substrates - Page 2

Ophidiophile · #11 07-14-2009, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Saille

I do the same thing, only with paper towel on the floor (super easy to clean) and no reptibark at all. I just mist them heavily in the evening.

It won't work with a waterfall, but like Saille, I am also a paper towel user. It makes cleaning easier, and they rarely locomote on it anyway. There's also less chance they'll swallow substrate when feeding on it. I originally planned to use paper towel only during my quarantine period with my initial two wild-caughts but wound up sticking with it.

mh728 · #12 07-14-2009, 10:50 PM

Eco earth/coco fiber is inferior (and a waste of money) when you can buy a good sized bail of peat for 8$...

cliff_f · #13 07-14-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mh728

Eco earth/coco fiber is inferior (and a waste of money) when you can buy a good sized bail of peat for 8$...

I would not say it is inferior, but it is much more expensive then "non reptile brand name products" I use some eco earth and coco fiber mixed in with some of my other substrates. My substrates are usually a nice mix of organic potting soil, sand, peat moss, coco fiber. I just mix it till I get a texture I like.

mh728 · #14 07-14-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cliff_f

I would not say it is inferior, but it is much more expensive then "non reptile brand name products" I use some eco earth and coco fiber mixed in with some of my other substrates. My substrates are usually a nice mix of organic potting soil, sand, peat moss, coco fiber. I just mix it till I get a texture I like.

I see your point, it could be useful in a mix, I haven't tried that. By itself I think it has a horrible consistency and I hated it every minute that I used it, just my opinion.

Sinosauropteryx · #15 07-15-2009, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cliff_f

Put some spring tails in your eco earth and they will help with cleaning. Just stir the dirt up every once in a while.

Really? I will try that, then. Maybe with only half an inch of it so that I still have some left over whenever I need to clean the terrarium again. I always thought of springtails as parasitic and infectuous like mites but further research reveals they aren't parasitic at all. Will they still cause problems for the lizard in some way?