards the middle of the enclosure
Philodendron Brasil 4” pot – These do well towards the top and middle of the enclosure
Creeping Fig 4” pot These do well towards the top of the enclosure
Polka Dot pink 4” pot – These do well towards the top of the enclosure
Dracaena Lemon Surprise 4” pot – These do well towards the middle and bottom with low light
Lickety Split Philodendron 6” pot — These do well on the bottom of the enclosure
Umbrella tree 8” pot – These do well on the bottom of the enclosure
Monstera 6” pot – These do well on the bottom of the enclosure
ZZ plant 4” pot – These do well at the bottom of the enclosure