Best Plants for Bioactive Ball Python Setup 

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

"Succs for You"? No sucks for me. I was taking a drink of beer when you said that. Ow, my nose!

9:51 The number of keepers that think that ball pythons are like vampires is ridiculous in my mind.

Has anyone ever told you that your brother and you share a remarkable resemblance?!

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.

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! ❤️

For anyone wondering, he actually starts telling you what plants to use at 14:00 lol

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!

Love your OG video camera for these episodes! VHS rocks!!

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 am late to this video but I love this one! I have been reading about plants and snakes a lot lately!

Your setup is absolutely amazing! Really nice!!

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.

Great video!! i've been considering upgrading my tank to bioactive and have been searching for the right plants :)

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.

I will be using "snafe" as short form for "snake safe" now

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!

Moss loves light, it can take some heat, it just cant dry out too much

You're hilarious, keep it up man. Subscribed before you even asked 🤣

Just ordered my first green room pythons shirt ❤😊

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

1:21 omg he is so cute 🥺

Good info

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.

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 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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

What if it comes crashing through the glass? 😄 Kent, you kill me!

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. 😅

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.

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.

I'm a new sub. Please tell me that's you playing the banjo in the intro😅 I love banjo and bluegrass

Sucs 4 U LMAO!!!! I love Kent.

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.

Kent's succulent plant company gave me "Tobias Funke Analrapist" vibes hahaha

What kind of tank/ what size tank does the inspector have, I really like the size and depth of this tank.

How do you get the back walls like that is it premade or did you make it ?

If you like moss, but cant use moss, try Irish Moss, its has deeper roots, and only grows approx. 100mm tall

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!

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.

Do you include silver tails and isopods?

Would Lithops work for the top pot? and sucs for you is real Kent! :D

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

What type of soil do you use

How do you change the substrate with the plants?

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.

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!

Dosent the plant have small needles can that be a problem with a fresh shet?

What about possible bugs on plants????

Do you need to buy organic plants?

Bonjour, je suis français et viens de m’abonner à ta chaîne RU-vid. J’ai un python 🐍 regius femelles Je ne sais pas quelle terre je dois utiliser pour un terrarium planter ?

Omg, sucs for you is an actual succulent site 😂😂

How do you get him out of the cage?

Mother in law's tongue. Missed a key word in the name. ;)

Mist the moss!

Sucks for you 😂

Rest outside