NashansCamos
Chameleon Enthusiast
Is woodchips or peat a suitable substrate for BSFL? if not is there a list of suitable substrates that i can see?
Suitable substrate for BSFL?
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Haley Hendrix
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I believe on Linda’sgonebuggie she sells different substrates for different bugs.
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
LOLOLOLOLOL
wheat bran
corn meal
cracked corn
alfalfa meal
Guinea pig pellets
chicken feed pellets
goat feed pellets
horse cookies
coffee grounds
peat moss
High gluten dough
Also pro tip if you are are making your own container, the media should be placed on a stainless steel fine (not window screen) mesh/hardware cloth for drainage. So the easiest is get a tote, cut out the bottom, attach the stainless, and then place it in an identical tote, this makes like a 1" gap and keeps moisture/smell in. If you do it wrong its going to smell like a compost/dung heap, If you drain it right it will smell almost sweet/bread like.
wheat bran
corn meal
cracked corn
alfalfa meal
Guinea pig pellets
chicken feed pellets
goat feed pellets
horse cookies
coffee grounds
peat moss
High gluten dough
Also pro tip if you are are making your own container, the media should be placed on a stainless steel fine (not window screen) mesh/hardware cloth for drainage. So the easiest is get a tote, cut out the bottom, attach the stainless, and then place it in an identical tote, this makes like a 1" gap and keeps moisture/smell in. If you do it wrong its going to smell like a compost/dung heap, If you drain it right it will smell almost sweet/bread like.
Thatwizard420
Chameleon Enthusiast
dubia roaches ships them in fine pecan shell.. Kind of like that substarte you find at the store for beardies
NashansCamos
Chameleon Enthusiast
are woodchips ok?
NashansCamos
Chameleon Enthusiast
bump?
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
I keep my bsfl in slightly moistened coco coir.
Wood chips
Short answer no.
Long answer no-ish.
Almost every type of wood will have natural chemicals that are harmful for insects. Cedar, cypress, pine, fir, and other strong smelling chips are a hard no. Rule of thumb if you can smell the chip, then it is bad. The rest of the wood you would use will simply break down to quickly to be any use. Anything that will last, will be bad to use. Remember trees store toxins in their fibers, so any pesticides and toxins will be given to your culture.
Basically nothing you can get that will make a substrate is going to be as cheap as peat or coco coir.
Short answer no.
Long answer no-ish.
Almost every type of wood will have natural chemicals that are harmful for insects. Cedar, cypress, pine, fir, and other strong smelling chips are a hard no. Rule of thumb if you can smell the chip, then it is bad. The rest of the wood you would use will simply break down to quickly to be any use. Anything that will last, will be bad to use. Remember trees store toxins in their fibers, so any pesticides and toxins will be given to your culture.
Basically nothing you can get that will make a substrate is going to be as cheap as peat or coco coir.
