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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 144378" data-attributes="member: 27677">I think only the last photo shows the true moisture level of the substrate, the others show condensation because it is warm inside the enclosure and cold in the room and make it look wetter than what it actually is. To me in the last photo the substrate just looks like freshly hydrated coco peat, too moist yes, but then it often is when the enclosure is newly set up.I would look to ventilation, going by the amount of condensation it seems that more is needed, fix that and the substrate will dry out quickly with no need to do anything more than wait.For a reference, I find using 1.7 litres of water for one brick of coco peat gives me the perfect amount of moisture to compact the substrate when setting up, then I let it dry from there.</blockquote>