Hello. I wanted to send you a PM because this reddit is heavily against bioactive and I've stopped replying on here because my comments frequently get argued with or outright deleted by the mods.

I am by no means a full expert, but I switched my Jackson over to a bioactive about 6 months ago and I personally believe it has made a huge difference in his quality of life.

What I have learned and understand about the bioactive process is that your clean up crew should self regulate based on the amount of waste being produced. You can supplement food, but once it's established, you shouldn't have to provide anything additional and they will self regulate. The catch is, if you have springtails and isopods, they won't climb up after waste. I just regularly clean my plants and drop any waste down to the soil so they can take care of it.

As for humidity, live plants are the biggest impact on that. More plants means better humidity regulation, and that also where bioactive plays a bigger role, as it helps keep plants healthier and adds to humidity.

Here's the key understanding to humidity and chameleons that doesn't ever come across in this reddit. Natural habitats for these guys are lower humidity (30-50%) and higher temps during the daytime, and higher humidity (75%+) and lower temps during the nighttime. They don't need consistent high humidity levels, just periods of it spiking, specifically at night. You don't want high humidity during the day because it makes the air too steamy and sets them up for potential respiratory infection. If your humidity levels in your house are normally are 40% during the day, thats perfectly fine. Let your temps drop at night (they are safe even down into the 50s as that's normal for them and healthy), and run a different for about 5 hours at night, from like 12-5 or 12-6. This will give you a nice big jump in humidity, provide additional hydration, and help balance a healthy environment.

Lastly, Flip made mention of their diet and not eating bugs that consume waste. That's not the intention of a cleaning crew for any bioactive, no matter the animal being kept in a bioactive setups. There are some voracious eaters in the reptile world that can and do eat them, but the majority of the time, a clean up crew is not put in a bioactive as feeders for the inhabitant. He condemns bioactive because he hasn't bothered to take time to fully understand what it's purpose is and how it works. He is knowledgeable and has years of experience, but he also isn't willing to do the research or being open to changes, despite his strong push to update husbandry. While this is not a bioactive community, and I wouldn't advocate for on with a beginner to chameleon keeping, I just wish they wouldn't put it down as invalid either. Finding a good solid bioactive community to ask questions about a bioactive setup for your chameleon will give you better support outside of standard husbandry support.