Partial Soil change????????

[ghostsaw]

I was wondering if a partial soil change every so often is a good or bad idea. Maybe I have had fish for two long.....

 

[ghostsaw]

I forgot to add that I was referring tigers in the dirt kinda thing and not a axie in a tank kinda thing

 

[Jan]

I moved this thread from the Advanced Topics section to this Salamander Help section.

For my tigers, I like to completely change substrate every 6 weeks and spot clean every few days to remove feces if present. If you do a search of this forum you will see that some keepers change every 3 months, some every 6 months and some once a year. Here is our Caudata Culture caresheet which addresses substrate change:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_tigrinum.shtml

 

[Kaysie]

I usually do a 50% change in the spring and fall. I also spot-clean, have some live plants, and a healthy culture of springtails to help break down waste.

 

[ghostsaw]

thanks