AlzuraOS
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Hey all! First time posting on here after reading it religiously the past few months 
I currently have a male Yemen chameleon, he's 9 months old, and he lives in a huge wooden enclosure, 4ft wide by 4ft tall. Would've ideally liked more height, but that's what I'm stuck with, the living room doesn't allow for much more.
He has a 100w basking bulb that goes off during the night, in which the viv drops to 20c, but when on his basking spot is heated to 32c. He also has a 5.0 T5H0 UVB light that is on 12 hours a day, and also has a reflector.
Water is supplied by two daily mistings and a dripper running throughout the day and the excess water is collected by a grow-bag tray which is emptied every other day. This tray also supplies the devils ivy and ficus plants with water.
Ventilation is supplied by a 200mm computer fan which blows air IN to the vivarium.
My question is this:
Would this set up be suitable for a bioactive element? I'd like to fill the tray with a bioactive substrate and cover the edges of the tray with bark, to hide it and the plant pots. I don't want to remove the tray and put the substrate directly on the wood as I'd prefer it didn't rot! It's sealed, but not varnished.
Here's a couple pictures of my Cham, Jeremy, who's named after Jeremy Clarkson due to his vivarium's massive POWERRR usage.
I currently have a male Yemen chameleon, he's 9 months old, and he lives in a huge wooden enclosure, 4ft wide by 4ft tall. Would've ideally liked more height, but that's what I'm stuck with, the living room doesn't allow for much more.
He has a 100w basking bulb that goes off during the night, in which the viv drops to 20c, but when on his basking spot is heated to 32c. He also has a 5.0 T5H0 UVB light that is on 12 hours a day, and also has a reflector.
Water is supplied by two daily mistings and a dripper running throughout the day and the excess water is collected by a grow-bag tray which is emptied every other day. This tray also supplies the devils ivy and ficus plants with water.
Ventilation is supplied by a 200mm computer fan which blows air IN to the vivarium.
My question is this:
Would this set up be suitable for a bioactive element? I'd like to fill the tray with a bioactive substrate and cover the edges of the tray with bark, to hide it and the plant pots. I don't want to remove the tray and put the substrate directly on the wood as I'd prefer it didn't rot! It's sealed, but not varnished.
Here's a couple pictures of my Cham, Jeremy, who's named after Jeremy Clarkson due to his vivarium's massive POWERRR usage.
