Forest Bedding?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:01 pm

How many are using forest bedding exclusively for their substrate now, and what are your results? I used some on my second level and really like it, but wonder if it would be as good as sand. I think their would be less mess with the bedding, and it seems to help the humidity as well. Thoughts, opinions?

DustAndEchoes · Post by **DustAndEchoes** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:06 pm

I've used both sand and fb exclusivly and combined. I've found that my hermies dig more when the 2 are combined.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:01 pm

i have a cube of FB but haven't used it yet since my crabs are dug down hopefully i will be able to switch up my crabitat and put some in once they come up

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:22 pm

i use fb its smells really nice but i have no idea how to clean it! lol but i like it and my crabs like to dig in it

kip.rogers357 · Post by **kip.rogers357** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:54 pm

I use 2 bricks Forest Beding>1 Brick Eco Earth>1disc Hermit Soil> and 2 cups Play sand. Keeps the humidity at 75 I mist once a weel and keeps the humidity range at 83-85%

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 1:34 am

I used to use FB exclusively ..but switched to sand when I heard how crabs preferred it. I'm .. switching back soon as I have noticed that they dug down into the FB more than they do the sand. It's also nice not having to worry about their dens collapsing on them when they dig under in the FB.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:29 am

I use half FB and half cali-sand. that way, all the food and water stays on the sand to try to prevent molding and they can have their choice on what they want to dig down in.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:32 am

From here I learned about Eco Earth..I do a layer of play sand with a layer of Eco Earth on top.. Crabbies seem to really like it and it does help with the humidity...

Moo

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 2:53 pm

I use both - nearly equal in the spread.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:33 pm

I have used FB only in the past and the crabs seemed to like it. I decided to give sand a try so I am 100% sand right now. My straws didn't dig in it much but they seem to love to dig in sand which is what I have now. I had a little pp dig down into FB for 8 weeks before surfacing so he must have liked it down there. I definitely had an easier time with humidity control with the FB. I'm currently setting up my main crabitat with 50/50 to see if I can keep everyone happy.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:08 pm

I use EE 100% in both of my ISO tanks and a mixture of EE and playsand (3:1) in my main tank. I started off with calcisand and they never dug down in it, I then switched to playsand and they still never dug down, so I finally took all of the sand out for a deep clean and put in a layer of about 1 inch on the bottom and then added a 3 inch layer of EE on top of it...and oh my gosh! they were digging and tunneling like crazy!

I'm finding though that as it has gotten more thoroughly mixed it has tended to act more like just playsand in regards to holding humidity. In my next deep clean, I am going to buy some crushed coral to line the entire bottom and then make a layer of EE on one end only, so that it stay out of my water dishes. I also plan to add a layer of terrarium moss on top of the EE.

I'm so excited!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:35 pm

Hmm I use eco-earth exclusively now. I really like the smell, and how it keeps humidity. Oh and it's fun to play in

And yes my crabs never dug in the sand. Once I switched there's one of my 4 crabs who is constantly under, I never see her hmph.

Though the EE has been there a while now; it's becoming a bit strawy and not holding the humidity as well. I might change it soon.

My iso has sand though.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:43 pm

Right now I have a mixture of fb and sea sand on one side of the tat, on the other half I have caclisand and sea sand.
I haven't noticed a preference with the crabs.... The go to what ever side has the best hiding area.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:47 pm

I recently added 2 cubes of forest bessing to my crabitat after using sand before. I have found my crabs are more active and seem more comfortable with first bedding. I always thought sand was too easy to get messy and so far the forest bedding handels water and moisture much better.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:41 pm

I just recently was given a 40 gallon tank and I switched from sand entirely to coconut fiber with nothing but amazing results. My Indo's love it, they never would dig in the sand, but they immediately started digging.

One has actually started to molt.

Anyways I believe switching over to the fiber was a great idea, especially because of the type of species I have, they live inland in the forest.

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