a long long time ago someone had a cool subsraite and i forgot what it was caled

[ConcinusMan]

Sounds like he was looking for something visually attractive though.

I kinda like natural looking bark substrate/forest terrariums with a water feature. Wouldn't do that for my snakes necessarily though. A large terrarium with perhaps one small garter or live plants and a few frogs/salamanders, but not for keeping snakes. I choose practical, cheap, clean, safe, and healthy over "pretty" any day when it comes to my "babies"!

I was just offering a suggestion.

[drache]

Sounds like he was looking for something visually attractive though.

yes, but I don't think his aesthetic taste is anything like yours

[ConcinusMan]

oh now you're speaking for him. But yeah, I hear you. Like I said, I was only offering one suggestion. Anyway, the mystery has been solved really. The "mystery" substrate was friggen rocks!

[mustang]

oh really? what are they expecting? are the expecting it to look "pretty"?

Anyway, if it must, and you want a natural looking environment, you could probably go with bark substrate and throw in a few artificial plants, logs, etc. and perhaps a hiding cave, and there ya go. Of course, don't forget an under tank heater on one end, and some florescent full spectrum lighting to make it look really nice.

yes PRETTY

[mustang]

somehow I don't think he's going for natural, or he wouldn't be looking for blue and white

carefresh is a good substrate and it does come in colours.

Thankyou

[mustang]

oh now you're speaking for him. But yeah, I hear you. Like I said, I was only offering one suggestion. Anyway, the mystery has been solved really. The "mystery" substrate was friggen rocks!

realy? what was the thread tiltle?

[drache]

realy? what was the thread tiltle?

a long long time ago someone had a cool subsraite and i forgot what it was caled

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I don't think aspen comes in colors... artificial dyes are no good anyways! The less dye you subject your herp to, the better off he/she will be! I would say Reptibark is the "prettiest" terrarium substrate out there, because of the rounded off pieces of bark. Kinda pebbly. you should try it!

[ConcinusMan]

The bark is nice. Especially if you go with a "forest" type theme for your terrarium, ad a (paper, outside) forest backgound, and maybe even a "stair step" type of thing going on in the back, some dry moss, etc. I've kept small garters in a 20 gal long setup like that, with a little clearing and a tiny focused basking light beaming in. For animals that like to burrow in the substrate, it's not a great choice though. It's a bit too pebbly. Go with the smallest size bark you can find and don't forget to make sure that the depth is appropriate.

[mustang]

a long long time ago someone had a cool subsraite and i forgot what it was caled

no the title of the toriginal thread from a long time ago that showed the rocks and said they were rocks