Hello from Wales....

[Jon]

I am just in the process of preping the backround foam to add eco earth with silicon. Does anybody know if the substrate added to the silicon needs to be bone dry? I had a block of substrate that needed soaking in water to expand and now is a little damp. Any help would be amazing, cheers

[Whistly]

When I did my background I used dry dirt and when it rained on my bag of organic soil I finished it with damp soil. The damp stuff mostly fell off so I had to redo it. So IMO use dry soil.