Best Plants for Bioactive Ball Python Setup
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2021
- I'm going over all the best plants in my bioactive ball python setup as I prune the enclosure down a bit. Some plants do amazing and some, not so much. We'll talk about them all so you can get some ideas about what to put in your bioactive enclosure.
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Has anyone ever told you that your brother and you share a remarkable resemblance?!
Yeah, Kent is the good looking one though. He gets all the girls.
@@GreenRoomPythons LOL
I know this is really old but I felt the need to tell you: The reason the hoya isn't growing is because a young hoya grows really slowly. I've had mine for 4 years and I've only had like 3 new leaves. I have a much bigger one that's putting out a new leaf every week. It looks super happy and healthy though
Thanks for the info!
I have a hoya crimson queen that grows like mad. It just depends on what you have.
"Succs for You"? No sucks for me. I was taking a drink of beer when you said that. Ow, my nose!
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@@GreenRoomPythons Just wanna say - sucforyou exists, now! And it is a succulents website! Haha
9:51 The number of keepers that think that ball pythons are like vampires is ridiculous in my mind.
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Such a cool informative video- I personally own 100+ houseplants, and have considered starting to move that skill into bio activity for my snakes- however had a lot of anxiety about it. The way you explained it and showed the way you upkeep the plants in your tanks really helped ease that anxiety!! Thanks for such a great video! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! With your plant experience, I'm sure you'll be better at bioactive than I am :-)
Moss can be saved if given a darker and wetter area. All the plants you have in here are super hardy so even if you rip off roots you’re not gonna kill the plant. In the planters closer to the light you could try things like string of dolphins, pearls, turtles and hearts. Those prefer to dry out completely before being watered and can handle the lighting better. And to keep them from getting burnt only get the dirt wet and not the actual plant it’s self. Or you could use air plants there. In Florida we have what we call fairy hair moss. It grows on literally everything from power lines to trees. So those would do well in those what you called barren lands lol.
Hey Cody, thanks for all that advice! I'll give those a try!
@@GreenRoomPythons when I think of some other things I’ll let you know.
I got to a school with a vet program and I’m in a group that works with a ball python and I’ve been struggling to find plants I trust will work but this is video is PERFECT tysm!
Found a link on some forum and I gotta say I really like your videos. I've had a ball python for probably over a decade now and the only plant ive ever tried to grow in the tank was some weed when i was like 17. Cus ya know. It has lights. Anyway, it was all promptly crushed.
Great video!
Glad you found my videos, thanks for the compliments! Good luck on any future plants ;-)
Great video!! i've been considering upgrading my tank to bioactive and have been searching for the right plants :)
Awesome, best of luck with it!
Love your OG video camera for these episodes! VHS rocks!!
Its the camera Kent was trained on and he'll never upgrade... the transfer from VHS to HQ digital format is a bit time consuming.
For anyone wondering, he actually starts telling you what plants to use at 14:00 lol
Another great video 👍 I like your style a lot because it keeps my attention. I have tendencies to lose focus really fast, but it hasn't happened watching these.
I don't even have a ball python yet, but I'm planning of getting a baby ball. And at some point when upgrading I want to try a vivarium for it so this is me preparing for it lol.
I'm glad these videos are working for you. And well done, doing your research ahead of time!
Your setup is absolutely amazing! Really nice!!
Thanks Johan! It keeps evolving but I'm really happy with how it turned out.
@@GreenRoomPythons I bet! That's what's fun with bioactive. Always keep changing! :)
Just found your videos this morning and love your content! I'm a big plant nerd and found your video super helpful! Hoya like to fully dry out between watering, so do snake plants. They may do better on your warm side, while the vines can be more sensitive to the heat. The nerve plant (I think you called it lansleaf) like a lot of water and are dramatic when thirsty. Thanks again for the great content.
Thanks Taylor, glad you're enjoying the content. Thanks for those plants tips!!
I am late to this video but I love this one! I have been reading about plants and snakes a lot lately!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just ordered my first green room pythons shirt ❤😊
I happen to watch Serpa Design from time to time, and that man is a master at growing mosses for all his amazing vivarium works.
Also, I have been doing my own research. Most mosses commonly used for terrariums and vivarium's thrive in indirect light and high humidity. Being under the basking light is causing leaf burn (from what I am reading). I recommend doing some additional research of mosses that thrive in direct light like New Zealand Moss (Schleranthus biflorus ssp. Uniflorus) (this type is also popular because it holds up well to foot traffic) But yeah, it looks like your main issue is the lighting, but moss can also be sensitive to moisture levels.
