The Dude's signature Substrates 101
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2021
- What's up guys?! I felt it was time to bring you a new and improved substrate review with a couple guest appearances from some of our soil inoculates. If you're new here, welcome to my channel. Many moons ago I embarked on this journey to make reptile & amphibian keeping easier and better for the animals we love. With my 5 signature substrates, a little creativity and some research you can create a self sustaining vivarium ecosystem in your own home! If you want to help your animals live their best #BioActiveLife then look no further than The Bio Dude. Check out my website below to get started on your very own journey to creating a habitat where your animals will THRIVE!
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I really think The Dude (Josh) is among the forerunners of the next generation of the hobby of reptiles and amphibians. I think a lot of younger people like Josh are fed up with the nonsense of industrial husbandry and are unapologetic in showing that the "standards" in the hobby are nonsense and need to be adjusted. Keep on being great Josh!
Thank you very much! I just love doing what I do.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter Hey Josh, could u make a box turtle bioactive setup, Love your videos
Exactly. When I started out as a leopard gecko owner I was only 11 and I had a carpet as the flooring with one plastic hide. Later when I noticed her claws kept getting caught in the carpet and she hated moving on it.
So I switched to calcium sand, which I later learned that even though geckos need calcium, large quantities in sand can cause impaction (blockage) and lead to death.
After that I did a complete 20-gallon tank redesign and I am filled it with excavator clay and installed 3 new hides; hot, humid, and cold.
I’ve also learned that heat pads are not good for geckos, mealworms don’t have enough protein, ceramic bulbs don’t have enough wavelengths and many other things that weren’t good enough.
I’m now trying to build a bio active 40 Gallon tank for that same leopard gecko, but now I’m 18.
Keep learning always
@@cobefriend7797 that’s amazing that you’re evolving with new research. I’m trying to do the same, currently building a 18x36x18 bio for my Leo too :)
Every time the dude walks off camera at the end after saying "the dude abides" I just imagine him and the dogs walking out the door all wearing shades then climbing in the car and driving home
This made my day lol
I would work at this place. ALL DAY. great videos.
Ok. I have to be honest. You’ve inspired me to start serious research into keeping reptiles and amphibians. I’m in the fishkeeping hobby, and am a total crazy person about botanical-heavy blackwater setups (current obsession is my wild betta channoides pair in a biotope type tank). But before I nerd out, I have to switch back on topic lol. I’m absolutely fascinated by the similarities between that kind of aquarium setup and what you talk about. Focusing on not just keeping and enjoying the animals… but on replicating the functionality of the ecosystems they come from. Looking at the substrates and microfauna. Taking advantage of those natural processes to maintain an actual functioning, balanced ecosystem in a box. Somehow, I never thought about running a vivarium much the same way I run aquariums. You caught my attention, man. And I appreciate it.
I love it bro, as a gardener and life long reptile keeper i have to say this is both amazing and easy! Invokes the “Why didn’t i think of it before!” Thoughts. Lol😅 thank you for making it easy and not to expensive so we all can have a safe professional source of substrate for our little critters. 😊
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, thank you so much for your support!
Awesome video. I will be setting up my bearded Enclosure soon Thanks for all your help
I wish you guys shipped to Japan. I love what you make and feel like the Japanese herp scene is missing such a great product
These are all natural resources. You can just collect and start your own version
That green background really makes those terrariums pop‼️‼️‼️😊
I'm glad you think so, we are pretty happy with the chosen color!
Just started keeping again with my first Gargoyle Gecko had to start completely over so I didn't do bioactive yet wanted to get him situated first and then do my first bioactive build but didn't know where to start. Started doing my research and found this video. Incredibly informative and helped out a bunch! Earned a fan. Thank you!
I really appreciate the upload Dude, I was having a bit of a rough day and this really helped cheer me up. Keep making videos, hopefully a hedgehog one will come soon enough, but what BioDude substrate would you recommend for a Chinese cave gecko? Just wondering since you privated the old video. Thanks so much for uploading videos, and doing your thing. Keep grinding 👍
Terra fauna
Please ship to the uk!!! You would be killin it over here!! I have my own reptile room and would LOVE 💕 to try your products and I’m sure I would not be the only one 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Incredible informative video! Being new to reptiles myself this was alot of excellent information I can really file away and use for my herps! I only have teo but I want them.to have the best lives they can. It was kind of like watching a zoo presentstion like how they simulate wild habitats ^_^ love this!
I’ve been doing as much research on these substrates as a could but couldn’t find much so I’m extremely lucky that you coincidentally decided to upload this, would you recommend terra flora mixed with vermiculite and spaghnum moss as a indoor plant soil
A lot of very good information here. The only substrate I have experiences with is the Terra Flora. It works and keeps dart frogs healthy. Allows water to drain through The substrate and helps keep the humidity in the enclosure. Love your products Dude.
