I believe Deadly Tarantula Girl uses pure vermiculite for several of her spiders (including 0.1 Goddess!) and she knows her stuff, so...Btw vermiculite isn't a substrate or a kind of substrate (at least when it comes to arachnids, I'm clueless if that stuff is suitable as a substrate stand-alone for other animals
Pshht! Speak no evil, my man <-- Speak no evil 'Smilies'I believe ###### ######### ##### uses pure vermiculite for several of her spiders (including 0.1 Goddess!) and she knows her stuff, so...
I'd love to read this statement imagining an epic theme and a water diviner talkingFrom there it will spread to the higher regions.
It dries so slow that this is considered a downside of the stuff. Try filling a terrarium for a hydrophobic G. rosea with dry substrate when all you got is a block of eco earth!Yes, eco earth will work fine. Doesn't dry that fast honestly.
Not IME. Dries at a perfectly good rate. Check your ventilation.It dries so slow that this is considered a downside of the stuff. Try filling a terrarium for a hydrophobic G. rosea with dry substrate when all you got is a block of eco earth!
That's not really what I meant. I meant that when you have to dunk a brick of eco-earth in water, leaving you with soaking wet eco-earth, while you actually can't wait to rehouse your tarantula. I find it retains and absorbs water rather well. It dries out quite normally as well, but if you can't wait, it will take longer than you would want.Not IME. Dries at a perfectly good rate. Check your ventilation.
I've dried eco earth quite quickly..That's not really what I meant. I meant that when you have to dunk a brick of eco-earth in water, leaving you with soaking wet eco-earth, while you actually can't wait to rehouse your tarantula. I find it retains and absorbs water rather well. It dries out quite normally as well, but if you can't wait, it will take longer than you would want.
Ah ah ah... it's amazing, let me give you a virtual 'hug'.I've dried eco earth quite quickly..
After expanding it all, pour out excess water if any.
Proceed to squeeze water out of substrate. Very important if you want to use it asap. It will get a little messy.
After squeezing out as much as you can, spread out the amount you want over a tray and either put it outside, or just leave it in a well ventilated room.
Most "baboons" thrives in a dry setup
I use bony dry coco fiber for all of my Harpactirinae as well
Not sure if these above quotes were actually made with the OP in mind....He has a Hystocrates....keep it on bone dry anything and it won't last a month.keep all of my baboons on bone dry loose coco-fiber