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Best substrate?
What do you guys think would be the best substrate for a juvie bp?
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Re: Best substrate?
It's up to you. A lot of people use aspen and a lot of people use newspaper or kraft paper or a combination of both.
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Re: Best substrate?
I really liked Desert Snow when I used it. Its main drawback was that it was expensive compared to the alternatives out there. I do remember another thread where someone called it something else and said they were buying in bulk, can't recall what thread but it was a picture thread. Its a white substrate that made spot cleaning very easy; you always knew when something was soiled and it clumped well.
Edit: Heres an old picture of my tank set up with the substrate.
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Re: Best substrate?
I use aspen and I like it. Being that Furio is in a tank though humidity was a little tricky to maintain at first.
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Re: Best substrate?
the best substrate for a newbee owner is what ever strikes their fancy....
After a some time tho, most end up switching to newspaper or aspen. I believe newspaper is hands down the easiest option... and it is also FREE!!!!
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Re: Best substrate?
I use paper i go to UHAUL get 180 pages of unprinted paper for 8$ lasts me a couple months very easy to clean ext. but its what you want to do.
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Re: Best substrate?
 Originally Posted by Drew87
I use paper i go to UHAUL get 180 pages of unprinted paper for 8$ lasts me a couple months very easy to clean ext. but its what you want to do. 
Same thing I use. It has lasted me forever.
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Re: Best substrate?
I think im going to go with paper for right now, and see how i like it i have a couple questions
1) How old should the paper(newspaper) be?
2) How do you keep it from moving?
3) What kinda papers do you guys use?
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I use Kraft paper and Kara turned us on to this place a bit ago: http://www.packagingsupplies.com/kraft-paper.html. Excellent prices even with the shipping
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~The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint Exupery
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