Bio Dude Bioactive Bearded Dragon Terrarium UPDATE and UPGRADE. Self Cleaning and Self Maintaining
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Hey everyone! Please excuse my tiredness, I have been recovering from the Flu these last few days. This video the Bio Dude gives an update on his Bioactive bearded dragon terrarium that has been up and running since May 1st 2017. Featuring the Dude's one of a kind Terra Sahara. This self cleaning and self maintaining ecosystem is doing great with no problems. Utilizing the Dude's proprietary bioshot, earwigs, springtails, darkling beetles and isopods this is a fully self cleaning and self maintaining ecosystem.
With his upgrade, I was very lucky to have the owner of reptilekages.com, Zach reach out to me and offer me a free 4' x 2' x 2' PVC enclosure in which I will be throughly testing and maintaining to see how well the bioactivity holds up, how well the terrarium holds up and of course how much Hercules' loves it!
I show how I set it up and as go over the pros and cons of the cage thus far. Some of the PROS- Space, Easy to build, manage and incorporate lighting. Looks very nice and can be stacked and changed to your specific husbandry needs. As you can see, I really did not use much AAA Spag due to the humidity retention with less airflow this type of caging offers. I immediately had to downgrade his Powersun UVB as it was getting way to hot, currently I am rocking a 50 watt spot which is providing a hotspot of 110 with a cool end of 81 during the day,
Not necessarily CONS, but things you must account for - Holds much more humidity, less misting, less water to start off with, smaller wattage bulbs being an enclosed environment and you are not able to see the substrate layer to ensure that your humidity levels throughout the substrate are healthy. So it takes a little more work on your end to ensure you are providing proper husbandry.
I will be sure to update this video and thread with how well the ecosystem has established, grown and of course gauge Hercules' interest overall. I am very happy to be able to test these cages and if everything works out, hopefully offer them on my website with FREE SHIPPING. It feels great to continually update and prove that my products not only work, but are THE BEST when it comes to reptile husbandry and expertise. Lately, there have been some "mimics" that will try to replicate, but NEVER will compare!
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Can you do a set up for bearded dragon but go into detail on how to care for their habitat and dragon for beginners? Thank you.I love what you do its very inspiring!
Hercules: *sits there doing nothing the entire video*
Me: what an icon 😍
Lol
Wow, because of the sides not being glass and being black the Kage enclosure looked smaller than your vivarium until you introduced Hercules to the new enclosure... it looks really nice, Thank you for sharing!
I love it josh it’s so true you almost never see cages the perfect size for our larger reptiles.
So true!
Really cool enclosure, but I like it even more after you use all those plants! Bioactive is life
Thank you!
The terra sahara is easily the best arid vivarium kit around, I absolutely love it. My beardie digs around in the substrate and forages on the plants (which are thriving) all the time. He's happy so I'm happy! Thanks Bio Dude!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
I Want that substrate but I live in the Philippines...
Babel Feliciano Use adobo powder
Order some?
I love these videos you do! They are so much more helpful than other videos I’ve watched.
Hey Josh, another great video. Thanks. I love my wild Bearded Dragons. I've been watching them from my kitchen window for 15 years. Last year I couldn't mow my back lawn for baby Bearded Dragons.
Hey man I just stumbled across you today! What you are doing is really fascinating. I love the idea of getting a fully bioactive setup for my beardie! Maybe I will get one once I get a bigger tank. Keep up the good work
Awesome, thank you!
I understand it might be a lot to ask, but speaking of iguanas, I'd absolutely love to see your version of a bioactive setup for the green in particular. All the research I've done so far - not that many people are doing it, of course - has made me worry that herbivorous animals, especially the larger ones, would be extremely difficult to keep in an enclosure with live plants. Perhaps there are ways around this, like using foliage that isn't appetizing but still isn't poisonous or harmful if ingested? Awesome work as usual, by the way! It's good to see you back and flourishing.
I have an adult water dragon, Im ready to go bioactive for his cage. He only goes the bathroom in one spot and I have a 7ft tall custom enclosure so I could put some nice trees in there.
