Thanks Colin for your reply. Can I ask, do you just buy straight peat from like a garden centre of is it special stuff? When you put it in the acquarium do you need to pack it down hard or leave it loose? Do I mix in hay? For the others who responded to me and suggested peat may be dangerous and cause cave-ins - can I do this set up with another substance you could recommend? I have them on wood shavings at the moment but they are useless for them to tunnel in, they can only move the stuff about and live on the surface, since woodshavings do not compact down, its like digging in a pile of feathers. Beki Mom to Milly, Molly and Mandy cj.morris wrote: I use a peat based set-up and it works fine if it's changed monthly....to save the peat drying out too quickly and being so damp as to cause condensation on the glass I add about a third of a bag of chinchilla dust (sepiolite) (it seems to soak up the excess moisture and release it over time) to it before I place it in the tank...I also have quite a few pieces of bogwood placed securely to help form the tunnels...the tunnels they dig do support themselves but due to their constant digging etc. they don't lastlong.cj.morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Peat Bedding Question Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 02:23:10 +0100 I use a peat based set-up and it works fine if it's changed monthly....to save the peat drying out too quickly and being so damp as to cause condensation on the glass I add about a third of a bag of chinchilla dust (sepiolite) (it seems to soak up the excess moisture and release it over time) to it before I place it in the tank...I also have quite a few pieces of bogwood placed securely to help form the tunnels...the tunnels they dig do support themselves but due to their constant digging etc. they don't last long... if you have any questions, just let me know. cheers Colin _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
