
Redoing substrate
Redoing substrate
Hello again I'm probably being a pain ...sorry went out n bought was needed for play sand and eco earth coconut compressed fiber 3 brick pack my 3 hermies was buried under the calcium sand dug them out carefully rinsed them off we dechlorinated water n boy was the big one (edited by moderator) he was clicking up a fit had to get the old sand off so now I'm rebuilding the tank and will let y'all know how it goes...crossing fingers... 

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Re: Redoing substrate
Good luck with the upgrade. Hopefully theres some pics of the completed project?
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Re: Redoing substrate
Good luck!!! 

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Re: Redoing substrate
Best of luck! Post some pictures when done
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Re: Redoing substrate
Well the tank had a remake over I have 5 inches of sand mixed with coconut fiber humidity perfect heat perfect I have a heat pad on back wall with aluminum foil shiny side facing in I just have the basics in tank for right now put hermies in they were active for about a hr then they started going off in different directions the one small one dug down in back corner the other small one in coconut hut n the medium one under drift wood buried a little ...woke up last night looked into tank and seen one of the small ones in the salt water bowl good sign for me ...now in all that said how do I post pics lololol
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Re: Redoing substrate
Sounds great!! You can post pics through the app Tapatalk.Tazz9040 wrote:Well the tank had a remake over I have 5 inches of sand mixed with coconut fiber humidity perfect heat perfect I have a heat pad on back wall with aluminum foil shiny side facing in I just have the basics in tank for right now put hermies in they were active for about a hr then they started going off in different directions the one small one dug down in back corner the other small one in coconut hut n the medium one under drift wood buried a little ...woke up last night looked into tank and seen one of the small ones in the salt water bowl good sign for me ...now in all that said how do I post pics lololol
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Or if its not to style, a image sharing account like flickr also works.
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