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r/bioactive

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Most commonly the word "bioactive" is used to describe terrariums and vivariums that include natural substrate and a clean up crew. In r/bioactive we want to use the broader idea of setting up any sort of enclosure in order to mimic the animal's natural environment.

Pics, videos, questions and discussion on any aspect of a bioactive enclosure are all welcome here.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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to r/bioactive by wisteria72
2 months ago
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Help with brain storming
Reptiles
to r/bioactive by Plenty_Lake_3232
1 week ago
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Setup tips?
to r/bioactive by wisteria72
2 months ago
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Good bugs or start over?
to r/bioactive by Kitty733
4 months ago
Where to buy beneficial nematodes, predatory mites, lacewing eggs etc
to r/bioactive by Leading_Permission_2
3 months ago
First time
to r/bioactive by Leading_Permission_2
3 months ago
How to sterilize branches I foraged?
to r/bioactive by Ok-Count-5647
11 months ago
I just put a bunch of sand in my Uromastyx tank but I also want to make the enclosure bioactive, is there a way to create a bioactive sand enclosure? Or should I just throw away the sand.
to r/bioactive by Appropriate-World511
2 months ago
Preview thumbnail for both of my bioactive builds that im very proud of image
both of my bioactive builds that im very proud of
to r/bioactive by crazycritter87
1 year ago
Substrate and additional composter species?
to r/bioactive by Always-hungry63
1 year ago
Can you get snake mites from a springtail or isopod culture
to r/bioactive by novel1st
1 year ago
Isopod mix
to r/bioactive by roguenudez
1 year ago
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Work in progress
to r/bioactive by roguenudez
1 year ago
Preview thumbnail for I was sending a picture of my tank build to my friend and my cat pissed in it. Do I need to clean all the hydroballs or what >:[ image
I was sending a picture of my tank build to my friend and my cat pissed in it. Do I need to clean all the hydroballs or what >:[
to r/bioactive by roguenudez
1 year ago
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Oh gosh! Darkling beetles in my BTS tank. Leave em or squash em?
to r/bioactive by Lawzw0rld
4 months ago
Preview thumbnail for What we have here is a young german cockroach whom I found in my bioactive tank and so I flicked and its guts bursted out (was still alive) he appears to be getting devoured by whats looks like soil mites, can someone confirm if that is what they are and tell me if they are bad? image
What we have here is a young german cockroach whom I found in my bioactive tank and so I flicked and its guts bursted out (was still alive) he appears to be getting devoured by whats looks like soil mites, can someone confirm if that is what they are and tell me if they are bad?
to r/bioactive by Lawzw0rld
4 months ago
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Snake shed is darkling beetle crack
to r/bioactive by Lawzw0rld
4 months ago
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What is this growing on cork bark?
to r/bioactive by Lawzw0rld
4 months ago
Earwigs in bioactive?
to r/bioactive by kingseijuro
3 months ago
Best mist nozzle for a nano tall exo terra
to r/bioactive by -Ashmashash
1 month ago
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Bio-rats
to r/bioactive by OtterlyComplacent
8 months ago
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HELP! What is this pest?! How to get rid of 1000s? Maybe eating frog poop?
to r/bioactive by Swamp_gay
7 months ago
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Just waking up for the evening
to r/bioactive by 0313booji
1 week ago
Soil storage
to r/bioactive by Swamp_gay
7 months ago
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Custom background for my white’s tree frogs’ new home. 18x18x36
to r/bioactive by isaboobers
2 months ago
What to do with all this leftover substrate and springtails?