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Hi everyone,

I've heard that the substrate color and the amount of lighting a gecko receive will affects its appearance; is this true? I bought a hypo tang from a friend about a year ago, she was bright orange when I got her (she's about 10 months then), but quickly in about 2 months time, the 'brightness' is gone and she developed spots here and there; and remained like this then. I talked with my friend, and he said he'd always kept her in a dark place and covered the side of her tank so she can't see other geckos.

Is this really the reason why she is developing spots now? since I give her about 12 hrs light a day (she does have hides in her tank). About substrate color, is this a factor to consider? how will she look if she is on a light colored substrate vs a dark colored substrate (she is on black now)?

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this is how she looks when I got her.

and this is how she looks now.
BTW, how do you post multiple pics? tried the imc=" thing, but didn't work?

at the beggining it was a SHTCT and now it is a HTCT. To post multiple pics just hit return after you type in the link for the first pic.
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The warmer, or hotter your tank is the brighter the gecko is, or less pigment. Maybe your tank wasnt warm enough and the black pigment settled...
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