Hey Misty Moonstorm. I would be happy to help with an iguana build. Plant selection will be important depending on the size of the Iggy. Also, plants that are safe is munched on is important like Ficus trees. You're welcome to reach out to me at Customercare@thebiodude.com or give us a call (717)305-0684.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter Thank you so much, I appreciate the reply. As of right now all my research is theoretical (though I am going to be upgrading my currently little boa's setup to a bioactive one hopefully soon, so exciting!) although there are several 'dream animals' on my list for the future and the iguana is one of them. I was intensely curious if it would even be possible at all, because it's something I'd very much like to do in the future. I intend to create something that will house it for its entire life, as a setup this large will be expensive (I've had my eye on a very massive enclosure, one of the custom pvc ones although I'll need to ask them to make some tweaks to the design, namely the shallow substrate tray) and it would just be more stress for the little one to constantly have to be changing his enclosure as he grows. Either way, thank you once again for indulging me, I apologize for wasting your time as I'm certain you're a busy man. If you'd be alright with it considering it would just be me asking questions and not shopping, I might contact you via email to discuss some things that are a little fuzzy in my mind still, but of course if you don't have the time I'd be more than happy to continue solo research. Have a great day!
Bioactive really works!
It's the only way you should keep your reptiles!
I love what you do, and the information you provide. That being said, I think you can do much better in terms of space for these beautiful reptiles. You’re so educated on ecology and husbandry, yet you limit their habitat! Bearded Dragons need much more vertical space despite the accepted dogma found online. Give them more dimensions and they will thrive! I’d like to see bigger setups. Your bio substrate reduces vertical dimensions quite substantially. Also, if you’re in Houston, (I’m in Austin) you don’t need night time heat lights unless your enclosure isn’t in a climate controlled space. Those wavelengths of light are disruptive to their diurnal sleep needs. These are just some suggestions. I believe we can all do better! You’ve taught me so much in regards to your expertise, and I wish you well! I’ll stay tuned.
AGREED!!
Ryan H. They don’t move that much
@@nathansexoticfish849 they literally lay there all day especially when they become adults lmao
totlly agree...200x100x100 cm should be the MINIMUM for ONE of that Dragons...and if someone tells me...they dont move that much...has never seen them hunting in a bigger enclosure...
My bearded dragon is an adult and isn’t lazy. The only time my BD gets extremely lazy is when he is sick with parasites.
He is very active and loves running around the house.
I agree that the bigger the enclosure the better.
I don’t have a bio active enclosure for my BD and wouldn’t have one because I prefer to be able to monitor their poo for signs of poor health, but I recently got a 6 by 3 foot by 3 foot enclosure for my BD, and once he recognises it as his territory he will be very active in it
Love your artistic hand 💗🦎
The interesting thing is that zoos are changing over to this method. That tells you it’s a healthy way to keep your herps.
Josh you have helped me so much, you have inspired me to start my own channel called Recko reptiles you helped me share my love for reptiles. Thank you so much, to support my channel and help it grow please check my channel out!!!
I love that kage. I'm gonna need some of those for sure
We wil keep you updated, Jared. How are your Bio Dude setups doing for your kids in your class?
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter they are doing great man. The cool thing to see is how almost all of the animals burrow. Our geckos, dragons, toads, everything! All you need is plenty of soil for them to dig into!
Nice, Im going to be upgrading soon
I can't wait to do a similar build for my bearded dragon. I really want it to be bioactive. This is the video I've been looking for. Thank you!
Of course, I'm glad you found it helpful!👍🏻
These videos help so much, thank you :) I’m very worried I’ll take care of his enclosure incorrectly, but I’d like to move my beardie into a bioactive terrarium soon!
Hey hey! check out the dudes blog! there are quite a few informational blogs on maintaining bioactive enclosures, with a LOT of other excess information that may be helpfull as well. www.thebiodude.com/blogs/how-do-i-create-a-bioactive-vivarium/how-do-i-create-a-terra-sahara-bioactive-vivarium & www.thebiodude.com/blogs/how-do-i-create-a-bioactive-vivarium hope this helps!
Really cool videos man.
Glad you like them!
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter I adopted a beardie in bad shape. Working with vets to rehabilitate him. Once he’s past his antibiotics stage and the open wounds heal, I’ll have his set up ready to go. Being in Canada I had to substitute a lot of the products I couldn’t find from bio dude but, all your videos put me on the right track and gave me a TON of information. Thanks for all of these.
