Substrate Notes: Gettin' Ready for Dart Frogs

[geckolord1]

and what deos charcoal do??? add nutrients? areaite it? keep it from clumping?

[Trex22seg]

verry interesting and helpfull but i was wondering wher you get theorchid bark

[boabab95]

you dont need "orchid bark", it's really just fir bark bits... either sold as mulch, or at petstores, under names like "reptibark"... I use reptibark..

[itsdajellyjam]

I noticed people were asking where to get charcoal. I got mine from a local nursery here in Las Vegas, NV called Star Nursery. The brand is called Black Gold and the deal in exotic substrates. Like all substrates I suggest rinsing before use.



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Originally Posted by geckolord1

and what deos charcoal do??? add nutrients? areaite it? keep it from clumping?

It acts as a filter for wastes. Anything with "standing" water (i.e. aquariums, vivariums) should have a carbon source for filtering wastes. Ideally this would work with a water pump or some kind of filtering system. Mainly it keeps a good pH balance by filtering gas wastes. These carbon filter layers are found naturally by either old forest fire or by the synergist saprobes who decompose soil. I would go into the chemistry of how it works but I won't. =P