is there ANY substrate that...

I dont really get it, so you have a bunch of slate rocks....how do you arrange them in the tank? and were do you get them? and how many would you need?

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

what about the coconut husk stuff that comes in a brick?

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Im guessing your refering to coco fiber(bed a beast), that is not good for leos, it is ment for species with higher hummidity requirements, I use it for my AFT and tokays, love it for them. Some people use it for humid hides or as egg box substrate for leos but thats it..

Well, you can always smash up a few different colors of slate and make a mosaic on the bottom of the tank. That would look awesome. Just grout it in(like you would a shower) and let it set for a few days and that's that :)

Heres a couple of my tanks with ceramic tile inside them. Hope this helps, it looks really nice and is so easy to keep clean.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../Geckos062.jpg
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You can grout them, or just get them cut to fit snug in the tank. Either way works.

Some things you will want to consider though, the bottom of the tile isn't flat. It has little squares on it. So you will get air pockets of hot air underneath and sometimes it won't heat evenly. You can either use fine sifted play sand underneath the tiles or papertowel underneath the tile to disperse the heat evenly.

Also, make sure there are not sharp edges so little toes don't get injured. If you have to have them cut to size make sure you measure the insides of the tank and don't go by the demension of the tank. It never works out that way.

I've had bad experience with loose substrate with reptiles. The only time I've used loose substrate now was with Zim, my corn snake because she liked to burrow. Now she's back on newspaper.

I had a bearded dragon on crushed walnut substrate (my mom did it, not me) and Tyke got impacted. Vet appointments, warm soaks, injesting oils to aid the passage of the substrate, no food, giving water by way of fingertip or dropper, and after all of that, surgery. He was put to sleep after the surgery because he wouldn't make it more than a day. So since leopard geckos fair even worse with loose substrate, I wouldn't risk it.

in the past i have used ground corn cob stuff...,never had any problems...then i switched to this moss that i found growing on rocks behind my house up the mountain and itwas great to hold humidity. if you go out romping in the woods and come across some..give it a whirl...