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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 55893" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>You'll have to put five or six inches of substrate to make it "safe" from a fall. In a ten gallon tank that's about a bag and a half of eco earth, if you buy the smaller bags. It's a lot of dirt and will make your tank kind of heavy. I sometimes end up putting less than I should because I run out of substrate, which is probably not a good idea, but not many of mine are climbers, and I come back later and top it off, just in case. I think top soil would be the cheaper alternative, I just haven't tried it yet. Many of the people here seem to use topsoil, coco peat and vermiculite mixed together, with some sphagnum moss. I need to try a cheaper mixture like that..I'm just lazy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>