Hi all so I've had my Spider Ball Python for a while now shes about 10 months old. I got bored with the set up she loves to burrow and climb so I added a little perch, cut from a terracotta plant pot bottom. I've now gone almost bio-active (the clean up crew aren't in yet but should arrive in 2 days time)
I just want peoples opinions on what could be improved or changed I know a lot of people don't think bio-active works with balls as they crush everything but i have tried to get over that with a cage made from a skull see in pic. I've also gone for durable flowers so far i have 2 mother in laws tongue a Ficus Ginseng (a mini tree) 2 aloe vera plants (doing surprisingly well) a vinca minor which should cover alot of the floor and climb and a succulent but no exactly sure what.
I haven't gone for a drainage layer as the temperature is quite warm should't have issues with sitting water.
For the substrate I've used a mixture of soil, coco fibre coco husk and sphagnum moss all mixed together with some leaf little as well so far the plants seem to be doing well and some are looking better than they were in there pots.
I'm using a MicroClimate Evo Lite with 150w ceramic bulb as its winter months its on a 8am till 8pm cycle of 30 degrees in the day and 28 at night. before i went bio-active i was having big humidity issues it seems to be just right now with the soil holding enough moisture but isn't wet or damn for Wob's to lye on.
I also have the lights on a timer so they come on at about half 8 in the morning and off at half 8 at night. The lights are LED Strip lights for indoor grow rooms. they dont produce any heat only red and blue light for the plants at the moment i have 2 strips connected i may reduce it to just one though.
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