Hi, regarding your night time bulb as beardies are obviously diurnal so if a bulb comes on at night it will disturb them and confuse their sleep pattern. You would be better installing a ceramic heat emitter bulb into the middle of the viv which emits heat instead of light so won't disturb him. They only need extra heat at night if your home drops below 16 degrees Celsius at night. The ceramic heat emitter should be controlled by a pulse thermostat
Why the lights built into the enclosure? Your friend might get burnt if he jumps up on it or touches it for some strange reason. Them lights should of been installed as a flush mount on the top cover with some wire cover for the lights so he can't ever touch them.
THIS IS SO EXCITING!!! I want to do this entire upgrade for my dragon Freddy Mercury!!
He was the KILLERQUEEN!
Really don't like the fact that the slide doors won't come out... How can you properly clean them (the part where they overlap especially)? Other than that, the cage (or Kage^^) looks great and as always, so does the setup you made of it ;)
The Dude abides!
It looks real good.
As always keep up the great work!
Josh I really hope that you will reply to this and I’d love to know if you can send a link or what type of cage is the first cage that Hercules was in
Hey there! It is an awesome Kage from reptilekages.com, this is the link here- reptilekages.com/collections/premium-reptile-enclosures/products/48x24x18-48x24x18-premium-pvc-reptile-enclosure Hope this helps! The dude abides!
I just found your channel today and am subbed already and loving it! I've learned so much from you already. When I have the money, I'm gonna order from you so my ornate box turtle can have a bioactive enclosure. I cant wait! Hes gonna be stoked. Thanks for all the cool stuff you do. You're young but really driven and killin it!
Herc is such a character! And lovin' his upgrades, too!! Would setups like these work with Clown agamas?
He's the best! And yes, it would be a somewhat similar arid setup.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter Thanks once again, dude! This really helps me out in making a huge decision once and for all that I wanna share on my channel one day!
great video, and i like the new Kage cages from Zach.
Isnt this way too small for such a big animal? I dont know anything and trying to get into geckos etc but is this the actual correct size of a terrarium?
Too much space CAN be an issue, along with to little space. As long as they can move and be active, its fine! this enclosure is doing great, with the beardie doing great as well. enclosure size depends on alot of things.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter thanks a lot :)
I hope an update on the new “Kage” is coming out soon? I just started becoming interested in potentially getting a bearded dragon as well as using a bioactive terrarium. Ive been doing alot of research on it to find the best and most cost effective way to start one.
Ill be doing the video this week!
Love your videos! Can you do a set up for Chinese water dragon? We are new pet owners and really need some directions to go bioactive for our Chinese water dragon. A complete set up kit would be great.
How can you let the water bowl look like that
11:35 the cat 🐱😆😆😆😆
Love your passion:-)
Appreciate that : )
It’s there a screen version of this enclosure with a solid bottom for a bioactive setup that work for chameleon
We do have a taller version of this enclosure, it's not all screened, it's black with sliding doors in the front.
I have one question I neeeed someone to answer that has this set up. Do any of the bugs crawl on the bearded dragon? Like occasionally or at all, B/c I can’t imagine my baby in a tank with a whole bunch of other insects. I rather self clean out of my fear of bugs. I can only give her the insects I feed her
Josh, this is so exciting!! I am very curious to see how this works out.
I am as well, thank you for following, Jennifer!
Would it be possible to drill holes towards the top of the side panels to help with the airflow issue?
Absolutely, I am going to be receiving other cages here soon, they will have 3 more vents total. Two on the sides and one on the top. Ill be updating soon.
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Your set up are awesome I truly hope mine comes out that good. Thanx heeps for sharing the knowledge. I really hope you can sort something about shipping to England. May be if you got enough interest?? Paula England
Getting move around, pushed around, repositioned, water being rinsed over his feet, yet his bearded dragon shows no reaction at all and is like: “Yeah, whatever....”
10/10 for being the most inanimate, living animal! Solely a rock’s able to top this!
Can you make a tegu bio active set up. I want to do one for my tegu. Please love your stuff.
