DIY Tarantula Substrate, how to make your own Substrate for tarantulas. 

You can certainly leave it out tho it may not allow the water to soak in as easily, it sort of allows it to percolate into the sub better rather than just pooling on top. you can try sand it should function the same way, Just the regular play sand from menards or home depot is fine, start with a bit and add more til you get a mix you like. perlite is also an option but I don't like the way the little white balls look in the substrate personally. Experiment a bit with small batches and just one variable at a time until you find the perfect mix for your needs and climate. It may take a bit of trial and error to get it just right but once you get your recipe down it's all gravy from there.

Thanks Jo! Many folks use just coco fibre. Nothing wrong with that at all. This is just another option for people to try, in the end you should always use what works best for you in your situation.

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It will work just fine yes 😀, its a bit different consistency but the premise is the same it helps hold moisture. I would just chop it up as finely as you can and mix it in. It def doesn't hurt to play with the recipe a bit either to find what works best for your situation.

It works great yes 😀

It really depends on the species requirements, with an arid species a full water bowl is plenty of moisture. With a more moisture dependant species I overflow the water dish slightly in one corner and with a very moisture dependant species I try to keep the bottom layer of sub always moist, not soggy or soaked in water just moist enough to provide the needed humidity. Hope this was helpful to you and thanks for watching!

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Hi Didi, great questions. You want to avoid anything that is NOT organic or all natural actually which is what most folks recommend, i think maybe you got it mixed around somehow maybe?. What you are looking for is something that has no added chemicals or chemical fertilizers. You can absolutely bake it to sterilize it if you wish to, this is an often debated thing, I personally do not as it destroys any beneficial microbes in the soil and kind of leaves a blank slate for nuisance stuff to take hold more quickly in my experience. I hope this has been helpful for you and please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. Thank you for taking the time to give us a watch!

I have no idea what you are talking about lol but thanks for commenting!

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Yea you def wanna avoid anything with added chemical fertilizers they can be harmful to your inverts. Anything 100 percent organic will do you just fine tho

I've used several different brands and have not noticed any difference. As long as its pure vermiculite with no added fertilizers you should be good to go. The brand i most commonly use is burpee which I get from menards

Ok thank you for your help btw love your video's aswell

@@sharonfloyd3101 thanks Sharon! We really appreciate that and I'm glad we could help

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i honestly am not sure, i dont have any experience with it. sorry i cannot be more helpful there man

The company doesn't really matter so much as not having any chemical fertilizers. Vermiculite and peat moss are just fine as they are pretty uniform across brands, and from what I see looking up the top soil on Google it is an organic blend free of chemical fertilizers so you should be just fine with those. Thanks for watching and supporting us! If you have any other questions at all just drop thrm in the comments and we will always reply 😃

@@HDArachnids So what do you mean by that? Do you recommend this for beginners to this hobby like me and is this safe for slings?

@@K_ZloX you should be absolutely fine using these products, the stuff you want to avoid is soil or any product that has added chemical fertilizer like miracle grow etc. This mix will be just fine for your slings, we use this mix in every one of our enclosures from sling to adult and it has worked fabulously 😃

@@HDArachnids Thanks! The Vermiculite I checked doesn't have any chemicals, the Scotts top soil is Organic and eco friendly (Made of Topsoil, Compost, and manure), the peat moss is the one that Tom Moran uses so yeah.

@@K_ZloX awesome! Glad we could help you out 😃

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