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Fossorial Substrate

bwhatch2

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omaha, nebraska, usa
I have always just used coco coir for my fossorial species and never had a problem with it, until I did. recently I had burrow collapses in 3 tanks, they were all set up about a year ago and left undisturbed and there were no changes in the environment that I can think of that may have caused it. anybody here who keeps a lot of fossorials, what do you use for substrate? ive got a lot of T's so buying some eco-earth or bio-dudes stuff really isn't cost effective, though if that is what I need to do.......
 

Tarantula Trooper

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When I first started back keeping again I was using Coco coir but quickly grew to not like it for various reasons. I will generally try to find some cheaper sub like creature soil and can't remember the other stuff I started using but always top it off with Bio Dudes Terra Aranea (spl) . Buying dirt can be expensive. Lol!
 

m0lsx

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I just use Coco coir & I occasionally get a tunnel collapse. But I imagine that is a normal situation for any fossorial tarantula, regardless of what medium they are tunnelling in.
 

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