eco earth

Tonys Hermits · Post by **Tonys Hermits** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:03 pm

How do you make your substrate a dark color not brown because this is dying my shells brown

Laurie LeAnn · Post by **Laurie LeAnn** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:08 pm

Are you soaking it in the right amount of salt dechlorinated water? Not getting to wet? It should be damp not sloppy wet. I have used it on and off since 2009 never had an issue with it turning my shells Brown.. it's bricks and says eco earth? Not a knock off brand??

crazycrabber · Post by **crazycrabber** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:42 am

yeah the thing that stains, and has dye, the only thing that people accidentally use for hermit crabs that i can think of is calcium sand, don't use calci sand, get playsand. but yeah that is completely weird, never had that happen with my eco earth.

jenok · Post by **jenok** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:56 am

I think if you have it too moist then it has the potential to dye lighter colored things like shells. However I think it would only be the ones left on the sub not the ones on the crabs. Are the ones the crabs are wearing getting dyed too?

Tetra4CClyPtus · Post by **Tetra4CClyPtus** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:09 am

I highly recommend Eco earth mixed with playsand in the 5:1 ratioPlaysand to use is the quickrite brand, sold in hardware stores such as lows or home depot; comes in 50 pound bags annd is a good reasonable price