Quote Originally Posted by Homebody View Post
What they don't say on those Youtube videos is that 6 months later they had to start over again from scratch because their plants and fauna cultures died. Youtubers don't like to admit failure. I suggest you search for "bioactive" threads on this site. You'll see many different ways of going about it. You will also see stories of keepers who had to try over and over again before they came up with a set up that worked for them. I emphasize "for them" because the set up that worked for those keepers may not work for you. My point is that setting up a bioactive isn't as easy as they make it look on Youtube. You will probably have to try over and over for months before you get it right.
Yeah I know it's not easy and significantly harder for big snakes. But I lnow the problems that come with that and I accept the fact that plants have to be removed and changed and that I have to still clean poop out. I am not doing it for easier cleaning but because it looks much better than a boring sterile tank. And If I have my snake for 20 plus years I think it's easier to have to put a bit of work into it at thw beginning and then have it run smootly than clean out the cage fully once a month for 20 years to come to be honest.
Bob from the channel green room pythons has a video talking about bioactive for ball pythons and what works and what doesn't.
So as long as the snakes healthy in the setup I don't really care if I have to still do maintance with it.