GamingNGeckos
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Firstly just wanted to say hi to you all i've recently posted in the introduction thread as I joined today.
As my introduction says I will be getting my 1st Reptile on Saturday and I have looked through a lot of information in regards to substrate. I have heard mixed reviews about everything that I've looked into. I spoke with my local store who breads Leopard Geckos, and Bearded Dragons and he has kept his on sand for a while as he had issues with the reptile carpet before. He has mentioned impaction and he says that the sand that he uses is very fine sand and he has not had a problem with it at all.
The tank that I am getting is a 20 long and he is going to build it and do the electrics so in terms of doing that I'm happy that I cannot make any mistakes. I went into the pet stores around us and they all seemed to be in really small tanks with very little space. I have a few ideas about the way that I want things to look but being new to the whole reptile world I think it will be a work in progress.
Although I have registered using the Name GamingNGeckos my name is infact Iain and I'm really glad that i've found a forum which appears to have a lot of knowledgeable people on it and very nice looking geckos.
Was wondering what advice people would give to a newbie, I know the situation with the substrate is likely to cause mixed reviews I can only say that I will of course see how things go and change it if I feel it is needed.
As my introduction says I will be getting my 1st Reptile on Saturday and I have looked through a lot of information in regards to substrate. I have heard mixed reviews about everything that I've looked into. I spoke with my local store who breads Leopard Geckos, and Bearded Dragons and he has kept his on sand for a while as he had issues with the reptile carpet before. He has mentioned impaction and he says that the sand that he uses is very fine sand and he has not had a problem with it at all.
The tank that I am getting is a 20 long and he is going to build it and do the electrics so in terms of doing that I'm happy that I cannot make any mistakes. I went into the pet stores around us and they all seemed to be in really small tanks with very little space. I have a few ideas about the way that I want things to look but being new to the whole reptile world I think it will be a work in progress.
Although I have registered using the Name GamingNGeckos my name is infact Iain and I'm really glad that i've found a forum which appears to have a lot of knowledgeable people on it and very nice looking geckos.
Was wondering what advice people would give to a newbie, I know the situation with the substrate is likely to cause mixed reviews I can only say that I will of course see how things go and change it if I feel it is needed.
