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#715405
Acarlisle
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Emergency - please help!!! 
I am getting my geckos on sat. - however i need to get my substrate in my tank so i can do a temperaturehumidity annalysis. i was told it would keep the dirt from drying out!
Here is my question - I was researching when i was told to use a small layer (1/2" - 3/4") of clean gravel backfull, add water to it - then place a layer of cheesecloth over the backfill and water - and finally place in my peatmoss/pottingsoil (w/o vermiculite) to fill up to a total of 1-1/2" to 2"
Does this sound like it would be my best option for a peatmoss/soil mix?
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03/29/06 03:50pm
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#715408
Acarlisle
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Message To: Acarlisle In reference to Message Id: 715405
Emergency - please help!!!
*correction* - I ment that i was told that it would be easier to keep humidity if i use layered substrates like described!!!!
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03/29/06 03:52pm
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Rae rae
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Message To: Acarlisle In reference to Message Id: 715408
Emergency - please help!!!
hi i’m from the leopard gecko forum. however i have been around a gargoyle before. the substrate we used was a mixture of bed-a-beast, bark, and moss. this seemed to work just fine. we misted the tank 2x a day and he did just fine.
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12/31/06 08:06pm
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#1114039
Slygecko
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Message To: Rae rae In reference to Message Id: 1114026
Emergency - please help!!!
You don’t necessarily need a substrate. Rhacs can be kept perfectly fine on a paper substrate. The setup you describe works too, but unless you are planting directly into the dirt, the gravel underlayer is just unnecessary. I think a common misconception exists when people read the humidity requirements of rhacs, and think that they need a humidity level of 60-80% or some other number all the time. They don’t. As long as your house isn’t exceptionally dry, a heavy spray-down once a day in the evening is sufficient. They humidity in the cage spikes, and drys out over the course of the day. This is better than trying to obtain all-humid-all-the-time conditions, which has been known to cause mold and respiratory conditions.
So, the setup you describe is fine, but unnecessary if you want to save yourself some trouble.
Cheers,
Nick
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12/31/06 08:18pm
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