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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 126803" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>I've just started with tarantulas so I can't add much advice about substrate choice for them in particular. </p><p>Atm I have Selenotypus plumipes and Phlogius sp. 'stents' . The advice I was given was to keep these species on a 50/50 coir peat/sand mix. Being that they are approximately 1" slings I chose to add more coir peat , around 60/40 peat/sand which is still a very sandy mix. I have given them around 10cm of this mix ,at the bottom of the enclosure I have a layer 1 to 2cm of straight coco peat. I have found this to be a life saver with some of my scorpions as it will hold moisture after the substrate above has dried. It also provides a visual guide to moisture levels as when a few enclosures are side by side you can compare the colour of the peat layer. </p><p>I have tried straight coco peat as a substrate for animals requiring a moist substrate, but I've found that a 1 in 6 sand to peat ratio is easier to pack down and it holds burrows better. I think it's easier to see moisture content by eye than with straight peat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 126803, member: 27677"] I've just started with tarantulas so I can't add much advice about substrate choice for them in particular. Atm I have Selenotypus plumipes and Phlogius sp. 'stents' . The advice I was given was to keep these species on a 50/50 coir peat/sand mix. Being that they are approximately 1" slings I chose to add more coir peat , around 60/40 peat/sand which is still a very sandy mix. I have given them around 10cm of this mix ,at the bottom of the enclosure I have a layer 1 to 2cm of straight coco peat. I have found this to be a life saver with some of my scorpions as it will hold moisture after the substrate above has dried. It also provides a visual guide to moisture levels as when a few enclosures are side by side you can compare the colour of the peat layer. I have tried straight coco peat as a substrate for animals requiring a moist substrate, but I've found that a 1 in 6 sand to peat ratio is easier to pack down and it holds burrows better. I think it's easier to see moisture content by eye than with straight peat. [/QUOTE]
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