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lele
at Sat Sep 13 12:39:11 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
I have a degree in Horticulture and have a hard time finding quality sterile potting soil. I can certainly get it in BIG quantities but not worth it. Now, so many manufacturesr add vermiculite, perlite, etc. which is fine for the plants.
I've been using eco-earth and just read on Al's site (the one I linked before) that he doesn't recommend it. Rather than paper towel I am thinking of using the brown packing paper that you buy on a roll - cheap! At least the color is a little better and I would think that PT would get wet too quickly from misting. How do you find that to be? Or does it dry our quickly as well? I think too that the pkg, paper would stay in place better and you could fold in the corners for a snug fit.
Do you have live or fake plants??
>>I haven't been able to find organic sterile potting soil to use as the substrate (and am too lazy to bake the unsterile stuff), so I've had Leeloo on paper towels for a couple of months. The advantages you've mentioned are quite valid. There's also not the concern of mold.
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>>Problems exist as well. It tends to slip and rumple when I'm cleaning poo out, leaving lots of hidey holes for crickets to disappear into. It's also rather ugly. My cage is tall, so I can't get to the bottom corners (even with tweezers) without pulling everything out. The dark poo sits like poo-beacons on the white paper.
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>>All in all, it's fine. And it's much easier to clean out.
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>>Torey
>>1.0 Uromastyx Geyri (Arthur)
>>0.1 Anolis Carolinensis (Leeloo)
>>1.0 Betta Splendens (Mr. Miagi)
>>1.1 Felis Domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)
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RE: how many of you use paper for substrate? - lele, Sat Sep 13 12:39:11 2003