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What can i use for a drainage layer with excepion of clay balls ?
For terrestrial i agree with you, but i ask for a caribena because they need higher humidity and they don't dig burrows .no. tarantulas shouldnt have, amd do not need drainage layers.
I want to buy a caribena versicolor.What species are you keeping? Is it arboreal, terrestrial, or fossorial? The amount of digging the spider is likely to do - plus the moisture requirements and whether it needs substrate that will support a burrow without collapsing - are going to affect what you can use for substrate and/or drainage.
This is absolutely positively 100% not true. They do not need high humidity, do yourself a favor and start ignoring places that are stressing humidity. High humidity is the easiest way to kill the animal not to keep it alive.For terrestrial i agree with you, but i ask for a caribena because they need higher humidity and they don't dig burrows .
If you are setting up a vivarium with live plants...then you will need a drainage layer. Washed gravel will work as a drainage layer in place of clay balls.What can i use for a drainage layer with excepion of clay balls ?
Uh wow, missed the avic mention! Does sound like a death trap. For the sheer amount of ventilation you would need to un-do the harm of a drainage layer -- makes zero sense, I'm afraid. Why set up anything that would require so much work to attempt to counteract it (and then fail anyway)???It should be kept predominantly dry with a water dish. Trust me, I regularly breed and keep hundreds of avics and their relatives... if I kept them moist with drainage layers I have piles and piles of dead ones.
Pothos. Autocorrect is not always your friend. I'm only correcting you because I've seen it twice over the last couple of days I know most people know what you mean, but the OPs it's meant for might not.Epipremnum AKA Photos.
I see there is large debate here so I'll keep this simple: If there is a species of critter (reptile, invert, isopod) that needs higher humidity levels I'll put a layer of vermiculite at the bottom of the substrate to help maintain moisture in my terribly dry room (often 15% relative humidity or lower in the winter). Not a drainage layer per se, but a layer to help maintain moisture from immediately evaporating. Of course any burrowing species of animal will mix this up in the substrate quickly.What can i use for a drainage layer with excepion of clay balls ?
but i ask for a caribena because they need higher humidity