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05-09-13, 06:22 PM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
What's the best way to achieve a bioactive substrate in a monitor enclosure? Like one with bugs already in the soil and bacteria that help break down waste and stuff like that?
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05-09-13, 06:34 PM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
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What's the best way to achieve a bioactive substrate in a monitor enclosure? Like one with bugs already in the soil and bacteria that help break down waste and stuff like that?
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Thats basically the definition of bioactive substrate, if it doesn't have stuff like that in it to break down waste and stuff like that, ....its not bioactive.
Like whats the best type of car to buy, I want one with 4 wheels and door and a steering wheel :-P.
Get soil from outside and some leaf liter. Done.
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05-10-13, 09:29 AM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
Not quite that easy, but thats a good start. Its pretty simple to order things like isopods, springtails, earthworms etc to put in the soil though. All these help with the breakdown of the wastes and the bioactivity of the soil. The leaf litter is essential though as you need to provide ground cover for all the little beasties that help with the wastes.
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05-11-13, 07:45 PM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
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Not quite that easy, but thats a good start. Its pretty simple to order things like isopods, springtails, earthworms etc to put in the soil though. All these help with the breakdown of the wastes and the bioactivity of the soil. The leaf litter is essential though as you need to provide ground cover for all the little beasties that help with the wastes.
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I just didn't include that because he said he wanted one with bugs in it so I figured he was going to get those anyways. Almost any log I lift up around here has sow bugs, millipedes, and whatever else. Maybe I should have said, grab some soil, leaf litter, and a few old pieces of wood. They most probably will have alot of the little beasties.
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05-11-13, 09:15 PM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
The problem with most of those bugs in your area is that they wont last very long inside a monitor enclosure. Depends on where you are from of course, but monitor enclosures are too hot for normal bugs from my area to thrive in, or at least that has been my experience.
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05-11-13, 09:23 PM
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Re: Another stupid housing question
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The problem with most of those bugs in your area is that they wont last very long inside a monitor enclosure. Depends on where you are from of course, but monitor enclosures are too hot for normal bugs from my area to thrive in, or at least that has been my experience.
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I put them in my GTP's enclosure and they do great because its not really hot, especially at the bottom where they all hang out under the layer of spaghnum. The moni enclosure I have to agree, but ants do great lol
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