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What do you all use for your leos tanks? I am using vita-sand right now & I hate it b/c it gets the whole tank, including my leos, dusty & dirty looking. I was wondering what other good options their are out there, besides the sands or paper towels?

1. Broken glass
2. Rusty nails
3. Duct tape, sticky side up
4. Toilet paper, used or not used is up to you
5. Orange Juice

I have used all of the above for years, with no problems.

P.S. If you use any of these, YOU'RE a MORONNNNNN. lol

Stick with

1. Paper towel
2. Outdoor carpet ( My Choice)
3. Slate
4. Calcium sand ( I avoid because educated people say it is bad, and who am I to argue)

Peace

Kelli if I wasnt married, I'd pimp myself out to get one of your awesome geckos.

Jeff

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Well I use a topsoil/playsand mix right now in case they want to dig around a little bit and it seems more comfortable for the geckos. I tried slate/tile and it looked good but I found it hard to clean when my male decided to poop in a different spot(I had a paper towel in his normal spot). So, there are many choices and I would say use whatever you think will benefit you and your geckos the most. There are a couple you shouldn't use though here are some: ground walnut shells(ESU desert blend lizard litter), calcisand(I personally don't think it would be good to a substrate that the geckos might want to eat and it has been known to impact just as badly as regular sand and there might even be more of a chance of impaction with it than regular sand), well there are probably more but I can't think of any right now.
~ophidius
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its a compressed brick made of ground cocunut shells. It holds moisture very well, and can be used dry for the substrate of the tank. Its very cheap, one brick costing about $4, and a three pack for $10 (pricing from LLLReptile), digestible, and looks pretty nice. The only reason I changed was because newspaper is cheaper and it won't get into the water bowl or the food dish which can get very tedious when you have a large number of cages to clean.

Are you sure its digestable?

Just doesn't seem like ground coconut husks would an impaction proof substrate.
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I think what he means is that they pass it. I agree that it is not 100% impaction proof. That being said, I have used it in all my lay boxes for the past 4 years without incident. They consume it regularly and pass it.
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I don't know if it is completely digestable though. The cover says it's digestable, but thats no guarantee. I'm sure if the gecko would continually eat it, then they could get impacted, but I think that would be harder then you think. It's a pretty natural substrate, think of it as really good dirt. I too use it for the laying boxes, and it holds moisture for a good 5-7 days, sometimes more.

thedth

...not as much as Saffron. She says "AHHHHH" its all in the belly heat.