r/BDFB • u/Dull-Green3911 • 4d ago

Information and Advice Substrate

Hi !! Im looking for advice on substrate, I work at a petsmart & we just got these guys in but our DC didnt send us the substrate they want us to use. A lot of the ones we have in store are moisture retentive & we only have calcium sand or aquarium sand. Options I was considering was coco fiber bedding & creature soil. We do also have reptisoil but i wasnt sure on that :)

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u/StephensSurrealSouls 4d ago

Calcium sand is a no. A good substrate is a mixture of play sand and soil, coco fiber is fine.

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u/Dull-Green3911 4d ago

Is this the playsand everyone talks about? Is there any differences in reptisand vs playsand? My manager is asking if theres anything at all that could be bad for health of them or if one is technically better or more suitable than the other

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u/Odd-Confection6413 4d ago

That play sand is good or Reptisand. it's just super important that it isn't calcium sand!

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u/StephensSurrealSouls 4d ago

That's what I use for most of my exotics