Substrate settles down?

[Aracnoenthusiast]

It seems like every so often I have to add substrate to my enclosures, I fill to an appropriate level and in 3 or 4 months it seems to settle or get packed down lower. Anyone else experience this? I'm guessing it's from the vibrations in the house slowly shifting the substrate.

 

[WolfSpider]

Me too. I may be wrong, but I think as my coco fiber moistens up, it compacts. It seems that peet moss maintains its volume a bit more. What do you think?

 

[Aracnoenthusiast]

Mine is coco as well. Could be

 

[octanejunkie]

I mix coco fiber and peat moss 1:1 and pack it down on install.
Never any shrinkage

 

[Seamus]

I use a mixture of coco fiber, spiderlife, vermiculite and sphagnum moss and all my ts seem to be happy enough with no packing down or shrinkage

 

[Reptisect]

My mix is a combination of clay, sand, coco fiber, potting soil, vermiculite, charcoal, river sand, coco husk, leaf litter and spider peat. Good for live plants and seems to retain burrows rather well

 

[WolfSpider]

Is charcoal harmful to book lungs?

 

[Reptisect]

Is charcoal harmful to book lungs?

Not if its washed. I rinse the charcoal in spring water to rid it from sued

 

[Reptisect]

btw , the charcoal I use I pick up after our furnace is cleaned so it comes from acaisia tree wood

 

[WolfSpider]

Thanks @Reptisect