stupid question???

[chrisgerman1983]

I feel a little dumb asking, but when you have an organic ground cover, with moss and stuff do you still remove the excrement from, say a crested gecko? or do you let it decompose. my guy only likes pooing on the front glass anyway but just thought i would ask...

[Grimm]

I would clean it out on a regular basis. In the wild animal have waaaaaay more room for doing their business. In a tank, not so much. You wont be able to clean everything out so the natural cycle will still continue, however it wont be overly concentrated with waste.

[chrisgerman1983]

...thats what i figured. i was just looking at some of the elaborate setups and was thinking... they must be a pain to clean!

[beckdg]

not really any harder... changing the substrate for example would be detrimental.

[froggsong]

This can vary widely depending on the animals, their diet, the size of the enclosure compared to the size of the animal, etc etc etc. I rarely clean out my natural tanks. When I had my mixed tank up and running, I never cleaned anything but the water. That tank was HEAVILY planted though, and that's another factor. Another example would be an animal like a water dragon which almost always goes in the water, in that case, you just have to do more frequent water changes.

So, like I said, it all depends, lol...