I'm planning a deep clean and substrate change on all cages this weekend when I also intend to install sky boxes. Do you typically install these with the opening of the hide oriented towards the opening of the enclosure or towards the sides of the enclosure?

Up to now, I've had unsecured hides on both sides of the basking shelf. One of my boas pushes these out frequently and seems to like looking down from the bottom of the skewed hide. I don't mind picking them up or realigning daily, but do you all secure these to the basking shelf? If so, how?

With the sky box going in on the cool side, do I even need the basking shelf hide on the cool side?

I have the F10 cleaner, but I've never worked with it. My plan is to use the recommended F10/water mix on the insides of the empty cage, but use the usual soapy water on hides, water bowls, and anything else plastic or rock. What about the wood, bark, and bamboo items though? None of them are soiled at all, but should they get the F10 treatment or would a wipe down suffice?

Going fully bioactive is another huge project that I don't want to get into on this thread, but does anyone have good results with putting live plants in a non-bioactive enclosure?