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Joel’s AnimalPassion00
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Registrace 26. 08. 2017
Hi guys my name is Joel Monarrez and I am a 20 year old who has gained a fascination for living things and hope to become a Wildlife Biologists. I will be showcasing wildlife and my experiences in the pet hobby. I may also upload other hobbies such as my artwork in the form of time lapses but I will try to keep it related to my channel topic. Occasionally you will see my cousin in some videos because he is one of my best friends and every now and then my cameraman. I hope to feature as many animals as I can in my videos and inform you guys with some facts about them. Subscribe for Lots of animal/pet content and art
DIY | How to Create a Custom Background for Tropical Terrarium/Palludarium
In this video, I give my step by step process for creating a custom tropical background for tree frogs, lizards, snakes, and other tropical animals. The two primary materials used for this project are expanding foam by great stuff and dark brown silicone. Other materials include an Xacto knife, sponges, weed blocker tarp, plant pots, paint brushes, jungle mix soil, moss, rocks, sand, wood branches, tropical plants, and the 12x12x18 exo terra front opening terrarium. The animals I placed in this enclosure is the Baja California tree frog (Pseudacris hypochondriaca).
Materials:
Great stuff foam:
www.homedepot.com/p/GREAT-STUFF-12-oz-Gaps-and-Cracks-Insulating-Spray-Foam-Sealant-227112/202893728
Brown silicone:
www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Supreme-Silicone-10-1-oz-Brown-Window-and-Door-Caulk-2777173/317089215
Zilla Jungle Mix:
www.chewy.com/zilla-fir-sphagnum-peat-moss-jungle/dp/125334?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V3LpwUS1fEawpeR7-INcXKdT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIquDclrn1hwMVShOtBh1XCiSmEAQYAiABEgLN_PD_BwE
12x12x18 exo terra front opening enclosure:
www.lllreptile.com/products/4991-exo-terra-12-x-12-x-18-glass-terrarium?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIurbJubn1hwMV4NMWBR1J8jgzEAQYAyABEgKUVPD_BwE
Materials:
Great stuff foam:
www.homedepot.com/p/GREAT-STUFF-12-oz-Gaps-and-Cracks-Insulating-Spray-Foam-Sealant-227112/202893728
Brown silicone:
www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Supreme-Silicone-10-1-oz-Brown-Window-and-Door-Caulk-2777173/317089215
Zilla Jungle Mix:
www.chewy.com/zilla-fir-sphagnum-peat-moss-jungle/dp/125334?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V3LpwUS1fEawpeR7-INcXKdT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIquDclrn1hwMVShOtBh1XCiSmEAQYAiABEgLN_PD_BwE
12x12x18 exo terra front opening enclosure:
www.lllreptile.com/products/4991-exo-terra-12-x-12-x-18-glass-terrarium?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIurbJubn1hwMV4NMWBR1J8jgzEAQYAyABEgKUVPD_BwE
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The Most Widespread Snake in California | Gopher Snake | Pituophis catenifer
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In today’s video, I briefly give a summary regarding the life of the Gopher snake (pituophis catenifer). There are roughly 8 subspecies of gopher snake. Those that I captured in California are Pituophis catenifer annectens. These are the most widespread snake in California ranging in habitats from forests, grasslands, deserts, and agricultural areas. They get their common name from the behavior...
Rarest Pond Turtle in California! | Actinemys pallida
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In this video, I give a brief summary of the life characteristics and biology of the Southwestern Pond turtle: Actinemys pallida. I specifically go over the conservation status and problems associated with these turtles since they are in such a huge decline. This has made them one of the rarest pond turtles to find in California. Because of competition with red eared sliders, bullfrogs, and los...
Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard: The desert’s Sand surfer!
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Horned Lizards of Southern California!
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How to care for the Common Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana elegans)
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Taking the Huskies for their First Hike!
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I’m Never Doing This Again! | Using Filefish for Aiptasia Control
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CARING FOR NPS (non-photosynthetic) CORAL!
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Reptile and Invertebrate TEMU HAUL + Review
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How to Culture and Harvest Phytoplankton
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How to create a Naturalistic Desert Rock Background! DIY
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Setting up a Naturalistic Bearded Dragon Terrarium with Excavator Clay!
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Beginners Guide to Live Rock Hitchhikers Part 3
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Day in the Life of an Animal Science (pre-vet) Major + Zoology Minor at Cal Poly Pomona!