I am currently building my first bioactive enclosure for my ball python and I will be using a misting machine on a timer to maintain higher humidity without making the ground too wet from general spraying.
I am planning on doing a moss slurry to establish some moss in a container separate from the enclosure to save on the costs. I want to have specific mosses for being out in the open more (like the New Zealand Moss) and other types of mosses that will be planted only in the shaded or covered areas of the enclosure. I hope this helps! I am a beginner at mosses myself but I hope my own research will help you too.
That's great, let me know how your moss does in there! Serpa Designs is a great channel
1:21 omg he is so cute 🥺
Moss loves light, it can take some heat, it just cant dry out too much
Thanks! Thats good to know. I'll keep at it with the moss. Hopefully I can figure out the right spot for it :-)
Just stumbled upon this while considering doing bioactive or not with my baby BEL Orochimaru. This looks like a lot of fun added to raising him and it looks like he would enjoy that environment more than fake plants and substrate. Great video man!
Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video.
I love his name lol
I will be using "snafe" as short form for "snake safe" now
I love that you're experimenting with plants! I'd always use peroxide and distilled water rinses to clean my plants before bleach but it speaks to exactly how hardy these plants are.
I think you make plants less intimidating to the uninitiated so thank you
Hi Gillian, thanks so much! I appreciate the encouragement :-)
The plants i have in there right now are all doing really well
Wonderful as always! Great botanical info. No. you're "Not really a plant guy." Hilarious! Pothos live forever, maybe as long as Ball Pythons if ya take care of em. I have one here named Lucious. Good stuff, brother! Keep 'em comin!
Thanks Justin! I'm just going to keep propagating that pothos and will have 100s of them eventually ;-)
@@GreenRoomPythons LOL True that!
You're hilarious, keep it up man. Subscribed before you even asked 🤣
Aw thanks Cory! Nice of you to say so. I appreciate it!
inspectors bio tank awesome.your plants look healthy.snake plants do always well.consder a bamboo plant .I just bought fake succulents from micheals too lol
Good info
Thanks!
I definitely did your method lol. I found croutons worked well. It literally grew right next to the CHE and did ok. The one side it didn't do as well as the other obviously bc of the heat so I'm sure if it was planted anywhere else in the enclosure it would have done amazingly. I actually had to take it out bc it got too tall and it ended up dieing about 2 weeks after I took it out I think bc it was so used to being ridiculously hot that maybe I shocked it? Idk I'm not a plant Lady. Well I absolutely love plants and think they're amazing but I just can't seem to figure out what each 1 likes best. They're like my kids. You can't please any of them lol. Except they don't talk back ha. I'm getting my girl a 4x2x2 shortly and I'm so excited to get more plants and then I remembered the struggle and nakedness of a new enclosure with new plants. At least she'll have her 2 she has. It's a kind of type of grass thing and a type of dracena it's a stalk type thing with tons of leaves and is bushy and growing tall. The grass is now hitting her screen top so it will have a good 6" till it it's the top of her new enclosure. Anyway thanks for making this video. When I started her enclosure before there were absolutely no videos saying which plants worked well in a BP tank and which didn't so I appreciate it. Have a great day!
Thank you very much for the info brother.
I have alot of pets (tarantulas scorpions beared dragons ect), but setting up an enclosure (5 by 2 by 2) for a ball python. And i want it running on perfect temp and humidity before getting it. So ill dont have to mess with the temp and stuff after i put the snaky in.
I want it bioactive and make my corn snake bioactive aswell but i have no idea what plants arnt harmfull for the snakes. This plant info helped alot doing thank.
Great video and again thank you.
Sounds like you've got good plans for those snakes! I'm glad the video helped you out. Best of luck with your bioactive stuff :-)
YOU can propagate your plants, use root hormone cut off leaves , but keep 3 on top, dip in root hormone and put in a pot u til it roots. 😊❤
I would absolutely love to know how you made the background. I just started making a BP bioactive enclosure and came here for the plants, but this background is one of the more natural ones I've seen and I love it.
Thanks Zakary! Glad you like it. Thats all expanding foam and cork bark. I covered the foam with a thin coating of aquarium safe caulking and dusted it with coco fiber. Best of luck with your project!
@@GreenRoomPythons Thanks for the insight!
@@zakarymcleod1850 no problem!
I agree with you that I do not know if red light (or blue or any color really) is bad for a nighttime source of heat or for us viewing our reptiles however, since some say it’s bad (even scientists) I tend to stray away. I made the mistake of listening to the person at the pet store years ago but now I do think it’s better for my python to not have any lights on inside the enclosure at night.
The Inspector’s vivarium looks amazing, my buddy Paul is getting his very own bioactive when my new enclosure arrives and I hope I can make it half as nice as yours is looking.
