>>I stumbled across something about these last night. Supposedly, you only have to do a complete cage cleaning every 6 months or so. I'm not sure if you have to use live plants or not in it. I would be too afraid to try it anyway due to all the bacteria, harmful or not. So do any of ya'll have any experience with it?

This may get more exposure on other forums, perhaps caging, or the folks that house darts are familiar with bio active substrate in some terrarium applications.

As far as cleaning, spot cleaning is required to reduce the large Bio load. Removing the large fecal deposits for example, but there is a balance of what can go in and what needs to come out. The size of the enclosure and species of inhabitant determine when you will have to perform enclosure overhauls.

This method is very popular in Europe but is utilized for colubrids and smaller animals. Although some may use it with large boids.

Think of it like leaf litter in monitor caging. It will only last so long before it needs to be refreshed.

To date I haven't attempted bio active substrate.

Best of Luck
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Jeremy Payne
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