I bought the blocks of dehydrated substrate (not sure of the exact name as I don't have them right in front of me). But I was told by some reptile 'experts' at a store that it would help to increase humidity. I believe it's a coco based one. I added water to it in a bucket and let it sit and increase in size. I followed the directions, but there was so much excess water that I had to squeeze it out hand by hand. It took forever and it just seems like there would be an easier way to do this. Does any of this even make sense? Where did I go wrong? I will look tomorrow for the name of these blocks.