Another fairly inexpensive fertilizer option is worm castings, naturally pretty slow releasing, plants love them, and it’s just worm poop so it is natural :)

The best advice I have gotten is look up what plants would be in their natural environment. I have a box turtle bioactive and because they live in more woodland areas plants like ferns do great in his enclosure because they get enough watering but the temperature doesn’t get too hot. Wish me luck I’m about to set up my leo in a new bioactive enclosure.

I find that best substrate is by mixing coco fibre and spagnum moss with lump wood charcoal and sand

Well this video is good timing for me seeing I have just put plants into my leopard gecko enclosure.

I was watching you channel for a week straight planning on getting a leopard gecko and then i realize the humidity in my area is in the 70s so im getting a white tree frog instead

You were right about peperomia, some species are semi succulents (not full succulents, but they do store some amount of moisture in their leaves), the most common one that comes to mind is peperomia obtusifolia

That round-leaved plant is a Pilea Peperomioides, i think what you were thinking of is a Peperomia Polybotrya, which looks similar and is a succulent :)

I use a large pressure sprayer to water my tanks. It can definitely work but you really need to drench the soil. I water my bullsnake's 75 gal only about once a week but I usually use at least a gallon of water when I do.

This was really helpful! Thanks!

For the fans, I used a left over computer fan from my pc build with a 3 pin to USB adapter! They take up so little space and work so well!

I so wish it didn't cost me $80 for two bags of Earthmix where I live 😭 I did that for my first bioactive and it wasn't even enough, so I added Jungle Mix. With the other bioactives I did Reptisoil, Jungle Mix, sphagnum moss, and charcoal. My tanks are very happy!

Every tip covered well, well done

Also add moss and some earthworms. One adds moisture and the other helps aerate the soil.

You helped me a lot

Great tips!! Especially the watering can tip to keep the soil hydrated!

I was literally looking for a video exactly like this just yesterday! thanks!

My gecko is 4 months no and I’m thinking about going bioactive and your vids have helped so much thank you 🤍

Just build my first ever bioactive enclosure for my crestie. Thanks for the tips!

A tip I learned is to quarantine your plants before adding them. Be SUPER SURE there are no spider mites lol

Nice to see you do a video like this finally. My personal substrate recipe is - Coco fiber/EcoEarth, sphagnum moss, crushed lump charcoal, orchid bark, Coast of Maine lobster compost and good organic potting soil that is low in fertilizer and contains *no* perlite. Attention needs to be paid to how far lighting is to certain plants. I almost killed my African Violet because it was too close and receiving too much light. Now, I'm not sure, but I've heard plants respond differently to red and blue light. One color aids in growth, the other promotes flowering. I added a small fan (actually the same one) on top, blowing in, and have noticed improvement in my plants as well.

Awesome tips, love your content

Love your vid

wow them vivariums look amazing :)

I inoculated my arid tarantula vivarium with Bio Dude's bio shot and omg I will ALWAYS use it. My colonies are more than thriving. I've lost a couple of plants due to damage caused by my tarantula climbing them (lesson learned... sturdy plants are necessary!) But the rest are so happy. I haven't cleaned the tank at all in 4 months now and there isn't a single bad smell. My clean up crew so happily devours all the forgotten bugs that my tarantula either doesn't eat or that I place in there for them.

Don't undersell yourself, your tanks are amazing!!

Very informative video! I also found the watering tip a bit adorable, yet understandable 😂 I’m about to do a bioactive tank for my lg, so I will definitely use this video to take care of it! A little side note, I noticed what you wrote on Facebook about the success of this video. As a non-youtuber I can’t imagine the stress, but I just want to say, I hope you won’t stress too much about the views. Idk if this is your livelihood or more like a hobby, but I really really hope you will continue doing videos that YOU enjoy making. Of course it might be disappointing if the result isn’t what you expected, because these videos are so good, that I bet you have used a lot of energy and put a lot of effort to them. But I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate these videos, and you!

That fan is an awesome idea!

Ty for all the tips! And no need to be embarrassed this stuff happens! 😂🤦 For the last 3yrs I was doing a lot of gardening in planter boxes, this year we moved into an apartment so all the plants are in pots & we didn't buy the usual fertilizers we mix in at the beginning of the season. We planted in April and by July they were all looking scrawny, so I finally went to the store and bought fertilizer. Everyone started growing again, flowering 🤦 like omg how did we not realize we needed to fertilize lol 😆

The dislike is from the fake plant squad!