Cant wait to see an update on smithers enclosure
Glad to see you in a video again!
Hey, thanks!
Great video! It's so clear how passionate you are about this and I love seeing people continue to raise the standards for the hobby! Super happy to see your product available in Canada as well! 🇨🇦
Do you think you will ever start making bigger bags of substrate for larger species/enclosures? The bottom of my boa's enclosure is 6'x2', so I need about 120 quarts of substrate to cover the bottom and give her enough depth to burrow. That's more than 3 of the 36 quart bags 😅 Definitely an investment, especially if it's going to last years and years, but it sure would be nice to be able to buy a bit more in bulk. I do plan on upgrading her to a bigger enclosure in the future as well.
Cheers, and keep up the great work!
I really love all the information in the videos and how straight forward their website is. One question I can not find the ingredients anywhere. Where can I find the ingredients you use?
I so wish your products were available in Australia! I'm so lost building a bioactive home for my future frillies
Hi Josh. That was entertaining and informational either. I would really like You to ship to Europe or even Germany. Especially when Your'e keeping Tarantulas or other Invertebrates the Choices are poor: Cocofibre, potting Soil or Turf for the most Part. Maybe You could get a Retailer or Partner over here? Maybe Someone like Zoo Zajac, they're the biggest Zooshop at least in Europe and already selling Exo Terra Products. Anyway, it was Fun to watch espacially with that Dog popping up from below.😂
I wish you would do a Basilisk build. I have a 36x18x24 that I’m going to be using for mine once I order it, but I’m basically winging it with the tank setup because there are no videos I swear about Basilisk setups, let alone Bioactive. I plan on hopefully one day starting my own UA-cam channel and do builds on there as well as put out great information about the animals!
I'm waiting on your guys ten gallon kits for asian Forrest scorpions. I'm really excited to set it up,and give my scorpion a better home!! It's tunnels keep collapsing in,it is really enjoying the leaf litter I have in there though!! I can't wait to watch it burrow and make its own unique tunnels!!
Send us an email so we can get a quote started for you! - customercare@thebiodude.com
keep abiding bro...
...so humble
LOL ! The Dude Abides
I just ordered a 40 gal tarasahara kit for my juvenile bearded dragon. Am I going to need a drainage layer for it?
Could you explain further what you meant by being careful introducing a millipede like the large Florida Ivory Millipede, and what does the "juice they emit" mean? Thanks!
With Terra Sahara do you need a false bottom for drainage?
Really need this for the UK. Terra firma for 3 ball python bios. If I were to order and get it redirected to the UK is this going to compromise the quality. my orders usually get here within a few days of initial order.
Hi Bio Dude, I've checked everywhere and cannot find a video of you using the Tortoise Bioactive Kit to create a habitat. Please make one as I got your Russian Tortoise Bioactive kit and no instructions =(
Does the New Zealand forest mix that I currently use in my fat tailed tanks work? Personally, they seem to be doing so great that my plants get a trimming now. I've honestly had it reused ever since I rehomed my giant day pair (which have bred too well btw) and it was full of earthworms, earwigs and dairy cow isopods. Even mixed in some sphagnum moss, zoo med repti bark and magnolia leaves.
Sadly, however, they have all been replaced by tiny dwarves that are even outcompeting my wild type roly polies! All that said, should I keep them, or start from scratch again with a different substrate like what you use and add large isopods again? I have a few recent videos on my channel regarding my geckos, and was hoping to get your opinion on any of them.
Thank you very much. And keep on postin' dude!
ima need some of those isopods XD
29:24 "GET TO THE CHOPPAAAAA"
My Hyla cinerea are all dark colored. Not green. Any ideas? Big bioactive vivarium, live plants, good feeding. Humidy about 70-80%
Question for you. As far as a Ball Python goes what happens to your bio enclosure when Mites end up in it?? Do you empty and start over?? What exactly do you do??
Not sure if you will see this Bio Dude, but which of your substrates would you recommend for a new guinea Frilled dragon setup?
I have a ball python i going to a bioactive but your out of isopods and springtails but plan on buying my plants and everything I need but if I don’t have the bugs can the plants survive without them?
What would be best for scaber isopods cultures
What would i ise for a tiger salamander?
Would Terra Sahara be appropriate for a semi-arid invertebrate enclosure? Thinking about keeping Orthoporus Ornatus, zebra isopods, and blue death feigning beetles together. I anticipate that I would need leaf litter to supplement the organic material in the substrate itself, particularly for the isopods and millipede?
Hey Luke! I would recommend the Terra Aranea substrate, its made specifically for inverts and works Really well!! I use it myself with my own collection. I will link the kits here that have the leaf litter and biodegradeables included, i would also add extra leaf litter since you will have a few species that will biodegrade all of the mixins, it would be good to have extra. Please reach out to customercare@thebiodude.com and our team can get this quoted for you! Let us know if you have any questions, The Dude Abides. www.thebiodude.com/collections/terra-aranea-bioactive-substrate-kits
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter thank you!
