Paper Towel Substrate

Its the first time i have ever used paper towel substrate but im having a little difficulty. every time my bp is slithering around the tank he always seems to crumple it up and move it all over. how in the world do you get the paper towel to stay down with out it getting moved all over. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

I use paper towl and newspaper printed with non-toxic ink and always have this issue. Placing their heavy water dish on one side and a hide on the other helps secure it into place, but they'll almost always find ways under or around it. I just deal with it :P

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how in the world do you get the paper towel to stay down with out it getting moved all over.

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You don't is the short answer, the long term answer depends on how ocd you are about the paper towel laying flat.

I've used paper towels for a couple of years and there are some that leave them be and sit on top, some that will lay under them as if the paper was a hide and others who will crumple the paper up and push it to the corners of the tub.
I just make sure they get cleaned regularly and not worry to much about the paper towel being perfectly flat.

Thank you for all the help guys im just going to leave it be he will do what he wants with it no matter what any way.

well... even though you've already resolved your issue- I put his hides right up against the edge of the towel so it doubles as a paper weight.

most mine stay down but my large female likes to get under the papertowels and under the hide each are different. The other its lays flat plus i usually multilayer the papertowel