Playsand/Bed-a-Beast substrate... "Mix by weight?"

[autumnglory]

I've been following the care sheet on the RT main page, and got myself a brick of Bed-a-Beast-ish coconut coir and a 10 lb bag of play sand.  Here I find myself confused.  The site says "One "brick" of Bed-A-Beast and an equal volume of play sand by weight (about 2" deep)" - is this DRY coconut coir weight, or WET cc weight?   

I want to make sure I do it right... I'm assuming that erring on the side of more coconut coir is better, since sand isn't great by itself.  Ideas?   

[Jules]

Yes,  you are correct.

I generally mix the sand in until it looks more like dirt than coir.  I don't know by weight, but it would be wet.

[Jenn]

I add the coconut coir first and then add the sand.
I perfere more coir than sand.

[flounderyellow]

By weight is supposed to be the way to do it, but I never have time to figure it out. So I put a layer of coir down and then cover it with sand. I repeat this until I have the depth I need and then mix it all together. It has worked so far. The only problem I have, as I do one side at a time, is keeping either of my guys out of my way. They love to walk through new substrate and get in my way