Hi,
I've really benefited from this forum as lurker over the past six months and I'm hoping for a bit of reassurance. We keep our firebellies in a ten gallon tank and today we redid it with live plants, a new sand like substrate called Sera floredepot, and some new rocks and driftwood. I'm concerned for two reasons, one as soon as we put them in the new home they started squeaking-- previously they have never made a peep, and two the new substrate is concerning me. I went to our locally owned aquarium/ reptile store and the manager there assured me the substrate would both prevent the problems from them swallowing larger gravel and provide a good home for the plants. It has little pill like things in it though and that worries me. I've looked online and haven't found any horror stories, but I'm still questioning myself about it.

What do you all think-- is the squeaking just stress and the substrate fine or have I made a mistake somewhere? Also, in case you are wondering, they both ate and ummm . . . snuggled as usual in their new home.