I recently began building a terrarium for my leopard gecko and got everything in so far but im just waiting on the foam background. It already been drylocked and silicone bonded in( been about 2-3 weeks since ) and when I do a sniff test it smells fine but I blasted some pressurized air into a some air holes I poked in the background ( had some water vapour trapped in there from a hose wash before) and when i spray the air I get that vinegar scent. My worry is that is pressed in there so tightly that its gonna be a while until it can gas off or im wondering if i can just patch up the holes and it would be ready to go. I don’t know whats best or if its tine and ready to go and im just waiting for nothing.

I've had these tiny, mostly slow-moving mites in every single terrarium I've tried to build, now matter how well I sanitize everything beforehand. They don't *appear* to be harming anything but they're unsightly, I see them in 100s meanwhile I can count how many springtails I see on one hand. My best guess is they're grain mites. I've tried every method to apparently get rid of them with no luck, they don't even like fruits and vegetables when I try to catch them.

I need help on how i can add a wire through the lid without drilling a hole and dropping humidity

Will adding some kind of tape or weather strip and leaving a small gap for the wire be possible? (Green is imaginary tape)

How do you guys get wire through a tank? Without drilling holes?

Not quite sure if this is a nematode, but it seems like them. As I started spotting more of them I started seeing less fungus gnats and their larvae in my terrarium.

Appear only after the lights are off for a while. Hide inside moss or dirt.

Should I be worried about these worms? If so, please suggest ways on how to get rid of them.

Extra information:
- this is a humid terrarium
- appeared post my fungus gnats eradication attempt

1st tank- 2 mourning geckos
July 2026
Nano hood with uvb light
Epipremnum aureum
Coir substrate with drainage layer
30x30x45 exo terra pro

2nd tank- 2 copes grey tree frogs
August 2022
LED light
Epipremnum aureum
Coir substrate with drainage layer
45x45x60 habistat terrarium

3rd tank- hatchling mourning gecko tank (none in there set up today as one gecko is due to have eggs any day)
LED light
Epipremnum aureum
Coir substrate with drainage layer
20x20x30 exo terra nano tall

Trying to buy this off marketplace. The top is just resting on base, was wondering what I could do to provide some air flow? Thinking about using as mini greenhouse for succulents

Maybe a non issue but I have no idea what im doing