The great substrate debate!!

[spend_day]

Water and pebbles for my fbn

eco earth and potting soil for my fire sal

just water for my baby mandarin sals

[alnessman]

Originally Posted by alnessman

I will be using playsand when they go into their new viv

change my mind now have slate tiles in my beardies viv

[bobbingalong]

Hi all
I voted other as at present beardie on kitchen roll but when older will go on mixture of sand stone with playsand in the gaps

[buddy]

with babies i use kitchenroll or repti carpet with my adults they are currently on playsand but changing to tiles in next couple of weeks

xx

[shotokan]

birdcage sandpaper for me beardie

[the-tick]

Originally Posted by shotokan

birdcage sandpaper for me beardie

I've been thinking about that for my leo................

[Aquilus]

None are listed!

Newspaper for the big burm
Shredded aspen for the baby coastals
Shredded coconut husk (eco-earth) for the crestie viv

[Faith]

Lino, tiles, kitchen roll, ONLY never any sort of loose substrate for the leos even with D having so many years experiance i would NEVER risk it.
Although we are looking in to the new clay stuff on the market i want to see what its like first if it goes hard etc etc etc

[Horness]

Exo Terra desert sand at the moment for our Leo's.

I'm thinking of swapping out for tiles at the next change though. Anyone got any recommendations, as I presume they need to be quite thin for the heat to pass through.

Horness

[debcot1]

i choose tiles all the way.
a bad experience put me off using substrate of any kind. tiles are safe, look nice, clean easy and you dont get any pesky crix hiding like you do with kitchen roll!!!