Seeking advice about getting my tank ready

[kyahbean]

OK, so I am nearing the time when I'll have a fatty to put in the tank, and I wanted to make sure that I had everything ready and properly set up. This is my first gecko and most of what I have I learned from care sheets and reading on this forum.

Here is the tank setup:

The bottom of the tank is actually slate, and underneath the slate is a heating pad. The heater heats the slate very evenly. Then I have green reptile carpet down over the whole bottom. There is one light centered on the wood and the cave, which I thought would make a good basking spot. Then I just have the cricket feeder, water dish, and then a hollow rock I was going to put this in:

And wet that and keep that spritzed daily with water as a constant moist hangout for the gecko.

Is this an ok setup? Am I missing anything? Is there anything I should know about, or do differently?

Thanks!

 

[CountGecko]

Looks good to me, Don't have a fatty (going to get one though) they pretty much need the same set up as the Leos just a little more humidity. I'm not sure if moss is safe if eaten, one of my geckos was scared of it and the other tried to eat it so I stopped using it, may not hurt them but I wanted to be sure.

I've heard you can use Perlite or Vermiculite but wait for some one to confirm that before useing it. After I get my Leos tank set up I plan to set up a 20 gal Viviuim sub tropical habitat with real plants for a fatty, if you ever decide to set up one I can help.

 

[Ashleigh]

Thats a beautiful set up for your fat tailed gecko, you have a moist hide, a hide,water dish, something for it to climb on it, a thermo(remember those things are 5 degrees off). The digital one is nice, flukers.

I'm sure you have calcium VD3 to right? dust them lightly twice a week(the food) and light as in salt and pepper dusting.
Make sure you give your fatty a variety of bugs, not just crickets. kingworms,silks,horns(make sure they are small for the fatty to eat though),meal worms, super worms,crickets(when you gut load them),butter worms,phx worms...basically any of these bugs are high is protein and low in fat. Wax worms as treats since the worm eats honey in the wild, they are fattning for them.