Which do you prefer
#bioactive vs traditional setups what are your thoughts and why?
reef lotus
slender junco
i vastly prefer bioactive setups and want to have all of my animals in bioactives
reef lotus
bioactive vs traditional setups what are your thoughts and why?
grave jasper
Bioactive good but harder to find the proper ingredients depending on where your from
sullen compass
define traditional
valid glen
Depends on the animal, a lot would benefit from bioactive but some animals just aren't a good fit for it cause they'd trample plants and stuff
light swan
Bioactive but I like both
granite python
Bioactive because I love isopods
vague cosmos
Personally, I like traditional. My animals thrive on traditional and it’s not as hard to set up and clean.
latent ice
Bioactive for tropical
And traditional for arid
There are to many disadvantages with keeping tropical setups non bioactive that a well balanced bioactive setup will completely automate for you.
In an arid setup all of the disadvantages that a tropical setup has simply doesn't exist or are so tiny that it's easier to manually keep on top of it.
PS. They are always naturalistic in design for me tho, no paper towels or such for long term tanks.
daring jay
Bioactive, because its more natural and I think its way more beautiful for me.
I also like the thought, that they live in a "living" terrarium a bit like in nature.
The animals deserve that in my opinion.
alpine stream
I like bioactive in some cases because well you can make a cool arid enclosure too but it'll look different it all depends on the animal and well it's requirements. But beuty wise i like bioactive. But you can also make a pretty awesome arid enclosure tbh with skulls and different textures so it depends on who is building the terrarium
shell pawn
Honestly, my goal is for every enclosure for every reptile I own to be bioactive in some way, if at all possible. The more humid the enclosure is, the more likely it'd be better off bioactive, especially if it's got a water feature.