frodogecko
Arachnopeon
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I'm having a terrible time finding a good potting soil to make substrate. At first I was just using coconut fiber by itself, but it wasn't firm enough. Now I've been mixing eco-earth coconut fiber, vermiculite, and potting soil, but I recently read a past thread that perlite can be harmful for T's. The soil I've been using has perlite, plus it has huge chunks of wood and other stuff. By the time I remove all the giant chunks of wood and other debris I end up throwing out about half of it.
So, this weekend I went looking for good soil with no pesticides or fertilizers. I found one called Jiffy Natural & Organic...it contains sphagnum peat moss, vermiculite, coir pith, and lime for pH adjuster.
I also found one other called ferti-lome...it contains sphagnum peat moss, horticultural perlite, limestone, dolomite, and non-ionic wetting gent.
My first question...is perlite actually harmful for T's?
Second question...do either of these sound okay? (The second one has "horticultural" perlite)
Third question...what kind of soil do you guys recommend? I need something to firm up the coconut fiber.
I can really use the advice. I just got a new T and he's got mites so I want to re-house him as soon as possible. Also, if perlite really is harmful I'll have to change out almost all my T's substrates.
I'm having a terrible time finding a good potting soil to make substrate. At first I was just using coconut fiber by itself, but it wasn't firm enough. Now I've been mixing eco-earth coconut fiber, vermiculite, and potting soil, but I recently read a past thread that perlite can be harmful for T's. The soil I've been using has perlite, plus it has huge chunks of wood and other stuff. By the time I remove all the giant chunks of wood and other debris I end up throwing out about half of it.
So, this weekend I went looking for good soil with no pesticides or fertilizers. I found one called Jiffy Natural & Organic...it contains sphagnum peat moss, vermiculite, coir pith, and lime for pH adjuster.
I also found one other called ferti-lome...it contains sphagnum peat moss, horticultural perlite, limestone, dolomite, and non-ionic wetting gent.
My first question...is perlite actually harmful for T's?
Second question...do either of these sound okay? (The second one has "horticultural" perlite)
Third question...what kind of soil do you guys recommend? I need something to firm up the coconut fiber.
I can really use the advice. I just got a new T and he's got mites so I want to re-house him as soon as possible. Also, if perlite really is harmful I'll have to change out almost all my T's substrates.