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Originally Posted by GGarter
Have any of you ever used the BSS (Bioactive Substrat System)?
I think it was developed by Philippe de Vosjoli.
I read about it in the book "The Art of Keeping Snakes- from the experts at advanced vivarium systems".
It sounded like a really interesting theory of creating a population of nonharmful microorgsnisms that would outcompete any harmful organism colonies, before they "settle".
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I have used this before, and it does really nice, but with something as large as a garter (I know garters aren't really considered large, but when you're talking about naturalistic vivaria they can be kind of "big") you need a fairly large enclosure to ensure that the soil doesn't get "spoiled" too quickly. I've personally used it for anoles, toads and tree frogs with good success and I imagine for smaller types of garters it might work.