Figured I would go ahead and start a new thread on this. So my plan is to switch to bioactive setup when my new girls come out of QT in about 3 months. In the mean time I figured I could get my colony of cleanup crew and the substrate started up in a rub.

So I started with a 50/50 mix of Jiffy Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix and ecoearth. This should keep the soil aired out enough to not hold a ton of moisture but enough for the cleanup crew and the Pothos plant that will also be in the enclosure.

I also topped off my soil mix with a ton of oak leaf litter to get my springtails started. There might have been a few in there but most of it was rather dry so I need to go down to the nearby creek and find some wetter ditritous that should hold more critters. I'm going to try and be all local with my cleanup crew. Will also be setting out some halved potatos to attract my isopods (pill bugs).