Moss in a crested gecko terrarium?

[bbehring]

I found a good supply, of local (So California) low growing carpet moss, looks like a carpet. I'm putting the finishing touches on my crested gecko terrarium and was thinking of lining the bottom with this stuff. Is this ok? I posted some pics of the find!

[terrestrial_man]

Are you using a purchased moss or a collected moss?
Also are you planning on just having a layer of the moss on the bottom of the tank or what?
Here is a great page on caring for the gecs.
CrestedGecko.com - Crested & Gargoyle

[bbehring]

It is collected moss. Yes, was planning to plant the entire bottom with this moss, kindof like a carpet

[terrestrial_man]

If the collected moss is native occurring in a natural area then you may have problems with it. If a collected moss from a greenhouse then it might do ok provided the g/h temps are in the 70sF day and night. Native mosses are used to nightly temp drops of 15 to 20 degrees or more depending upon time of year. In your gecko setting where your temp is maintained in the 70s F then the moss might become exhausted. What you can do is get enough to grow outside of the gecko tank. use a nursery flat 10x20 standard nursery flats with holes wheatgrass trays barley grass trays from The Sprout House Wheat Grass, Organic Sprouting Seeds, Sprouters, Aero Garden by Aero Grow
and line with artificial felt THE FELT PEOPLE: Durafelt
water with distilled, rain, or r/o water then place your extra moss on top and keep in shady spot and mist if the moss tops look dry as necessary. Then you could simply replace any moss in the tank that is going down with fresh moss. Put the moss from the tank in the spot in the nursery flat where you pulled out the moss that went into the tank. It should revive in a matter of days.

[bbehring]

t' man, this is a great idea. I will proceed in this direction.