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