Anybody use Coconut Fibre?

[Ryan Bridgman]

I was wondering whether anybody uses coconut fibre as the substrate for their T's and if so what they think of it?

 

[Trinity]

Yes, all of my tarantulas have coconut fiber material as their substrate. I really like the stuff and have had no problems with mites, mold, or fungus. I find it holds moisture pretty well for my higher humidity species and it does allow for decent burrowing by my terrestrials.

This is a current thread as well, but it shows that there are lots of others that use coconut fibers:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22249

 

[wsimms]

I love the stuff. I am using it straight and have had no problem with mites, mildew, etc. I formerly used a 50-50 potting soil/peat mix.

W

 

[PapaSmurf]

i used to use it but it dosent seem to keep humidity very well. maybe its just me.---josh---

 

[Quiet-1]

I have been using it with all of my T's since getting them, and have not had any problems with it.

 

[JohnxII]

I still use it for my a.avic... in my case, when the cage is well-ventilated, it loses water gradually like Josh said. But when not being ventilated well, I've had mold problems within a couple days so I had to drill more holes on the bottle holding my g.pulchra slings.

 

[Charlie]

huh...

I have never tried it because I always heard it was prone to molding.

-Charlie