Excavator clay

Tamara

Tamara

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I don't like it, we have tried it a few years ago and ended up with all orange gecko's.., it took them a few shed's to get it back out as well, can't be healthy if you ask me.
 
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majahawt

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I have excavator in 1/3 of a tank, the rest is tile. I haven't had any problems with discolouration or anything. I don't think my gecko digs a lot in it but he REALLY loves sleeping over at it! I made some small bumps and caves and he uses the bumps as pillows and lays all flat with just his head in the caves. I had a problem with him digging so much that it was keeping me up at night but after I put the excavator in, there have been no problems with that :3
 
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AstrikB

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Ok those are all great replies! I wonder how hard is it to get out of a tank if you wanted to redo a section.
 
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majahawt

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AstrikB said:
Ok those are all great replies! I wonder how hard is it to get out of a tank if you wanted to redo a section.
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I'm actually going to be doing that (hopefully) within this week, so I can get back to you on that. I need to replace my backgrounds so the excavator has to come out and be put back in. AFAIK it should be simple to get out once you moisten it enough but I guess we'll see >:3
 
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AstrikB

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Ok that sounds great! Let me know how it goes! I would assume it would soften up with water and can be rearranged and stuff. i was wanting to make part of a 50 gal tank with the clay but leos are in the tank and it would be a pain to set up another temporary tank until the clay dried. Such decisions!
 
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majahawt

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AstrikB said:
Ok that sounds great! Let me know how it goes! I would assume it would soften up with water and can be rearranged and stuff. i was wanting to make part of a 50 gal tank with the clay but leos are in the tank and it would be a pain to set up another temporary tank until the clay dried. Such decisions!
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IKR, you're supposed to let it dry for like at least 24 hours before you put the animals back in but I just let it dry for a few hours, then put him back in. He didn't wanna be in it anyway since excavator has to be on the cold side, it was all cold and moist
 
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majahawt

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I got the new backgrounds today so I had to remove the excavator aaaaand... It was pretty easy! I had to put a lot more water on it than I thought but once I got it wet enough, I could just scoop it out (with a big... plastic scoop... thing). I have tile in the rest of the tank, so this time I only put excavator back in the gap I'm left with on the cold side (cause the tiles don't cover the entire tank) to make it easier to clean. I feel a bit bad for Donut because he loved the way it was but I guess he'll just have to deal with it :3
 
GeckoGuy2142

GeckoGuy2142

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We used Excavator to cover foam blocks that we sculpted into a hill and valley like formation. So far no problems with it.

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