Bioactive Vivarium for Burrowing!

[Springtails&Isopods]

Hello all, long time reader first time poster!
I recently set up a bioactive terrarium for my Ball Python.
My ball is roughly 13 years old, not sure if male or female.
The bioactive kit I purchased is species specific for ball pythons from TheBioDude.com and comes with substrate, moss, dry leaves, plants, a grow light, and a bioactive starter culture of good stuff we can't see. It comes in different sizes based on gallon/inch.
My tank is 55 gallon glass, sealed corners (48"×15"×17" tall). My 55 gallon kit included about 4 inches of substrate, and plenty of aaa spagnum moss as well as dry leaf litter to be mixed into the substrate as well as cover the top layer. It also came with 6 different plants that should be tough enough to handle a ball laying on it for a couple hours, a 22" full spectrum grow light and 5 pieces of cork flat to be used as hides and climbing spots. Coolest part of all was the fridge magnet I got with the kit! Haha ok might have been the grow light, or the plants which are said to be pesticide free.
I set the tank up with the hides mostly covered but allowing my snake to fit it's head Into but not it's body. The biggest hide space I set up with enough space to fit it's about half it's body. The reasoning behind the small hides was it would help trigger the snakes instinct to burrow. I have seen it burrow in moss before so I knew it would.
When first introduced the enclosure was completely new, the snake looked around but did not move freely or confidently. Rather it was simply scoping the new terrain for threats or possibly thinking it was in a bigger snakes terrarium even?! So after about 5 minutes of watching the snake kinda looking like I set it in a scary new spot, I decided to take it's old hide and place it over the new hide I had made for it. Sure enough before pulling my hand out the snake was moving for the safety of its hide. Soon as it made its way in it saw the new hide and began to make its way into the new hide under its old hide!! Within like 10 minutes, it was soon exciting to see the investment I made in my snake had instantly shown to be an I improvement over it's old set up. I was watching the natural behavior of my snake that I have kept for over 13 years now. I was watching the behavior of the snake in an environment that is designed to go above and beyond what is considered suitable living conditions for a python. To see my my python begin to burrow into it's new hide was really exhilarating in a very slow paced kinda way, edge of your seat stuff!!
I got some footage of the new tank and the first couple of minutes of burrowing, I could see the hides lifting up and down in the process. Hope the vid doesn't sound like an ad but I am excited about the kit I bought! I am adding springtails and isopods this week. Until they are well established I will be spot cleaning.

https://youtu.be/itktbKzVpvs

The old hide has since been removed and the new hide has plenty of space for the snake to fit comfortably. A branch has been added for climbing and the water has been added and is cycling at the moment. I have also gotten myself a stand for the tank at my local pet shop. Also my snake began blueing over just as I put it in its new tank. 4 days later after being in its new hide I got a one piece shed with some of the healthiest scales I have seen in a while. Snake is looking very happy and is active just 4-5 days after eating a large meal. Normally it would not be active until closer to feeding time.

Tell me whay y'all think, I know there are firm believers in the consistency that a rack system can provide, and others prefer a more natural environment. Some go to the far end of the natural spectrum and end up bioactive. I am curious to hear from everyone, especially people who have had luck with bioactives, wether good luck or bad.
A properly established bioactive terrarium will essentially be a minimum maintenance tank. Water changes still occur on the regular as well as glass cleaning, plant trimming, ect. But the biological cleanup is done by your bioactive fauna, in most cases being isopods ( rollypollies) and springtails. Together they will break down decaying leaf matter, skin sheds, as well as feces. Each will become fertilizer for the plant life, while the entire process of these little colonies working aeraites the soil. People speak of successful bioactive establishments lasting over 10 years without said biological cleanup.

Let's all remember it is ok to have strongly conflicting opinions about snake keeping and still be friends. That is just basic, to respect the effort we all put into our hobby. Of course as long as nobody is involved in professional underground caged snake fighting, I mean some people have no heart.