Saying goodbye to insects for good

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Jarich
If I may make myself worthy in your eyes so that I may speak. I achieved my BS in biology assuming I would get into vet school, but when that door closed I chose a new path.I have cared for many species of herps including monitors, and I will admit that two have died short of their lifespan. The first was an ADV+ BD and the second my first childhood leopard gecko who escaped. If this is adequate for me to speak than I shall.

Is a bio active substrate not easier for the keeper because he does not have to clean it?
Isn't it true that the only benefit of this is to reduce protozoa count, as bacteria doesn't decrease in number and only changes?
Isn't it true that the nitrogen fixing bacteria in your substrate are only symbiotic with the plant life, as nitrite concentration, ammonia, and in certain cases the bacteria themselves are harmful to the animal inhabitant?
Doesn't all the empirical evidence on the larger monitor lizards show that insects (even those consumed in the wild), may not be the best for ensuring health of long term captives? See San Diego Zoo Diet Research
You say monitors are highly intelligent, and intelligence is merely an evolutionary response to increase motility, therefore housing monitors at all is fitting the lizard to the person and is not best for the lizard.
The fact is that the reptile hobby is a fringe science at best. We don't know as much as we think we do, and we're all just trying to do the best we can.

With that said, I thank you for reminding me why I have disassociated myself rom reptile forums for so long. I shall be returning to that, Batch signing off.