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Hatching Alligator Lizard Eggs! | Southern alligator lizard reproduction
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Hatching Alligator Lizard Eggs! | Southern alligator lizard reproduction
Curly Hair Tarantula Happy dance | Harry
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Shark and Fish endoskeleton! | Vertebrate Practical Review
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Protochordate and Cyclostomes! Vertebrate Zoology practical review
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The life cycle of a Moon Sea Jelly under microscopes
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I found one of these doing pushups just 5 minutes ago 😂
It actually worked wuhuuuu thanks
Rip nova 😢
Amazing job🙌🏻
Thank you so much!
Turned out nice!
Thanks!
Really said trust the process
Yup!
It looks awesome 🤩
Graciasss!
Hey I know your taking good care of your bearded dragon but I recommend you get a Arcadia T5 linear uvb bulb because even though you take your bearded dragon outside during winter your dragon might go into burmation with is the equivalent to hibernation for reptiles and he’s gonna wanna sleep in his enclosure so you might want to change to the uvb i recommend because the Arcadia T5 linear UVB makes over they recommended uvb it’s very excellent and it’s priced at a pretty good price 50 dollars if you have a petsmart membership and it includes the bulb and the fixture it’s a good investment and yea :D
Thank you for this information
Bearded dragons need to cooldown at night, in nature it gets cold at night. So no heat mat is needed. I also think his enclosure is too small for a bearded dragon. They need to be able to run in their enclosure. In our country a little tank like that’s called animal abuse.
Can I use fine calcium sand bought from petco side blotched lizards?
That should be fine, the main concern is making sure they don’t accidentally eat any of it. They also occasionally like to burrow in it.
How do you catch those?? I really want to but I’m pretty scared to- especially when they fly off
Excellent habitat, you obviously have lots of love and experience for your dragon 👏🫶
How often should i feed the otocinclus catfish algea wafer i have 3 of the fish
Nice cage but I’d definitely get a larger one since you have an adult. Gotta give him some extra space. ❤ love it.
how could you clean it? id love to do this!
Honestly, there has never been a time any of the lizards have left any waste on it so I’ve never had to actually clean it. But if there were to be waste, some water would remove both the waste and the clay but you can probably just replace it with some clean excavator clay.
Snakes are so creepy. Thanks for sharing and happy to see you are ok with them. 😬
Nice haul! Now i know where ill be buying enclosure for jumpers. The big puzzle like enclosure i would have to pass I don't trust anything secured with rubber bands especially if there will be animals especially smart one's. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the video. I just got one a month ago that got caught and donated to the pet store i work in. Im so confused. idk if i have a gopher snake or a bull snake. or are the the same specie? I don't even know if it's Pituophis catenifer or some other species. Interesting experience though. It escaped for the first time after i made a mistake but i found it. RIP the 3 rodents it attacked. Maybe the heat in the room made it extremely aggressive
Hello! Gopher snakes and bull snakes are the common name given to the same species so yes they can be used interchangeably for the most part. I’ve found that people more in the Midwest tend to call them bull-snakes more often. There are, however, many different subspecies depending on the location which are more often given the common name bullsnake such as Pituophis catenifer sayi. That is an interesting story thanks for sharing! Thank you for watching!
Sylvester and Squishy look so happy and healthy btw!❤
Thank you!
I'm so glad I found you, and your little side blotched guys here! I just found a baby side blotched lizard in my house. He was too tiny and weak to release outside, so we've named him Greg and he's got a little terrarium now. Thank you for showing me you feed yours these flightless fruit flies too. It's the only thing I could find small enough for him. He's only half an inch but including his tail. I hope he stays strong and grows big like yours🙏 I'm following you now and will keep watching your advice, thank you young man🙏
That’s awesome! They are amazing little lizards. Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for watching!
You’re crazy!!
God bless y'all forever teach others to be patient with cats
I just saw one on Canyon hiking trail today in Los Angeles. This was the second time I saw this year. I didn't know they were species of concern. They're certainly unique and beautiful existence causing me to stop and really examine them. Thank you for your video.
That’s awesome I’m glad to hear others are finding them. Thank you for watching!
Cute little lizards
Nice turtle!
One more question how can i tell if they are in fact alligator lizards?
It can be difficult since many lizard eggs look the same. I would try to do some research on the native lizard species in your area to see what is most likely and prominent in your backyard. I like to use the app inaturalist. If you’ve noticed there are many alligator lizards in your yard, it most likely was from one of them.
