For my own part, I tend to shy away from Bed-a-Beast. The concept is quite
promising, but I found that the smell is over-powering and that it promotes
fruit fly populations. I've never had fruit flies in my house, but within
a day or so, the tank with Bed-a-Beast was swarming with them. I suspect
the fruit-flies came from the product itself, but that is not something I
can immediately prove or disprove.
Jonathan
At 07:11 PM 2/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Is the Bed-A-Beast bedding bad to use for little geckoes?
>
>I have read a few articles that say it's bad while others recommend it. The
>only alternative (at least, the only natural or attractive one) is aragonite
>(calcium carbonate) sand used in marine aquariums. It's also sold as Play
>Sand.
>Anyway, I hope someone can give me some help. I think I'll strip my tank of
>the Bed-A-Beast later tonight and drop in some paper towels. Tomorrow I'll
>buy some of the aragonite. It is expensive. Is there something better?
>
>If you need to know:
>1) The geckoes are baby Bibrons
>2) Bed-A-Beast is made of coconut husk
>
>Jupiter
>PS This all came about when I saw my geckoes eat some bedding with the
>crickets.
>
>Come and see my Reef:
>http://members.home.net/jupiter.from.space/
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