Aspiring Mr T
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Hello,
After a few years of keeping Ts I finally decided to adopt an OBT. Though I’ve been studying these little critters there is one thing that interests me and that is the substrate.
I’ve been stalking this forum for a while and notice that most keepers say this is a very hardy species but the substrate needs to be bone dry.
I bought some pre dried coco fibre which is dryish (my partner won’t allow me to bake in the oven and our radiators are too small to place them on top of). It’s still slightly damp but mainly from being in the bag. Will that be ok? I presume it will dry out over time but take a while from being compressed in the enclosure.
I’ve had substrate out to dry for a week but it’s still slightly damp. As in very few elements of it will stick to my hand.
The T is about 7cm DLS.
Sorry if this is a stupid question and the answer is probably obvious but I know keepers have different results with different approaches.
After a few years of keeping Ts I finally decided to adopt an OBT. Though I’ve been studying these little critters there is one thing that interests me and that is the substrate.
I’ve been stalking this forum for a while and notice that most keepers say this is a very hardy species but the substrate needs to be bone dry.
I bought some pre dried coco fibre which is dryish (my partner won’t allow me to bake in the oven and our radiators are too small to place them on top of). It’s still slightly damp but mainly from being in the bag. Will that be ok? I presume it will dry out over time but take a while from being compressed in the enclosure.
I’ve had substrate out to dry for a week but it’s still slightly damp. As in very few elements of it will stick to my hand.
The T is about 7cm DLS.
Sorry if this is a stupid question and the answer is probably obvious but I know keepers have different results with different approaches.
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