Thanks so much! It's always evolving as plants come in and out. It's a fun project :-)
@@GreenRoomPythons I understand the fun part! I have already put my leopard gecko in bioactive and I think she loves it. Im just anxiously awaiting my bigger enclosure for Paul to give him the ultimate upgrade. Anytime I add to his enclosure he’s so curious about it that I can wait to see him in bioactive
Way way after the fact, but! If you want a little color ever, you could try an African Violet. They stay short, need full sun, and I am 99% sure they are non toxic to animals.
What if it comes crashing through the glass? 😄 Kent, you kill me!
I'm a new sub. Please tell me that's you playing the banjo in the intro😅
I love banjo and bluegrass
Thanks for the sub! That is me playing. I call that tune "snake herders lament" 😃
@@GreenRoomPythons cut me an album friend 😆🎉 I love that tune
@@jendubay3782 aw thanks!!
I saw the crotons and dracaena and was about to say "but those are super poisonous!"
But um... yeah, snakes aren't gonna eat them. 😅
Sucs 4 U LMAO!!!! I love Kent.
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Hey man, I just started looking into making a custom bioactive tank, could you possibly do a video on a ground up build on a bioactive tank with a full list of supplies you used or do a video on building a custom tank? Awesome videos btw, I totally want a succulent.
Glad you like the videos! I wish I had filmed the process of that build, but if I do another one, I'll make the video. I would check out the Serpa Design channel for ground up builds. There's some great bioactive info on that channel.
Hey not sure if you’re still trying to find bioactive info, but PLEASE check out The Bio Dude here on UA-cam or his website, great info and he also has his own line bioactive substrate starters, which one to use for what animals, and info on invertebrates and fungi to use in your bioactive tank!
Sanseveria - the snake plant - comes in many cultivars, and some are short. Read up for what fits. Instead of moss, I was wondering if dwarf mondo would stand the belly-traffic better, as a ground-cover - at least in a spot.
Great suggestion! I don't know dwarf mondo but I'll look into it and give it a try!
how did you do the natural looking walls and what is your substrate, floor covering consisting of? Are the plants still in their pots? i have so many questions because this is exactly the home i want to create for my buddy.
Kent's succulent plant company gave me "Tobias Funke Analrapist" vibes hahaha
That is definitely my favorite Arrested Development moment... The cut to the business card is hysterical 🤣
"you know Michael, if I could just take off my acting pants for a moment and pull my 'analrapist' stocking over my head, George Michael has been acting strange lately"🤣😆
@@GreenRoomPythons Hahahaha! Dead. You gotta give it to Tobias! As a never-nude, that was a bold statement!
If you like moss, but cant use moss, try Irish Moss, its has deeper roots, and only grows approx. 100mm tall
Thats a great idea! I love Irish moss. Hadn't thought of that!
I am currently looking to go bioactive and I understand that tank size can be controversial but what do you recommend for a tank size for a bioactive enclosure? I am looking at the 36x18x18, 36x18x24 and 36x18x36 (lengthxdepthxheight). Also is a misting system ok like MistKing? It allows for a mist duration at certain intervals throughout the day. I live in AZ so humidity is sometimes an issue. My ball, Loki, is still a juvenile but I am looking for something that will thrive and give him the most environmental enrichment as I can. Assistance would be appreciated. I love your videos!
Hi Isabella! Glad you like the videos. I always tell people to go as large as you can for enclosures. Especially bioactive because you don't eat to keep upgrading enclosures that are already established... You should do fine with humidity just by mixing water into the soil. Misting systems aren't recommended because they breed bacteria and your snake could end up with all kinds of health problems.
Moss likes water. If it's dying, it's because there's not enough moisture. And there is no such thing as too many potted plants. Some of those plants you have are great air purifiers.
Agreed! I think even at 60%+ humidity in the vivarium, that's not enough for moss
What kind of tank/ what size tank does the inspector have, I really like the size and depth of this tank.
Thats a front opening Exo-Terra enclosure. It's 36×18x24 high. It works really nicely for him
How do you get the back walls like that is it premade or did you make it ?
I built that. Will be doing another one soon so look for that build video coming out
New BP owner here! I want to do something bioactive whenever I upgrade his tank and I'm curious how you clean the tank when you have 6 inches of substrate. I can't imagine you remove and replant them every month.
Bioactive substrate is permanent. You spot clean and allow your cleanup crew to do the rest. No need to change the substrate unless your snake ends up with mites or something that requires you to redo the cage.
Would Lithops work for the top pot? and sucs for you is real Kent! :D
Maybe, I'll look into it :-)
Do you include silver tails and isopods?
