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04-Nov-06, 07:53 PM
|  | IrRegular Member Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 17  | | |
hey everyone, ive heard about using just about every substrate for beardys- red sand, white sand( that kids one), newspaper, bark, breeders choice paper pellets, marine carpet,astro turf and rocks (fish substrate).
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04-Nov-06, 07:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: medowie / near newcastle | | |
ive used all sorts of stuff but now i just use news paper....its safe and easy to clean 
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04-Nov-06, 08:03 PM
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i no its safe and and easy... but its unattractive.
ive got news paper at the moment but want to change to red sand.
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04-Nov-06, 08:18 PM
|  | Electrical Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Inner-West Sydney Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
dont use the aquarium gravel... its a pain in the hole to clean.. atm in my python enclosures im using breeders choice ontop of a single piece of newspaper... i've never kept anything apart from pythons so i dunno all too much about them.. perhaps pine bark? or those eco-earth bricks i've seen at a couple of pet shops and also on animal attraction i believe but i could be wrong.
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04-Nov-06, 08:19 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: lala land Age: 32 | | | |
theres a calcium or vitamin sand available im not to sure on the details of it but im guessing it is safer than normal sand and is meant for ingestion has anyone else heard of or used it?
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04-Nov-06, 09:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 20 | | | |
i use washed river sand in my tanks, never had any problems (5 years). i think calcium based sands can cause impaction problems as they intentionally eat it to get calcium out of it. if u use a silica or quartz based sand u should be right. jmo
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04-Nov-06, 09:29 PM
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i use breeders choice in my pythons too, soo sand is ok? beach, river, nursery or what 1 is best
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04-Nov-06, 09:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 20 | | | |
well i get washed river sand, can buy it in 40kg bags from bunnings for round $5. had no problems with it.
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04-Nov-06, 09:33 PM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender: | | | |
Sand is fine, I usually use washed river sand, looks better then paper, but needs more maintenace and the beardies can bury their crap and smells can accumulate if note regularly spot cleaned and sieved occasionally
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04-Nov-06, 09:35 PM
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ill clean it well.
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04-Nov-06, 09:45 PM
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i went to my local bunnings today and couldnt see any river sand.
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04-Nov-06, 09:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 20 | | | |
its usually in the timber yard area, near the concrete and cement stuff
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04-Nov-06, 09:49 PM
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oh ok thanks
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04-Nov-06, 09:50 PM
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i just looked near the garden section.
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04-Nov-06, 09:54 PM
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Go to any garden supply store and take a big bag or bucket, they will have several sand types and colours to choose from
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