I swear by bed a beast, I have had some great sucesses using it.
cheers
Lee Ardern
http://www.leeardern.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Is Bed-A-Beast bad?
> 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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