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I have two great Cresties, Basil and Bannana each about 6-8 months old, a dark harlequin and yellow dalmatian. I have them set up in a twenty gallon tank containing rock cave, logs, fake bendy vines, and a few small fake plants and water bowl. I'm going to be making the tank more natural, which includes removing the paper towels and putting in new substrate and some living plants.(Pothosl;Ficus B.?) I've heard a lot of good things about Bed-a-Beast. Should I use this? I have some sphagnum moss I plan on mixing in. Thanx a bunch for your input!

i use eco-earth ( basically the same thing) in all of my crested cages once they get over 10 grams. it's clean and holds humidity well.
if you're going to plant live plants you will either need to plant them in pots with clean potting soil ( with no pesticides, herbicides,fertilizers, vermiculite, or perlite) otherwise the plants will not have enough stablization or nutrients to grow properly. if you are going to plant them directly in the bottom of the cage you may want to think about layering the substrate similar to what i have done in this picture
there's pea gravel,a layer of fiberglass screen to keep the upper layers from bleeding down, 1:2 sand to soil mixture, then soil, then a layer of eco earth. the ONLY reason i put in the eco earth is because the geckos for me usually do not dig past it, and it is clean. i won't find a gecko all covered in dirt/mud if it decides to venture towards the bottom.
there are many other options for materials used in the layering, so check them out.
Andrew