Zoo Med Eco Earth Compressed Coconut Fiber Expandable Reptile Substrate, 3 count

__With the bricks, you have to add lots of water and break them apart, and then wait for it to dry if you don't want to use this wet. __It took about half a day to dry it all in under the sunlight. I spread it out into 3 boxes to give it more surface area and mixed it around throughout the day so that the sun would hit all parts of it, but it still took a very long time to get dry and it actually was still damp by the time my patiece ran out. I decided to just add a highly absorbent bedding to the mix and that helped with the dampness. __I'm using this for my gerbils to have digging fun. They like it a lot. They change the layout of the tank kind of often, from digging in different areas. __I __With the bricks, you have to add lots of water and break them apart, and then wait for it to dry if you don't want to use this wet. __It took about half a day to dry it all in under the sunlight. I spread it out into 3 boxes to give it more surface area and mixed it around throughout the day so that the sun would hit all parts of it, but it still took a very long time to get dry and it actually was still damp by the time my patiece ran out. I decided to just add a highly absorbent bedding to the mix and that helped with the dampness. __I'm using this for my gerbils to have digging fun. They like it a lot. They change the layout of the tank kind of often, from digging in different areas. __I won't buy this again because it's a hassle to use it dry, but I will seek out a version of this that is not in brick form. __I suppose I could have tried baking it in the oven but that is just too much work for me. … more

I bought this for my hermit crabs and it is absolutely perfect! This substrate is nice and thick; it's nearly 3 inches thick in my 20 gallon tank. It takes almost a gallon of water to prime one brick. I primed my brick with InstantOcean and then mixed sand with the substrate and one of my crabs immediately started digging- he loves it!

This is the cheapest you'll find for this product anywhere online. I used 9 bricks or 3 of these value packs to to fill my 4X2 foot tortoise table about 4 inches deep. TIP: if your in a rush and need to prep this bedding for a species that does not tolerate humidity you can use about 1/3 the water that is recommended to expand the bricks. you will end up with a reading around 50% on your hydrometer. Even under regular circumstances i would recommend slowly adding the water because the full recommended amount left mine sopping wet. once its made this product is a dream! my tort is very happy.

I've kept my hermits on this bedding for years. They love to burrow and provides them the perfect moist environment for moulting. Holds mositure which is difficult to accomplish due to air conditioning and a Woodstove. I recommend this bedding to all hermit crab owners

This product was very easy to use. I just put it in a pot with hot water and mixed it together to get rid of clumps. It dries easily and can also create some extra humidity if u spray it every day!

This stuff is such a good value, you get a lot. I use it as a substrate for my plants. It is light and airy. It is compacted so you MUST soak it in water first. I put 1 brick in an old pillow case and put it in the tub, no mess. It then expands up to 8xs the size and u can break it up. It's easy to squeeze excess water out and let it dry.

I just finished setting up my skin's glass tank and my ball python's tub using the bricks. Here is my take on this. It is much cheaper than the loose bags. It also holds humidity much better compared to adding water into the loose coco fiber. However, it was time consuming if you have pets that don't need 80% humidity for hours or a few days after depending on how much ventilation and fiber is used. For the tub (close to a 40 gallon breeder size), I used 1 brick and it was more than a 6 qt bag of loose fiber. It dries to the point where you won't see water when the fiber is squeezed. However, it was still wet to the touch and the bottom of tub/tank remain wet as well. I would say it is I just finished setting up my skin's glass tank and my ball python's tub using the bricks. Here is my take on this. It is much cheaper than the loose bags. It also holds humidity much better compared to adding water into the loose coco fiber. However, it was time consuming if you have pets that don't need 80% humidity for hours or a few days after depending on how much ventilation and fiber is used. For the tub (close to a 40 gallon breeder size), I used 1 brick and it was more than a 6 qt bag of loose fiber. It dries to the point where you won't see water when the fiber is squeezed. However, it was still wet to the touch and the bottom of tub/tank remain wet as well. I would say it is a little less wetter than laundry that was just finished in a washer. Damp enough where it is not soaking but very noticeable. I used a fan on full blast, warmed it with a hair dryer several times, used a heat lamp for hours, etc... It was stubbornly too wet for me. I only added 2 inches of water per brick. I waited almost 8 hours but it was not drying fast enough. I did not put it out in the sun to dry as suggested because of the risk of bugs getting in there due to the hot summer heat. I tried putting my snake in the tub but he was getting wet and so are his hides. Needless to say, the substrate was replaced with aspen. Too much humidity for too long plus any fecal/urine on wet substrate can make my snake sick, and at a risk for scale rot which I do not even want to chance it. Contrary to the tub, it works out okay for my skink's glass tank. He had a lot more ventilation plus heat lamp so his coco fiber is drying. It is still very slow but the humidity has dropped from 80% to 70% by the end of the day. I am not as concerned about my skink (Merauke - high humidity skinks). So overall, I would only recommend this if you have the time to prepare the bricks (20 minutes waiting time), you don't mind getting a little dirty, and you have pets that require high humidity with an enclosure that is ventilated or preferably for reptiles that are arboreal or semi-arboreal (Even some turtles need a dry place to rest and bask). … more

As someone who keeps many reptiles you can never get enough of this product. The best part is it's cheap, easy to store and gives each terrarium a clean and healthy look!

Works great in a box turtle habitat. One brick makes a decent amount. I bought 2 of these packs for our 40 breeder and i think we only used 2.

As a hermit crab owner Eco-Earth is an important substrate to use. I love using the bricks because you can make the water warmer upon setup and my hermit crabs love the warmth of the soil. It also maintains humidity well which is another plus. It's not too hard to dig in so when they need to molt they can easily dig in the ground! Great substrate, I highly recommend this!