Hi everyone.

I'm new here as well, and look forward to some kindness from y'all. I've got a reeeeal little guy with blue-green stripes. Kind of nervous about treating him right and I hope this place will help out.

Quick question: most of his tank is dry substrate. I have the requisite water dish, rock, thermometer, heater, etc. and it all seems to work great.

One feature I have is a shallow dish of coconut shavings that are slightly moistened with water (not drenched). He goes all over the place, but really seems to like this one area of slightly moist substrate in his tank. The rest is dry.

I've read here that substrate should be dry, but since he seems to like it so much and spends plenty of time on the dry stuff, do you think this is an ok way to go?

Just wondering....

Thanks,

-- Whit