What´s a good substrate for keeping humidity? Eco Earth?
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cassicat4
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I agree. I don't personally like it by itself either. For maintaining humidity, I find there are better alternatives such as what Aimless mentioned, or what I use which is a mixture of peat moss and eco earth.
Aimless
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here's a gratuitous pic of my girl laying eggs, but it's also the best substrate pic I have, as an example. I spot-clean the moss and swap it out entirely if there's any suggestion of odor, but as I also have isopods in there it generally doesn't have to be changed entirely more than about twice a year, so it's economically feasible as well as looking nice. they're also courteous enough to do most of their pooping on the glass 
the dirt layer I don't overhaul unless the plants are starting to look pukey, which generally takes something like two years.
the dirt layer I don't overhaul unless the plants are starting to look pukey, which generally takes something like two years.
CrestedRick
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I used eco earth and coco fiber and mixed them for my natural viv. But in my planted viv I use a mix of sphagnum moss, coco fiber, tree fern fiber, orchard bark fiber and charcoal.
Saskia
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Language bareer is playing tricks on me... I am not really sure about what is potting soil, I have an idea about it but I am not sure what the specific " ingredients " of it are... am trying to find it out on google... I can find coco fiber here, I keep my phelsuma in coco fiber, would eco earth and coco fiber be a good mixture for substrate??
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savannah blue
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:idea: Have a look at this post:
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...m/35946-step-step-naturalistic-viv-setup.html
It was very helpful for me. I use something similar to the substrate he describes. I couldn't get tree fern so I added chopped up sphagnum moss from New Zealand. My vivariums are all doing really well so I hope yours do too. I had a lot of fun constructing my enclosures and I keep improving on them still.
hope this helps...
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/comm...m/35946-step-step-naturalistic-viv-setup.html
It was very helpful for me. I use something similar to the substrate he describes. I couldn't get tree fern so I added chopped up sphagnum moss from New Zealand. My vivariums are all doing really well so I hope yours do too. I had a lot of fun constructing my enclosures and I keep improving on them still.
hope this helps...
Saskia
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I finally borrowed a phone and took a decent picture of my guy, this is he:
I believe I am going to go with an organic substrate that is sold here, it is called turba, mixed with the eco earth... does anyone know what the turba is?? (not sure if it is even the name in english), there are not that many options here, I believe I will cover it with some moss, like on Aimles´ picture... how often shoul i mist it?? I do it daily now
I believe I am going to go with an organic substrate that is sold here, it is called turba, mixed with the eco earth... does anyone know what the turba is?? (not sure if it is even the name in english), there are not that many options here, I believe I will cover it with some moss, like on Aimles´ picture... how often shoul i mist it?? I do it daily now
CrestedRick
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Never heard of turba but you will have to adjust your mistings to see how the substrate holds and maintains humidity.
CrestedRick
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I would say 70-85% at night and a drop to about 60% during the day. This depends on the enclosure and how to keep these levels. I know these levels may be higher than others suggest but these have been given to me by my breeder and I keep my this way.
CrestedRick
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This time of year I mist at night and mist just the moss in the morning. I also have an exo terra moon glow bulb to add some heat and raise the humidity.