I found 10 alligator lizard eggs in what I thought Was a ground squirrel hole. I flooded it and the eggs popped up. I collected them and put them in a tank with a red lamp. Temp has been kept at 80° and I keep it moist with daily spraying. I don't really know what I'm doing. How do I know if they are even alive? What if I put them upside down? Do you have any advice for me? Your video was very helpful. I do plan on releasing them back where I found them. If they live...
Hello! It sounds like you’re on the right track! At this point you cannot really tell if they’re alive unless they’re at a late stage in development which really depends on when they were laid. Candling them with a light may make things more visible. I recommend leaving them in the position you found them, if you don’t know how they were positioned I would just leave them on their side and not upside down. One very important aspect is making sure where they are placed does not attract too much bacterial and mold growth. New Zealand sphagnum moss is usually good with this or other medias like perlite. I would just try not to keep it too damp. Thank you for watching!
I got Dino. Then cyano. Then aiptasia. Then pineapple sponges. Then vermetid snails. What’s next. lol.
This is good content, gives names, gives male or female.
Very good video and explanation! I run a research and breeding project for Horned Lizards in Germany an frequently release my findings in articles to help conservation projects.
Saw a coastal one in san diego county today, love these guys so much, i have only seen 2 in my entire life, a rare and beautiful experience
That’s awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
Great video very informative. Just wondering if they get along with each other if you have more than one in the tank.
Hi! You can have multiple in the same tank and they will not harm each other, however, if you do not have a lot of algae and they finish eating all of it, they will likely start competing for a food source unless more is supplemented. Thanks for watching!
When l was a young child l came across one of these in my backyard. It was around 1962. I lived in Chino California. Chino is around 20 miles south of Los Angeles near the cities of Ontario and Pomona. It had to be one of the very last surviving members of that lizard in that area because that area is now covered by nothing but houses. Miles and miles of nothing but hundreds even thousands of houses and streets. It makes me kinda sad that I saw one of the last surviving members of that species in the entire Chino valley.
Wow yea these guys are very sensitive to urban development especially homes and agricultural land use. A lot of it goes down due to their very specific diet of harvester ants which really don’t do well in urban environments and get outcompeted by the invasive argentine ants. That’s an amazing story I would love to see these guys in my backyard. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great video. Nice work!
The first words you said was news to me lol. I slam dunk all my inverts in because they seem to not need any acclimation. Cleaners shrimps stary cleaning, urchins eat, hermits goof off. Its all good haha
Oh that’s interesting I agree many clean up crew members tend to be very hardy especially hermits lol. I usually drip acclimate just as a precaution as I have had some inverts go into shock from drastic changes in salinity. Thank you for watching!
He looks like he’s floating when he runs
Yup they’re designed for the sand
YESSSS 🔥🔥🔥
first comment in 3 years holy
So cuteee
I've never seen one of these, even though I'm right there, north san diego county. I need to track one of these down.
They can be very secretive! I’ve come across only one on the coast. But they are awesome!
S I A M E S E
Alright, now imma get a replacement air pump (current one, constantly on since purchase date) then a t valve connector which i for some reason NEVER THOUGH OF! Probably does but air pressure or something im guessing is less powerful if just slightly.
I got myself a blueberry sea fan that has finally humbled me and its not doing so well in my display pico. I have been feeding daily for it but it seems to be melting away, or having algae fmgrow on it somewhat now after a few weeks. I got brightwell reef snow, live phyto, and reef roids as my food options. Live brine/copepods as well but idk if they go for that. Any tips appreciated
Hey! Could the nitrates and phosphates be the cause of the algae? I’d try to carefully remove any algae from the surface of the gorgonian. Is it placed in a higher light area? I’d say for feeding, live phyto and live copepods are great. Adult brine shrimp might be too large for the polyps to consume but the larvae are perfect. I personally haven’t used reef roids but it may add some extra nutritional value to the live foods. Also what is the flow like? These could be factors that effect survivability.
D-link is really bad don't buy it
Wow, what is that cool looking macroalga in your tank?
Hey! It’s called Caulerpa peltata. Very pretty in reef tanks
thanks! I'll definetely get me some of that xD
Stuffs dope, didn’t even know this was in cali
Excellent video
That's a LOT of work for 40+... lol
Do you have to brumate them in order to breed them
I personally don’t alter the temperature of their enclosure, but during the winter the room temperature naturally does drop slightly and then later begins to warm up more in the spring. If you live in an area where these guys are not native, you may have to manually brumate them.
@@Joels_Animals I live where they live but my room always stays at around 80 during the day and 72 at night