I've had this in my tank for a week now and it's doing ok. I have to wet it daily so it's not too dusty. Fresh out the bag it smelled really good. Like a tropical rainforest. The soil itself was slightly moist.

Splinters - this soil has very small splinters, like a dust or hair sized. The first day I used it I noticed it but at first I brushed it off thinking it was maybe a one time thing. But noticed it again later. I was afraid to keep using it because of that. I'm not sure if it was a bad batch or something I've used it in the past before over two years ago and didn't notice it at that time.

Reptisoil is a great product! That's all I use for my snake's substrate. It's always clean & smells great & I've never found foreign objects in it. I get it from Petco because of the great prices & fast shipping!

Bought this soil about 2 weeks ago and it was basically just like any other soil. I settled it on my terrarium and misted it. At first it kind of has an earthy rain smell to it. While i was settling the soil in I had SO many splinters on my hand. There were zero warnings about this. Its also terrible with absorbing water, it doesn’t even absorb water at all! When i tried watering my plants, the water just stayed on top of the soil. I tried to use my hand to mix it in, but the soil just hardened and became compact. Terrible. Days later I started digging through the dirt to place a plant i got. A foul smell started coming from the soil. It smelled like rotten eggs/sulfur, this is probably from my high humidity environment. The bag says it’s for tropical habitats, but i don’t reccomend that. Your soil will smell HORRIBLE. I do not reccomend this product.

When I first got this bag of soil it seemed normal at first, so I settled it into my terrarium. I got so many splinters from this and the splinters were almost invisible and I couldn’t pull them out. I tried watering the soil a bit but that was a terrible mistake. When the soil comes intact with water it hardens and acts like oil seperating from the other dry soil. It’s not good at holding humidity, i do not recommend for using in high humidity environments. Also, the soil had many little mites crawling inside, and they infested my house, to top it all off it smells terribly.

I’ve been using Reptisoil for six months now with no problems. I’m just concerned if it is the right substrate for my Mexican Black King Snake.

Exactly what I needed for my blue-tongued skink substrate.

I thought I had to order this kind of soil online, but PETCO had just what I needed. Great price and a wonderful resource for Carnivores plant lovers ❤️