Substrate Talk, Aspen Vs Coco husk (All variations)

trailblazer295 · 02-22-17, 03:41 PM

I used cocohusk bricks exclusively soaking as per instructions. Come spring had mold issues as no matter how hard I tried using fans couldn't dry it out, switched to cypress only no mold. Come winter again in new house had trouble keeping the humidity up for extended periods. Found it dropped fast with misting. Decided to experiment breaking bricks apart by hand and soaking a portion of it in water and mix with the rest. This approach seems to be working well. I'll scoop out a portion of the coco husk/cyrpess into a pail and add water. Mix it around and put it back in mixing it with the dry. Seems to be a good balance is maintain high enough humidity without saturated for my snakes. My bp is 50-60% and my boa 55-65%

afsgr88 · 02-22-17, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by trailblazer295

I used cocohusk bricks exclusively soaking as per instructions. Come spring had mold issues as no matter how hard I tried using fans couldn't dry it out, switched to cypress only no mold. Come winter again in new house had trouble keeping the humidity up for extended periods. Found it dropped fast with misting. Decided to experiment breaking bricks apart by hand and soaking a portion of it in water and mix with the rest. This approach seems to be working well. I'll scoop out a portion of the coco husk/cyrpess into a pail and add water. Mix it around and put it back in mixing it with the dry. Seems to be a good balance is maintain high enough humidity without saturated for my snakes. My bp is 50-60% and my boa 55-65%

Seems like a good solution. I will definitely give it a try. Thanks for the answer

And my apologies to the OP for intruding