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View Poll Results: Bioactive or Not

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  • Bioative Setup

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    Question Consensus on Bioactive Setups?

    Hey everone, I was browsing Youtube and stumbled across a couple of videos on Ball Python enclosures that were bioactive. (For those unfamiliare with bioactive setups, it is basicly a tank with soil/leaf litter, live plants, and springtails/isopods as a cleanup crew for the tank). This kind of setup looks awesome and the pythons seem to enjoy it. I may try it with my own way down the line (like not until a year or 2), but I'm thinking of a couple of concerns.

    1. Would using the soil cause any impaction? (even though it seems most people cover it completely with leaf litter)

    2. Would the plants make it so that the humidity is too high?

    3. Would the springtails and isopods bother the ball python at all?

    4. Would belly heat be a viable heat source because heat lamps may burn the plants or would I need one of the side mounted tank heaters (forgeting the name of them)?

    5. Would tank size become an issue with the clutter of the plants? (I have a 40g now)

    Anyone who uses these setups, all the information in the world would be appriciated
    Last edited by Ragtag; 07-22-2017 at 10:51 AM.

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