I went to the garden center and got some sphagnum moss this morning and then realized it was the sphagnum peat! But, since it is not saturated like the coir fiber I keep in my vivs for moisture I decided to see what would happen with it. I moved the divider that I had in there and used it instead to keep the substrate from the water dish. Now there are 3 corners that are deep instead of 2. The bottom is about 4" deep with pretty damp coir fiber. On top of that is about 4" more of the sphagnum peat straight from the bag. I just misted it down a bit to prevent any dust problems and to mist the moms! I heard a lot of running around in there as I was changing the water in the babies tanks but no ground activity before I left.

I did note however that although I placed the light bulb about 16-18" above the substrate in one corner the spot where the female dug was in the corner the farthest away from the light. I am curious to see where she ends up nesting ; )

Marcia
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