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<blockquote data-quote="Egon" data-source="post: 204218" data-attributes="member: 3479"><p>I don't have any tarantulas but I have two bioactive enclosures for snakes and a newt, and I believe sand helps add drainage to the soil so it doesn't get overly soggy (even if you have a drainage layer). My substrate includes organic top soil, sand, sphagnum moss, leaf litter and charcoal. (I don't use peat because harvesting it is bad for the environment.) Everything in that mix will decompose except the sand.</p><p></p><p>I definitely notice a difference between the compaction and dampness in my enclosures and my several potted plants that are kept in potting soil only.</p><p></p><p>Many/most people who keep their reptiles and amphibians on mixed substrate are making their own substrate and choose to add sand, which is probably the cheapest of all the ingredients in my substrate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Egon, post: 204218, member: 3479"] I don't have any tarantulas but I have two bioactive enclosures for snakes and a newt, and I believe sand helps add drainage to the soil so it doesn't get overly soggy (even if you have a drainage layer). My substrate includes organic top soil, sand, sphagnum moss, leaf litter and charcoal. (I don't use peat because harvesting it is bad for the environment.) Everything in that mix will decompose except the sand. I definitely notice a difference between the compaction and dampness in my enclosures and my several potted plants that are kept in potting soil only. Many/most people who keep their reptiles and amphibians on mixed substrate are making their own substrate and choose to add sand, which is probably the cheapest of all the ingredients in my substrate. [/QUOTE]
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