Zoo Med Eco Earth Compressed Coconut Fiber Substrate, 9 Bricks
$26.22
Price: $26.22
(as of Apr 16, 2025 08:50:05 UTC – Details)
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Zoo Med Naturalistic Flora is a life-like foliage to enhance your Terrarium or Paludarium. It provides privacy and shelter for your animal. Encourages natural drinking response and is water resistant.
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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 12 x 8.25 x 6.5 inches; 12.87 Pounds
Date First Available : February 4, 2016
Manufacturer : Zoo Med
ASIN : B00TNLIANQ
Ideal for naturalistic terrarium type set-ups incorporating reptiles, amphibians, or invertebrates
Use it damp for tropical species as it naturally absorbs and breaks down odor and waste products
Ideal substrate for all types of reptiles, amphibians, small animals or insects
Naturally absorbs and breaks down odor and waste products
Customers say
Customers find this coconut fiber substrate to be of good quality, particularly suitable for tortoises and ball pythons, and appreciate its value for money. The product effectively holds humidity and is easy to use, with one customer noting that one brick goes a long way. While some customers find it super easy to clean, others mention it comes with dirt.
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Charles Ross –
A great deal on a large quantity of substrate.
The three packages of three bricks was a great deal for the price! The substrate bricks cover a lot of enclosure bottom. I was able to do the substrate in a 40 Breeder tank, approximately 2-3 inches deep with two bricks. It is fine ground substrate, not thick heavy pieces of husk, there are fiber pieces and some chunks but not a lot of them. These have worked out great for my snakes. The substrate also holds moisture fairly well which makes it good for enclosures requiring higher humidity.
K.Stanford –
Good stuff
I purchased these for a duel purpose. We have a box turtle and have been using this type of bedding for her for about 3 years now. It is GREAT bedding, it processes her waste and degrades all by itself, we haven’t had to clean out her house since we started using it. It has little to no smell. Depending on how large and how dirty the turtle is will depend on how often you need to ADD bedding. We put a brick in a large pot with about 1 to 1.5 gallons of water and let it sit overnight then dump into her house. Sometimes we need to add more water depending on the weather. About once a week when it starts to dry out (again depending on your weather) we pour more water over the bedding. We’ve had it really wet and really dry and it works really well either way. The bedding moisture MUST suit your turtle.The other use – is rooting mixture. I put a bit of rooting hormone into about a gallon of water and then drop a brick into the pot. The next morning I have a beautiful soil for rooting my plants. The soil goes into a baggie the plant to be rooted goes into the baggie and the baggie is then sealed with electrical tape or gardeners tape. You want a soft tape so as not to hurt your cutting.This stuff works REALLY REALLY well.
Jeremy V. –
Talk about a literal brick
But once you get it wet it expands and boom youâre good! This stuff is incredible and Iâm glad I found it so cheap on here!!! I prefer to use coconut over Aspen and other substrate for my pythons because it holds the humidity better. This stuff is the bees knees. I will continue to buy boxes at a time.
Amazon Customer –
Absolute Best Value Anywhere
These bricks work great because they don’t take up a lot of room for shipping/storage and expand easily. We have a 90 gal tank and we use all 9 bricks (3 packs of 3 bricks) and it’s perfect for our tortoise. When we used to buy the bags, we needed 3 of the big bags and they were $20-35 each at the pet store. These 9 bricks are the same, but they are $28 total! It’s very easy to clean. We bought a kitty litter pooper scooper and just use that. We have a 12″ diameter red footed tortoise. I would say to replace entire bedding every 3-4 months ideally, but we have gone as long as 6 months. Waiting that long is not recommended because these little gnats start appearing right around 4-5 months.
Barbie D –
Great reptile substrate!
We use this to blend with composted soil and leaves to create bedding for our turtles and tortoises.
briana schoner –
Good value for your $$
I love this stuff. I use it for a dirt box for my female chameleon when she lays eggs and as substrate for her plants. It works super well. I was going to use it for my Ball Python but just before I got it my snake developed scale rot and the vet recommended not using coconut fibers for her bedding and using paper towels and newspaper in order to keep her enclosure clean to prevent bacteria growth. I love this stuff. Kinda bummed my snake can’t use it tho.Also, you get a really good value for your money vs buying a single size. Do reccomend
Levi Gephart –
Plan ahead
I didnât take into account how long this would take to rehydrate then dry out- the whole process took half a day. I have a ball python, the the bedding canât be too wet.
axmcknz –
Messy, but worth it for the price
Keep in mind you will need a bucket or tub to keep the product in to add water and allow it to expand. It’s hard to transfer from one container to another. However, the amount for the price is amazing and I love the quality of this stuff for my corn snake (sometimes mixed with forest floor to add more texture/variety to my snake’s terrarium). I often mist the top layer after it starts to dry out to keep the humidity levels appropriate.