BIODUDE The Bio Dude Terra Aranea 6 quarts Bioactive Substrate for Tarantulas, Scorpions, Isopods and Millipedes Terrarium and Vivarium

This substrate comes highly recommended by just about every notable tarantula keeper out there and so far, I see why. It seems to have everything you could need in it. Holds moisture nicely. Holds its shape well for spiders that need to burrow. The size of the ingredients is suitable for even tiny slings. And the organic material is useful for keeping CUC happy too. (Added dried leaves and such to mine as well.) I’ve had 0.5” Cyriocosmus slings on this for around three weeks so far and everything seems well. I noticed a little bit of mold growing up near one of the water dishes but I hadn’t added any springtails at that point. Added temperate springtails and now everything seems balanced. Nothing funky growing anywhere. Slings seem happy, so I’m happy. My only issue is that I had to order this via Amazon in the first place, to avoid the crazy shipping rates. Around $25-$26 just for supplies, no live bugs, animals or plants, and regardless of the weight/contents of the package. Yikes. Hopefully The Bio Dude gets enough traffic to be able to find/qualify for lower shipping costs. I’d love to use affiliate codes to also help support creators like Tarantula Collective but I can’t justify $25 shipping for supplies when the cost to ship live (non-venomous) critters/plants elsewhere is almost half that. 😞 This substrate costs more on Amazon, but it’s still cheaper ordering here than if I had to pay shipping ordering direct from The Bio Dude. (For just this substrate: $35+ via the website, or $26-ish, after tax, via Amazon.) Especially considering I only have three, tiny slings at the moment and don’t need enough supplies to make it balance out.

I am no soil/substrate expert but this stuff seems really nice. I recently decided to purchase a curly hair tarantula and wanted the best stuff I could find prior to getting my tarantula. This way everything would be set up snd ready to go for my new pet. He or she burrowed right down in and seems to be happy. I wish I had purchased the larger bag for future substrate changes. I will next time. Thank you for the quick shipping.

Love this soil it just right

good dirt

Great substrate for bio active habitats. I use this with my Crested Geckos that have isopods.