popcangenie
Arachnosquire
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- Aug 6, 2010
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im trying to dry out some coco fiber just want a quick reply what temps for my oven? do i just put it in a big dish how long?
thank you
thank you
My T's love coco fiber. It's all I use now.How do your t's react to/like the coco fiber? I've never used it.
I've always used peat, or a mixture of peat and sand with plain old without chemical additives potting soil.My T's love coco fiber. It's all I use now.
That's good avice, thank you, I'll remember that!I've found that if you take a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer and split the block along the edge into thinner wafers it takes far less water and can be reconstituted sill fairly dry. It takes a little work adding water little by little and breaking it up by hand until the fiber is all separated but doing it this way I can use it immediately even for my most arid loving T's.
That's sooo much more expensive isn't it? I see that and just laugh. There's no way you get the same amount.I tried the brick once... will never do it again. Such a mess! I use the bagged Eco Earth now. Muuuuuch better.
Actually, it's about the same price here. Plus since I'm livin' with my mommah, and mommah said no more bricks.. well.. no more bricks! LolThat's sooo much more expensive isn't it? I see that and just laugh. There's no way you get the same amount.
yes the bag trick work wondersI buy the bricks, drop them in a plastic trash bag that is inside a small wastebasket. Soak the whole thing, prep the cages a couple of days before I get the T. Stir it up occasionally to let the rest in the bag dry out. Then it's expanded and ready if I need more, and I can just close up the trash bag as needed. Half a brick can be put in a gallon ziptop bag and expanded, then left not-quite closed to dry out slowly if needed. It's messy a bit, but better than some of the other substrates.
Marga