T-Rex Forest Bed
Expandable Substrate
Coconut fiber is a really wonderful substrate. Our
crabs seem to prefer it to sand for molting, though they like
seem to like sand better for digging and tunneling. It breaks
down hermit crab waste, helps keep the crabitat humid, and can
be used to grow real plants in your crabitat if desired. The downside
to this substrate is that it's very messy and sticks to things.
Due to this messiness, I prefer to keep the water and food dishes
on another substrate (in our tank, sand).
The other downside to this substrate is its tendency
to mold, but this can be greatly reduced by using salt water to
rehydrate it.
Forest Bed is my favorite brand of coconut fiber
substrate as every time we have gotten it, it has expanded quickly.
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