Hmm Wanting to Remodel my Uromastyx into a bioactive setup. Don't have another place to keep him if I were to wait those days for the enclosure to "Cycle". Should I just get some extra clean-up crews?
You can add the reptile in right away, its just best to let it start cycling first so the plants can get started before the uro tramples and or eats them. adding more CUC wont help that - support team
How do you maintain/achieve moist bottom and middle with the non drainage layer terra firma?
Hey william! The plants root systems and clean up crew will help airate the soil so that the moisture is able to reach the deeper layers. you are also able to fluff the soil every now and then to help it out. Hope this helps!
I have a bearded dragon and want only the best for her. Can you give me some tips on creating the best bioactive vivarium for her. Which cuc would be safe for her and maintaining the substrate. I would really appreciate it
Hi Sarah, my updated bearded dragon build video has lots of info that you might be looking for: ua-cam.com/video/17x3kv3RVtA/v-deo.htmlsi=DY-FCOjnouN9iizG As for CuC, arid springtails, and powder isopods are what we generally recommend.
hey josh. was wondering what you would recommend for just regular house plants as far as a substrate? would any of your substrates fit the bill?
For home, use the Flora or Aranea : )
Which one would I use for a american toad
the ideal soil we recommend would be the Dudes Terra Firma Substrate.
This substrate will perform perfectly at maintaining the 45-65% humidity ranges that your animal will thrive in, with the correct amount of misting and use of sphagnum moss. - www.thebiodude.com/collections/terra-firma-bioactive-substrate-kits
Mr Josh, I am thinking to go bioactive for my cornsnake. He digs a lot. What substrate would you recomend?
hey hey ! www.thebiodude.com/products/corn-snake-bioactive-kit
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter What an amazing set up...yep...gonna have to make a trip to your store :D Get your kit before the repticon in pasadena next month, that way, I can pick anything I may still need to get my Odin all set up. Thank You!
Hearing you using millipedes has gotten me thinking about adding some into my enclosures. But I don't know which species would be safe for them in the event they look at the millipede as a snack. I have some very topical enclosures and a desert enclosure. Any advise?
Hey there! a smaller species of bug for cleaning would be better so they arent as easily seen for a snack.
I was told by Darby over at “The Defiant Forest” that millipedes as a clean up crew aren’t recommended and don’t really work. I was interested in the Jamaican bumble bee variety and would of course have isopods and spring tails too. It would be in my setup with a spotted python. Does he not know as much as the bio dude or is he correct?
@@hocuzgetaction You really have to watch the population. It's not about who knows more, but what experiences and tests/trials worked for one person vs. another.
Really wish this was a true 101 video as been a novice noob for over year now and a bit lost still.
But at the 19:00 minute mark was great info but still a bit hard to follow for a dumbDUMB like me.
Wish there was a back to basics video as been watching a lot reptile/bioactive yt stuff lately and a lot of mixed info out there but I trust the biodude as i feeling he is about that life and lives it and know he sh1t.
Knows it so well that he thinks this was 101 video! :P
If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Care team, they'd be happy to help you with any questions you have. CustomerCare@theBioDude.com
Hey Josh, Could poison dart frogs be kept using the Terrafauna? Also are there any plants that grow better in Tfauna vs Tflora or vice versa? Planning to stick to basics like pothos, ferns, and bromeliads.
I use fauna in my created gecko tank..:I’ve had awesome luck with my plants and spring tails and Isopods. I’d def recommend the fauna. It’ll hold the humidity for your dart frogs
@@Anthony-eg7pw Awesome! How's it keeping cresteds? I was going that route before I chose to do dart frogs. May end up still doing that as joshsfrogs is out of stock of any of the quiet species.
@@huntingwithpride crested geckos are my intro into the hobby , I think they are a perfect beginner reptile. I really would like to get into dart frogs soon. I def recommend using all bio dude substrates and other plants from josh. All these products have my live vivarium looking great
Think i might’ve missed it what one would be best for a corn snake?
Hey there, use this ! www.thebiodude.com/products/corn-snake-bioactive-kit
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter thank you!
Do you sell those 36x18x36 zoo med paludarium enclosures at your store? I'm having trouble locating one, as the only retailers I have found are out of state and understandably only offer in store pickup. Along with the enclosure I will need all the other necessary supplies to set up a paludarium, looks like you are a one stop shop and worth the drive from Austin.
We sure do! We can ship them, but honestly freight is such a rip off right now it would cost more than the cage.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter I called earlier and spoke to one of your employees and he was extremely helpful. Looks like I'll be making the drive to visit your store this Saturday to pick up an enclosure and supplies, looking forward to checking out your store.
