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    Is my pictus gecko terrarium setup good or not?

    The set up looks good. From my experience with that repti bark, or any large chunky substrate is that the insects your feeding hide in between the chunks and the geckos have a hard time finding them. I also have my pictus in a forest floor style set up. One thing that no care sheet ever told me...
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    Changing habitats for my crested gecko

    Start with checking out Josh's Frogs website. Josh's Frogs How-To Guides » Blog Archive » Terrarium, Vivarium, and Habitat Information They cover everything you need to know about the best way to build your vivarium. I have found this to be the most in depth yet concise and easy to under stand...
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    Thermostat Necessary?

    A thermostat is over kill, I use lamp dimmers Shop Lutron Credenza 1.5-Amp Black/Gloss Slide Dimmer at Lowes.com , (I got mine for $2 each because they were on clearance) inline with the zoo med under tank heaters on all 5 of my tanks. I checked the temps with a zoo med temp gun and dialed back...
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    New Crestie, what morph is it? Does it look healthy enough?

    Buckskin . A harlequin has extreme contrast of colors, usually in crested geckos it would be something like a dark base color with light orange accents, such as that.
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    Moss for pictus geckos?

    In my female pictus tank, I set it up as a naturalistic forest floor. I use moss from out in the woods behind my house in New Jersey. I sterilized it as best I could. The first species of moss didn't survive I think it was too much light ( 75 watt 5000K bulb 8 inches above for 6 hours a day) but...
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    Heat mat and hydroballs

    I have a zoomed 8" x 12" heat mat in my 18"long x 18"wide exoterra that covers just under 1/3 of the tank. It has 1 inch of hydro balls at the bottom of the tank. Then on the 1/3 side of the tank I have a medium size zoomed Repti Shelter Repti Shelter? 3 in 1 Cave as the humid hide, placed...
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    New Pictus owner, questions and strange observations.

    Back in May of 2013 I purchased 2 unrelated Pictus from a local breeder (Rhachouse.com). One being around a month old(male) and the second being around 2 months old(female). Their diet consist of gut-loaded; either crickets, dubia nymphs, phoenix worms every day. dusted with Miner-all(no d3)...
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