Coco Fiber or ReptiBark?!

[drpkckmurphy22]

Which do you prefer, coco fiber or ReptiBark? Thanks

 

[robin]

i really do not use either. i generally use sphagnum peat and like it. i did buy some cocofiber stuff to use as a substrate for my new coleonyx mitratus though

 

[darkridder]

Neither really. If your gecko is a juvie (under 15g) paper towel is the best option. If the gecko is 16g or larger a mix of sphagnum peat and organic potting soil are a good mix.

 

[Kristi23]

I only use paper towels.

 

[drpkckmurphy22]

Neither really. If your gecko is a juvie (under 15g) paper towel is the best option. If the gecko is 16g or larger a mix of sphagnum peat and organic potting soil are a good mix.

I know that sometimes females will mistake the substrate for egg laying, but I was just going to keep a male with it. Would this be fine?

 

[darkridder]

wouldnt be a problem at all to keep a male or a female on it. There is no problem even housing an egg laying female on it, it is simply just harder to find the eggs that way. The mix of the moss and the potting soil make for a rich growning environement for plant if you wish to make a living viv as the organic soil gives it the growing medium and nutrition while the moss added in helps keep it a bit more airated and also addes nutriants to it. The moss alone can greatly change the pH to a level certain plants do not enjoy (peat moss has a pH of around 4.5-4.8, rather acidic).

 

[drpkckmurphy22]

wouldnt be a problem at all to keep a male or a female on it. There is no problem even housing an egg laying female on it, it is simply just harder to find the eggs that way. The mix of the moss and the potting soil make for a rich growning environement for plant if you wish to make a living viv as the organic soil gives it the growing medium and nutrition while the moss added in helps keep it a bit more airated and also addes nutriants to it. The moss alone can greatly change the pH to a level certain plants do not enjoy (peat moss has a pH of around 4.5-4.8, rather acidic).

I'm not planning on adding live plants. I just wanted something that would hold good humidity. Thanks