With ferns quite often they will completely die and then revive themselves when they acclimatise.

Also, the fan i added is very similar to the one you showed her and it has helped SOOOOO much.

I love you!!! TYSM for the advise !

LeopardGecko I love ur Videos and they are very helpful

Thank you. Your videos are so helpful. I got out first crestie today x

I love your videos my gecko is 4 months old and when you got Maui I was so happy because our geckos are similar in age

U could use an aquarium bladed flow pump...

I’m using top soil with a little play 70 to 30 ratio and it works great !

Great video thanks for the tips

Great vid so far! Going bioactive for my leo soon and this is a huge help for it!!

Thanks really useful guide!

Hello ! What is the name of the plant we can see at 06:56 ? Thank you for all those tips ! I'm struggling to find cool and easy plants to use for my crestie :( All the plants keeps dying. Cheers !

I respect people who can deal with isopods and springtails, like i'm fine with crickets, but i don't know the isopods and springtails creep me out just a bit.

With the watering, I’m kinda scared it’s not gonna go so well for my isopods & springtails, will they be fine even if I water the dirt that much?

I've lost two Nerve Plants to my clean up crew. Next one I get I'm letting it get bigger outside the tank first.... Don't feel bad about the watering thing! I also only just realized like 2 weeks ago I needed to be doing this too haha

Thank you so much! Would this work for snakes?

If anyone wants a cheap option for lights led floodlights from Amazon have worked rlly well for me.

Where did you get the rock background? Its fabulous

You don't even have to use specific growth lights. Troy Goldberg's Tropical Garage has some of the very best dart frog tanks on yt and he just uses shop lights from the hardware store. I need to go back and find out the brand though. He said they're about 20 bucks.

Hi! Do you know if 3D printed hides are safe to use in the tank?? Would it affect the plants or more importantly, the gecko??

I love your channel great job Can I just ask you to pray over my leopard gecko that just passed away she wasn’t growing and she was wiggling but her head wasn’t thank you so much 🙏😢

Thanks for the tip with the clean-up-crew. I will start feeding them tomorrow. Any tips for keeping my springtails alive. I never see them in my tank and I'm afraid they are dead :(

I had and still do have a green anole and his for him I have one plant that did horrible I can not recall the name but it was his favorite place to sleep because it was like the succulent you showed in the video that the video but it was doing bad and it was in there for a year and I went to a reptile convention and I did not have a clean up crew like spring tails and I asked a guy about the plant and he asked about the substrate I used and it is not very nutrient filled and he recommend adding a clean up crew and I brought some spring tails and it was literally a night and day which the plant is doing amazing I would say if you have live plants in nutrient lacking substrate get a clean up crew it really helps the enclosure thrive also research the plants it happens all the time a person put a plant in the enclosure that does not suit it and it dies.

Can you do a video on watering and misting the arid tank? I just made bioactive tanks for my leos, but the humidity is a bit high, however, to me they seem so dry so I mist them anyway for the isopods, which really spikes up the humidity again. I don't have a drainage layer and have a bunch of succulents. Any suggestions?

Hi, your videos really helped me with the process of getting a Leo! But it’s come to my realization that I think I’m over feeding my Leo. I’ve tried to do some researching for what to feed them, but all the answers are different. Since your the expert, how much and how often should I feed an adult male Leo?

does anyone know where i can get isopods and springtails they’re always sold out on josh’s frogs

I got my albino baby leopard gecko, Gizmo almost a week ago now, your videos have helped sooo much! And he is starting to warm up to me now and I’m going to start the taming process soon. I am feeding him around 6/7 small locusts a day, is this enough??

Awesome video, since my leopard gecko is a little over 6 months should I just stop feeding him for a day and feed the next day? Or a more gradual process like feed half the amount of the food when feeding for a bit.

Why not do the snake plants in the leopard geckos' tanks? Good luck. Great vid!

it seems hard to keep plants alive so i was wandering if it is?

