Brad's Bioactive Builds

Hello and welcome. I build natralistic animal enclosures and show others how to make them.
DIY step by step tutorials on how to create naturalistic reptile and amphibian vivarium's, paludarium and enclosures. Using spray foam, silicone, drylok, Polygem Zoopoxy and more. I strive to produce the best content for my subscribers.

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Brad's Bioactive Builds

🎉🎂 Today is my birthday, and honestly one of the coolest gifts has been seeing the response to the Mertens finally moving into their dream enclosure.
This project started as a pile of plywood, pvc, a tub and an idea, and after years of building, setbacks, and updates, it's amazing to finally see Iris and Otis using every part of the enclosure.
Thank you to everyone who's followed this journey from day one and to all the new people who found the channel through this video. I appreciate every one of you.
If you missed it last week, here's the video:
P.S I'm getting old 🤣🤣🤣

5 days ago | [YT] | 29

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10 episodes later… tomorrow, the moment is finally here.

The water monitors officially move into the giant paludarium.

This has easily been the biggest and most ambitious build I’ve ever done on the channel. Can’t wait for you guys to see the final result.

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 211

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It's coming alive! My 8x4x6 DIY paludarium gets the 1st round of live stock. Im really happy how this video came out. If you missed it here it is! Lmk what you think

3 months ago | [YT] | 17

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We’re finally adding fish to the 8x4x6 paludarium and this build is officially coming to LIFE
This one hits different. The whole vibe of this video is a little outside my normal style, more cinematic, more immersive, and you really get to see the ecosystem start to wake up.
I had a blast putting this together and I’m pumped for you guys to see it.
It’s live RIGHT NOW on Patreon 👊
Go watch it and let me know what you think!
www.patreon.com/user?u=98339191&utm_campaign=creat…

3 months ago | [YT] | 41

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🚨 LIVE THIS THURSDAY 🚨
Tune in with MJ and me this Thursday as we go LIVE on ‪@TrapTalkReptileNetwork‬
We’ll be talking all things DIY enclosure builds, design ideas, materials, mistakes to avoid, and what actually works in real builds. Plus anything else that comes up
It’s gonna be an epic time, see you there!

4 months ago | [YT] | 13

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2025 was a BLAST. See what you missed in this exclusive video for all of you! From a reptile room tour, enclosure updates and some cool stuff outside of the reptile room!

5 months ago | [YT] | 21

Brad's Bioactive Builds

New video Sunday and on Patreon NOW! This will be a Reptile room tour, enclosure updates and 2025 highlights in and outside if the reptile room. Looking forward to showing you all this one.

6 months ago | [YT] | 51

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🚨Wanna see some enclosure UPDATES?‪@WickensWickedReptiles‬​​​​ stopped by for an EPIC reptile room tour and got to check out all the builds I’ve been working on over the last few years!!

This one was a blast to film, seriously, you don’t want to miss it. Tap in and give it a watch! Hope you all enjoy it!

6 months ago | [YT] | 12

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If you missed it, I finished the 8x4x6 paludarium. This was 1 fun project that I enjoyed sharing the process with you all!
https://youtu.be/-1mYjlB6kaQ?si=Ij68B...

8 months ago | [YT] | 28

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🚨🚨🚨 New Video Sunday. Part 8 of the Ultimate Paludarium Series where I finish the build itself. Looking forward to showing you all how it turned out!
As always I appreciate all of your support!

9 months ago | [YT] | 160