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Honestly it looks like you're on your way to a good bioactive enclosure! You actually WANT some bugs, like worms, isopods and springtails, which will clean up waste and keep potential mold down. It also means you won't really ever need to 'change it out' entirely, just spot clean. Once it's established, the bugs break down the waste keep it from getting all gross.

I use a mix of sifted topsoil and cypress mulch which holds a burrow really well, with spagnum moss shoved under the hides. The bugs do such a good job I hardly ever see any tegu poo, just little piles of undigested fur leftover when the bugs are done!

[QUOTE="Ivyna J Spyder, post: 169764, member: 407"] Honestly it looks like you're on your way to a good bioactive enclosure! You actually WANT some bugs, like worms, isopods and springtails, which will clean up waste and keep potential mold down. It also means you won't really ever need to 'change it out' entirely, just spot clean. Once it's established, the bugs break down the waste keep it from getting all gross. I use a mix of sifted topsoil and cypress mulch which holds a burrow really well, with spagnum moss shoved under the hides. The bugs do such a good job I hardly ever see any tegu poo, just little piles of undigested fur leftover when the bugs are done! [/QUOTE]

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