Substrates

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Originally Posted by Reptilecam

Usually dirt and cypress mulch block out a lot of the heat. I think I know what your talking about I use it in my crested geckos cage its similar to crushed up coco husk.

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Do you think itl block out too much heat? Its less than 1/2 inch, just a light dusting to make it look better than newspaper.
I bet covering the hidebox with it would trap some heat in there....
And yeah i dont think its dirt, lookin up on their site, its probobly cocconut husk, it feels different than anything ive ever messed with

http://www.t-rexproducts.com/product...ble-substrate/

If you keep the substrate to 1/2" thick or less you should be ok but you will have to adjust your UTH to get the temps right again.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

If you keep the substrate to 1/2" thick or less you should be ok but you will have to adjust your UTH to get the temps right again.

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agreed, and yeah it does look a lot better then newspaper.

I know some swear by the stuff, but my personal opinion of it, was not something I will use again.
I found it to be very dirty, it would stuck to my snakes then they would get it in the water. I found it to be very dusty around their enclosures as well.
I only use paper of aspen.

What i did, the whole compressed block said add 3 to 4 litres of water.
I did 1 liter of hot water. Its not dusty, not sticky or wet. And it looks amazing..i wana put moss on his hide now lol... obseeesssseddd

What other substrates do you guys use?

I only use paper based substrates: Paper towels/butchers paper/newspaper/corrugated wrap

in the past I have used Aspen/Eco-Earth (coco husk different brand of what you are using now)/recently tried cypress and I really don't like any of them as much as any of the paper based substrates.

*Any of the substrates I listed are 100% fine to use it is just down to personal preference*

I was thinking about using a paper shredder on newspaper, but i just like the looks of this better