Also congrats on all your success, I started watching your channel a few years back when I first got into the fish keeping hobby, cool to see how much your channel and business has grown.
Do you need to add anything else to the terra fauna or is it ready to go?
The substrate itself is all set, we always recommend adding Springtails and Isopods in conjunction with the Bioshot and Biodegradables.
@The Bio Dude for sure i will add isopods, springtails and bioshot. Could I add extra sphagnum moss, leaf litter and repti-bark to the fauna or is that overkill? Thank you bio dude!! I'm setting up my 1st crested gecko tank hopefully by the end of March, little guy is in a tub for the time being 😂
Would any of the soils be appropriate for a bio active rat enclosure? As opposed to just use coco coir with clean straw mixed in?
We have not tested our substrates on rats and other mammals, it has been designed with reptiles and amphibians in mind. That being said, I do not feel comfortable providing any information regarding which one to utilize because I have personally not done any scientific testing with it. I do apologize, I just want to ensure you are set up for success.
Unfortunately I don't think we can get your products here in the UK which is a shame.
Is there any specific reason none of the tanks in that room have custom background? Was it just preference or have you found it harder to maintain it in a bioactive enclosure?
I personally felt that my tanks do not need a background to beautiful. I do have one with a full background, but I prefer to keep it manageable in the case I have to work on it and/or if I want to change something. To each their won.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter they absolutely don't need them to be beautiful. All of yours are amazing. Thank you for answering!
I just need a list of what I need for my box turtles habitat. Substrate, isipods n other insects for soil health, and plants that are safe for turtles. Mt husband n I are going to build our own habitat but I want safe stuff in it
Hey there, go ahead and send the customer care team an email with this information for a quote for everything. customercare@thebiodude.com
What terrarium was behind you in the corner
That is my 18 x 18 x 36 for my Brazilian Galliwasps.
Are milipedes not on the website :(
We only have them available for in-store purchase, I do apologize for the inconvenience.
PLEASE REPLY, I bought the terra sahara bioactive substrate from your website and was wondering if I could use it as a regular substrate and not make it bioactive
Hey there! you absolutely can! it works great used alone. Hope this helps!
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter it absolutely did, ty biodude
Dude u have any cb emeralds for sale?
Hey Joseph! i do apologize but no not at the moment.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter thanks I know they're hard to get captive bred .
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Hello all, my daughter brought home a Pacman frog about the size of a half dollar. It’s in a plastic tub about 12” long, 6” wide and 8”tall, with a hole cut out of the plastic top. Yesterday, I got frog moss for it and I put a thin layer of my small bonsai clay on half the bottom, under the water disk, then the coconut coir he came with on the other side under the “frog moss” which I wet and squeezed before putting it in.
I know this is not optimal, but it was day one with the frog. I’d like to get the correct soil/tank/water/heat system going but I’m trying to do it myself so save money.
Which soil or soil combination offered here is best for a Pacman frog? Also, does anyone have a good tip on finding an inexpensive used tank which will make this kind of self cleaning ecosystem possible I’d love to hear it.
I would recommend our Terra Firma substrate, we do offer a few kits that will be beneficial for your needs. We have just the substrate kit along with one designed specifically for Pacman Frogs. When it comes to finding an enclosure, you can see if anyone is offering some on Facebook Marketplace. We also have a DIY group on Facebook that can help provide tips and trick when it comes to setting up Bioactive!
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter awesome! Thank you for the quick reply. I’ll poke around for the Pacman combo of substrate.
LinkedIn and you tube are the only social media I allow myself these days. Facebook and the like started to harm my sanity a few years ago 😂 I was hoping to find the DIY stuff on UA-cam.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter did you mean the Pacman frog substrate combo is only available with the complete kit? Or can I buy that substrate combination from you if I am trying to set up my own tank?
@@TiffanyTeaLeaves You don't have to purchase the complete kit. If you email my Customer Care team, we can provide links and references to direct you to a variety of options.
Can you keep tarantulas in a bioactive enclosure? I've heard mixed answers on this. I want to give my future Brachypelma hamorii (Mexican red knee) the best life possible and I'm all about bringing nature inside when possible.
You definitely can, but you need to use dwarf white isopods so they don’t eat them
@@baker4132 I was planning on using dwarf purples because from what I've found dwarf species won't stress the tarantula when it molts.
@@k1llkyle463 smart, the bio dude also sells a bioactive tarantula substrate that I’ve personally used to make my friends tank and it seems to have worked great so far, good luck
@@baker4132 ok thanks
I k ow your biggest secret is the ingredients I'm your soil and what percentage, but I'm determined to find out. 👀
Who are the knobs that gave this thumbs down ?
Haters gonna hate---but they still "click" lol