Sweet set up! We've spent SO much money on all the things our juvenile beardie needs and still don't think we have it all. Very controversial reptile..lol
I wud love to set up one like that for my mali Uramastic , just not sure where I can find those plants for him to eat lol
I am fairly early lol
why does his water look like that??
It’s mold
If you don't mind me asking, why earwigs? I've only seen them used in your beardies enclosure, whats theyre part in the cleanup crew?
?? Hi Josh. I just picked up a 75 gallon tank. It has a screen top. Could. I do a set up similar to yours? I can't tell what type of top you have.
Josh, could you please do a diet and supplement video for bearded dragons from juvenile to adult? I'm finding so many contradicting articles on juvenile bearded dragon diets. We just got a juvenile beardie (from PetSmart) back in March and they didn't have any small crickets so they said meal worms would work. Then I read that juveniles shouldn't even be eating meal worms, crickets only. Then read somewhere else that they can have trouble digesting crickets.
We had a bearded dragon a few years ago but he unfortunately didn't make it past juvenile (also got him from PetSmart). We were told at that time that they are perfect beginner pets and low maintenance. But we were given terrible advice from people that worked there and never bothered to do any real research for ourselves. They told us it was ok to use the pellet/freeze dried meal worm mix (which ultimately killed him).
I just really want to do right for this beardie. I've been doing a lot more research and watching your videos. Which have helped tremendously!! We have him in a 10 gallon tank at the moment with carpet because that's what the kit came with. We will be upgrading in the next couple of weeks because he is already starting to go through a growth spurt. We are looking at getting a 40 gallon. Is that big enough? Or will we have to upgrade again later? We definitely be shopping from your store as well because I want him to have a set up like Hercules.
Sorry for the really long comment.. I really love your passion for what you do. If you read this far, I really appreciate it and thank you!!♥️
hello! just wondering how is he
What type of cactuses these are?
Nice cat
The French!
Why is there algae in the water bowl !!!?!??
looking forward to your follow up on this. a computer fan could be added to the top to increase aereation. My beardie is currently in a 75 gal aquarium w/ sahara bioactive substrate and I LOVE it! hardly ever any smell, if i do notice a little i just fluff up the substrate and thats it. i water plants as needed and been adding water to substrate once every 2 weeks. is that enough? im worried for my CUC. Will you go back to selling CUC?
Really soon! The moment it warms up around the USA
How often do you restock love your vids, and advice, want to support you a buy a few plants, but your cactus are out
We should have more plants in within a couple of weeks. I anticipate receiving more cacti!
Awesome! Looking forward to your research. Hercules is gorgeous.
Thank you Lorraine!
Thats fantastic! He will do well with those enclosures.
I need to check out these cages, I need something big for my gold tegu.
Whats the dimensions of that cage ? And would you reccomend it for a ling term home for a bearded dragon ?
It's our 4x2x2 enclosure: the actual outside dimensions are 47”x23”x23.5“. We designed that size specifically for bearded dragons. It's the perfect size for a lifetime enclosure.
yay!
I have a question why did you use new substrate instead of reusing the substrate that you already had?
So is his belly and get stained from being in the bioactive setup?
The doors looked scratched up and ends need to be able to see thru them to enclosed and lacks eye appeal
He seems to be digging it. hasn't moved Lol. Nice setup tho.
Water dish hadn't been cleaned in 2 years.....
You are very under informed do not use night bulbs on beardie unless you have a heat emitter
I have a uvb light, I have some nice led lamps that I wanna use instead the uva light , do you think I could do that ?
Would be fine!
Said it stays moisture in the middle and bottom .. it's looking super dry to me🤔
Kages seem pretty cool, but they're expensive as hell imo. I found a site selling some pretty good 4'x2'x2' for a little over $200 while these were over 500. They do have bigger one's available, but they're over 1000 when you could honestly make a better one custom for under $500 yourself. Then you could make it completely perfect for what you want.
You pay for what you get, trust me. I’ll take an expensive handmade and cut USA cage over a China cheap plastic cage. To each their own though my dude!
The Dude, What do you think of buffalo beetles as a bioactive element in arid set ups? I threw a bunch in with my ackie and they seem to be doing the job, but not sure of how they'd interface with plants (Steve's cage is pretty barren).