Springtails and isopods, yes
Omg, sucs for you is an actual succulent site 😂😂
😅😅😅 I never bothered to check!
What type of soil do you use
I ordered it from The BioDude
How do you change the substrate with the plants?
You don't. Bioactive is designed to be self-cleaning... You may have to after a few years or if you end up with mites or something like that but in general you just spot clean.
How on earth do I keep my plants alive? Every single plant I’ve put into my bioactive vivarium has ended up dying. I can’t put plants on the hot side because they will burn up and they haven’t been doing well in the cool side either. Ambient on the warm side is sitting 88-91 and on the cool 76-82. Please helpppp
Is the snake trampling them? It's hard to know why they're dying, but make sure they're getting enough water and a grow light.
Dosent the plant have small needles can that be a problem with a fresh shet?
None of the ones I use in the vivarium are a problem for snakes. Their skin isn't easily punctured after a shed. It's just brand new, regular scales.
Oh I see
Not like the spiders at all thanks alot for the help!
I am trying to set up a bioactive vivarium for a hatchling ball python. I have a sealed wooden terrarium 39x20x20.
How long will the size be suitable for a python around 2/3 months old?
And your video was a little to late for me haha 😆, but I already orderd bromeliad plants because if you look for bioactive advice you mostly find dart frogs, crested geckos or other rainforest species examples, so I was like just go for it. So have to see if its possible to grow these in moderate humidity.
Sounds awesome! That's a great size for an adult ball python. Might be a bit big for your little one. As long as there are plenty of places to hide, it might be fine. But if your snake goes off food, try growing them up a bit in a smaller enclosure... you might be okay with the big enclosure now though if the snake is pretty confident and the enclosure is set up right.
@@GreenRoomPythons really big enough for an adult? I have read before it should be at least the length of the length of the python so that it can stretch out fully.
And yeah I will make it pretty packed full of stuff, I am sure it won't feel too exposed.
@@HelloWorldxx3 The general rule is the snake shouldn't be longer than one side plus one end of the enclosure. In your case that would be an almost 5 foot long snake, which would be fine for most adults. Some females get bigger than that but most ball pythons are good in an enclosure that size.
@@GreenRoomPythons ok thanks. Than I won't worry about the size for now. It just looks ab bit small to me but I am not a snake after all lol.
I am planning on getting a male anyway cause of the smaller size.
Subscribed to you because you can never learn enough before getting such an interesting animal. Cheers to you!
@@HelloWorldxx3 its great that you're doing all the research ahead of time.
Your "swiss cheese vine" looks more like monstera tetrasperma, not monstera adansonii. Thats a mini monstera, not swiss cheese vine. With moss, they need high humidity - they would need to be sprayed daily. Theyre browning bc they're drying out.
I'm gonna be setting up a 75 gallon enclosure soon - foam background and all. I will def send you pictures when it's done. I've done planted aquariums, so this will be fun!
Cool, thanks for the info!
@GreenRoomPythons no problem! I know this video was a couple years ago.
I have such a plant collection, I'm excited to put some of my existing plants into a bioactive terrarium.
@GreenRoomPythons the tetrasperma is safe for them, and is quite a bit more study than the adansonii. It's a good choice!
What about possible bugs on plants????
There are lots of bugs on the plants. Springtails and isopods are added intentionally as a cleanup crew.
Do you need to buy organic plants?
If you can find them, that's the best way to go, but I still process any plant I get with a bleach solution
Mother in law's tongue. Missed a key word in the name. ;)
Thats right! I realized that after I posted 😆
Bonjour, je suis français et viens de m’abonner à ta chaîne UA-cam.
J’ai un python 🐍 regius femelles
Je ne sais pas quelle terre je dois utiliser pour un terrarium planter ?
Bonjour! Just use any organic soil but you will probably need a dreinage layer at the bottom.
merci pour la réponse !
dreinage = substrat ?
Sol organique en premier, substrat en deuxième ?
@@mrprank9071 there are videos that will explain what a draining layer is... Drainage layer first and then your organic substrate (soil or whatever you choose to use)
How do you get him out of the cage?
I just reach in and pick him up
Lol I meant, when he is in the hide! It looks as though the hide is wedged under rock or a tree. I wasn’t sure how you got him without ruining the area of his hide if he was under the hide. It’s hard to tell from the camera angle if you can pick the hide up or if it is covered.
@@Jones4ds it's just a few pieces of wood on top of a regular snake hide, so there's a bit of moving things around if I need to get to him, but it's pretty easy :-)
Mist the moss!
Sucks for you 😂
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Rest outside