Zoo Med HydroBalls

Create a healthier and more effective planted or bioactive vivarium with Zoo Med HydroBalls. These lightweight expanded clay balls are designed to form a drainage layer beneath your substrate, helping excess water move away from the main substrate layer and supporting a more suitable environment for live plants and bioactive enclosures.

Ideal for tropical and humid vivariums, HydroBalls are a useful addition when creating a naturalistic enclosure with a drainage layer and can be used beneath a suitable substrate to help manage excess moisture.

Why You'll Love It

• Lightweight expanded clay balls for vivariums

• Ideal for creating a drainage layer

• Helps separate excess water from the main substrate

• Suitable for tropical and humid enclosures

• Ideal for planted and bioactive vivariums

• Helps support healthy live plant setups

• Useful for naturalistic enclosure designs

• Easy to use beneath a suitable substrate

• Can help improve moisture management within an enclosure

• Suitable for reptiles, amphibians and invertebrate habitats

• A useful addition to bioactive vivarium setups

Directions for Use

Place a suitable layer of Zoo Med HydroBalls into the bottom of a clean enclosure before adding a separating layer and appropriate vivarium substrate above. The drainage layer should be designed according to the enclosure, substrate depth and requirements of the species and plants being kept.

HydroBalls can be used as part of a planted or bioactive setup where excess water needs to be separated from the main substrate. Monitor moisture levels regularly and ensure the enclosure has appropriate ventilation and drainage management.

Always prepare the enclosure according to the requirements of your individual pet and follow suitable vivarium setup and maintenance practices.

Suitable For

• Tropical reptiles

• Tropical amphibians

• Frogs

• Geckos

• Chameleons

• Invertebrate enclosures

• Planted vivariums

• Bioactive vivariums

• Naturalistic tropical enclosures

• Humid enclosure setups

Our Pet Shop Tip

HydroBalls are particularly useful when building a planted or bioactive vivarium with a drainage layer. Place them beneath a suitable substrate and use an appropriate barrier between the drainage layer and substrate to help prevent the two layers from mixing. Regularly monitor the water level and moisture within the enclosure to help maintain suitable conditions for your pet and plants.