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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 76364" data-attributes="member: 4151"><p>Yes, too well......never see it now....lol plus they use web too.  My mix is probably 2 thirds peat (if you can get it) and one third coconut fibre. The peat is usually naturally moist especially when compared to the coconut fibre which is very dry unless you dampen it. Have used coco fibre only on many tanks too with no problems. I have been in the hobby 20+ yes and vermiculite was meant to be the saviour of everything at one point. Yes it is sterile, lyes it is light, yess it retains moisture, yes as [USER=3458]@Enn49[/USER] said it is dusty and what I found was that my Ts preferred to sit on the glass walls rather than the floor and did not burrow. One thing vermiculite is not, and this is the biggedt kicker IMHO, it is not a natural materiall. Peat,  cocoa fibre, potting soil etc is,  which is why I have gone back to peat and coco fibre only.....probably for the last 8 years now.</p></blockquote><p></p>