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Reptiles Mag: The Living Vivarium

frogger88 Oct 23, 2003 05:56 PM

I was reading pst articles of reptiles Mag and came across a very good article in The Living Vivarium section.It has a really good substrate mixture. Here is the reference to the article!

v7.9 (9/99) -- The Living Vivarium - Sketching the Components: Building a Tropical Forest Vivarium [Rex Lee Searcey]

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Arklier Oct 23, 2003 06:02 PM

>>I was reading pst articles of reptiles Mag and came across a very good article in The Living Vivarium section.It has a really good substrate mixture. Here is the reference to the article!
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>>v7.9 (9/99) -- The Living Vivarium - Sketching the Components: Building a Tropical Forest Vivarium [Rex Lee Searcey]

What was the substrate mixture?

frogger88 Oct 23, 2003 11:40 PM

1 part ground coconut husk

1part small grade orchid bark (or other fir bark-based mulching medium)

1 part partially composed coarsely ground palm bark or wood

2 parts partially composed leaves

Fertilizer

*The article goes into further explanation for each part of the mixture!

AudioTaylor Oct 24, 2003 10:01 PM

np

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