Coco Fiber or Peat Moss

[drm1217]

What is better for covering a great stuff background with? I've used peat moss before, and it seemed to work okay. But a lot of people seem to use coco fiber. Does it hold better or is it just more asthetically pleasing? What do you guys use when you are creating backgrounds?

[froggsong]

I usually use peat, if I'm using that sort of technique, because it's cheaper and I don't have to wet it to expand it.

When I'm using a technique like the concrete binder/titebond method, I use peat or coco or a mix of both, it just depends what I have on hand.

Generally, peat is dustier than coco, it's ground up smaller. Coco comes in a larger variety of ... grinds?, like chunks, croutons, fibers, coarsely ground and finely ground, so you can customize what you'd like a little more than with peat.

[dart345]

I use coco mix.... I went to my local hydroponics shop, and already have it in a sterlized bag that is slightly on the moist side.

Here some pics on what it looks like. I prefer using the coco mix, but I am with froggsong on this one, if I had the coco, in a brick form, it be a pain in the but to have to separate ,and then let air out

[froggsong]

dart, make sure that you dry the coco really really well if ever using the silicone method, it has to be super dry or else it will NOT stick to the silicone properly.

[dart345]

I could of sworn that I mention that somewhere in this forum... lol.. yes that is true... no I used the titebond, so I was ok with that..

Yes that silicone its a different story, and that is one more reason why i would go with the titebond method, plus it looks so much better and will last longer.