Stefania's Exotical Adventures Buffalo beetles a great, they really go untouched by the animal and really great lots of tiny tunnels, I like super worms though because they make larger tunnels to aerate the soil, but truth is, why not both
Just started my channel, check it out
Nice setups btw 👍🏼
Bio dude, you use a timer for arcadia t5 lamp?
Can i order this soil in europe?
Hey Mass B. We are not able to ship internationally at this time. Sorry about that.
Wow
So from your info, this PVC cage wouldn't be good look for a tropical rainforest type setup? I would love something larger than the 36x18x36 but I need a pretty high humidity.
The materials work great for high humidity. Please checkout our website and contact us with your enclosure questions.
Is that a wooden tank ?
PVC!
My mother just purchased a tiny bearded dragon. She got a 40 gallon tank and she has no idea on what to use for the bottom. Shes conflicted with sand or the rug. We looked into it and came across your UA-cam channel. We were told that the little guy didnt need humidity, that he needed dry climate because hes a dessert animal. She is wondering how often would she have to change the tank if she did the bio active tank with your products? And since they told her that he didn't need humidity she worries if any humidity is going to be bad for him.
Congrats on your little baby! It is a one and done deal! If you want some help, reach out to us, customercare@thebiodude.com and we can get you all setup!
I wish the doors had a lock!
most of the EXO terra or Zoomed brands have a little hole by the opening hinge for a lock to go through, if its a sliding glass enclosure they make jewelry cabinet locks that work wonderfully. can get either on amazon.
also...LOVE THE KITTY IN THE BACKGROUND!!! LOL
That was French : )
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter seemed to be having fun!!!
What should I do if my beardy is a fucking Olympic runner who loves to check his territory all the time, should I just leave it super open with little plant or make him readjust?
Hey SVT Gaming. That is up to you. Hercules loves to move and seems to have fun navigating his jungle gym.
Do you get your eat wigs and other insects from nature or do you buy them? I am scared to go to nature for such...which sounds funny. However I worry about pesticides and bacteria.
Hey there, we source from suppliers and or produce our own stock.
Can you go bioactive from infant?
Hey there, yep!
Can’t wait for the kage line 👍
We are excited! More info is coming soon.
Just got my bearded dragon bioactive kit today and loving how it turned out. My beardie seems to want to snack on the sphagnum moss though, is this safe?
You are good!
Hey Bio Dude. Love these video's! Keep up the great work. I would love to see you do a Bio Setup for a Northern Blue Tongue Skink.
It is coming! #2 on the list ;)
is that a 34" T5 12% or a 22"?
34" t5 arcadia 12% - You could also use a Reptisun 10.0 as they ares the same bulb.
With the Terra Sahara, how do you keep it moist in the middle and bottom without upping the humidity for your bearded dragon? Do you water or mist weekly?
I recommend a light misting once a day and lightly watering the root base of your plants every week and a half or so depending on the plant's needs.
I always assumed that water dishes weren't a good idea as it increased the Vivs humidity too much?
I would always recommend providing them a water dish - Clean fresh water is a necessity for all reptiles and amphibians.
@@TheBioDudeJoshHalter Then doesn't the humidity rise above acceptable levels for a creature that naturally lives in dry desert like conditions?
Seems counter intuitive to use plastic enclosures if you’re all about wild recreation.
Hey there! all of the natural decor will be biodegraded eventually, the plastic decor may seem redundant, but it offers constant decor that wont be eaten by the clean up crew, you can always just keep adding more and more natural wood and bio degradeables, which we do also lol
Love your vids, you will be my go to guy when I start my 2 tanks
“His cage is gonna be much open” - The Bio Dude. I loved that part to be honest, and I mean that as a compliment
Bahahha - I make stupid sentence structures at times - I'm only human after all, don't put the blame on me.
what is going on with this camera man
Any promo codes or free shipping codes I would like to buy a kit but it’s a bit expensive I would definitely buy with free shipping code or 20% off
This is dope you always give me new ideas
Rock on~!
My teacher got stuff from you :)
Can you have a bioactive set up for chinese water dragons???
Trey, you sure can. I don't have them on my site yet due to the very large size enclosures they require. If you are looking to go bio with them give us a call at 717 305 0684 or email us at customercare@thebiodude.com to get you setup : )
Do you sell a set up like this ?