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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.
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
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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.
~Aaron
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Re: Substrates
 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.
agreed, and yeah it does look a lot better then newspaper.
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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.
-Karl
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http://www.iherp.com/maixx
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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
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What other substrates do you guys use?
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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*
~Aaron
0.1 Pastel 100% Het Clown Ball Python (Hestia)
1.0 Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python (Shagrath)
0.1 Dumeril's Boa (Nergal)
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Gaius)
1.0 Siberian Husky (Picard)
0.1 German Shepherd/Lab Mix (Jadzia)
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I was thinking about using a paper shredder on newspaper, but i just like the looks of this better
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