I kind of messed up, I bought a snake plant as my first plant, but the people that I got the snake plant from were nice and gave me an air plant (and I also have a bromeliad)

Are room LED lights bad for leopard geckos?

can u give me tips how to make a leopardgecko place

I barely saw this video right after making my first ever bioactive tank

So the peperomia is a different type of plant than succulents, that particular plant is a pilea peperomoides, which is a bit different, peperomia are similar to succulents (but not identical) in that they store water in their leaves so they can handle a dry spell, however they need to be watered more than most succulents in my experience. Also snake plants hate being overwatered so that is why it doesn’t like the creature enclosure much! Mine gets watered like twice a year personally 😂

Can the springtails and isopods get out and into other things like house plants?

What kind of light cycle do you use for your crested bios? I have a uvb and plant light. Do you think 12 hours of plant light is too much for the crested? Right now I'm doing 12 plant light hours and in the middle of the day there's also 6 hours of uvb. Not sure if both being on is stress inducing? Thanks for the videos.

Your channel makes me want to get a leopard gecko just so I can fully enjoy all of your videos.

im getting a crested gecko soon, so can u make some videos on that

I was under the impression that Croton Petra was poisonous to geckos, you know, the one with big leaves that have red orange and yellow colors? Even though I love the look of the plant, I have been avoiding adding it in because I can't be sure if it's safe, different online sources are telling me different things.

Hi, May i know is that umbrella plant on the left vivarium?i hear a lot of people said that have toxic for animal,is that true??

Great vid but can you do another crested gecko video soon ?

I put 2 snake plants in my crestie viv and they're growing more than anything else. Both have sent out new plants that are now as large as the originals and reach the screen at the top. I thought they were supposed to be slow growing.

where do you get your leaf litter ? ❤️❤️❤️

I have the 57cm jungle dawn led bar as well but it heats up a lot very quickly, is that meant to happen?

Hi I have a question my crested gecko has a white patch on his nose is that normal?

Does anyone have any products that you would recommend for a good bio active substrate and growth light because I was thinking about the bio dudes Terra Sahara Bioactive Substrate along with the growth light for my 36 in tank (which size would be recommended the 16 in or the 36 in growth light for a 36 in tank) I need people from the US though because most of her products that she recommends aren’t available here

I have a question about crested geckos. So I live in the US and I want to make a bio active tank. I don’t wanna over do the d3 but Arcadia foods don’t ship here and so far that’s the only crested food I’ve found that doesn’t contain d3. Does anyone know any good foods without artificial d3 that also ship in the US?

Only plants I've managed to keep alive in my crested geckos terrarium is a wandering jew and a golden pothos.

My leopard geckos name is tango and she ate a meal worm in front of me for the first time yesterday!

Living in the US trying to get the earth mix is impossible. What would be a good substitute for a lp? I just ordered my girls upgrade tank and planned on doing a bioactive and would LOVE to use real plants from the start.

Heyy I was wondering if it’s safe to light scented candles in a room where there’s reptiles

What bio substrate do you recommend for a bio active tank?

Can anyone tell me if its a good idea to buy a humidifier for my leachianu its really dry where I live

I lost my leapord gekko, what should i do? 😭

Can you use airplants in crested gecko tank?

I’m thinking of getting a gecko can anyone give me advise on substrates and I’m not thinking of doing a bio active tank. Also what’s your experience with eco earth ? And is there a specific substrate for the shedding hide I’m sorry I’m asking a this question and I’ve been doing research and ngl it only confused me

I just got a leopard gecko he’s my profile pic his name is oscurro taking any tips

The nutrients a plant needs? So, you’re saying water the plants in your enclosure with Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes. That’s what plants crave.

Y’all I’ll be getting 2 leopard gecko’s of 6 months old in a week, does anyone have some name suggs? They’re girlies! :) Oh and also, does anyone have a really good tip for lowering the humidity in the tank/a room? Because where I live the humidity is always around 60%/70% and ofc I need to lower those percentages.. I’ve already put in 4 socks with rice in it in the tank and the humidity dropped around 5% so far (in one night) but I still have 25% to go! 😮‍💨 I also can’t really add extra ventilation since the terrarium glass with ventilation on the entire top of the terrarium. Unless it would help to add another ventilation thing on top of the top?? 🧐 Also, please tell me if humidity eaters (vochtvreters in Dutch) are terrarium/reptile safe! Thank you all a lot in advance! ❤️❤️

Those clay balls look like coco puffs.

Do u need to use real plants

Eco earth will grow plants if you have other components in the soil coco is used to grow 85% of house plants and yk what😂

If you plan to make an only fans account for your reptile I can see why someone would choose a purple light👀💡😅

Thanks this is definitely helpful!