I don't recommend sand. I don't know what the reptile carpet is like, so I can't tell you anything about that. I have ceramic tile and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. I can't recommend it enough.
i love reptile carpet.it is super easy to clean i just hose it off in the shower then soak it in bleach water for 10 min then rinse real well.it dries pretty quick i use a clothes pin and clip it to a hanger from its corner and all the water drains from it quick.
I just set Swordtail's timer for his bath and paused it so I could actually fill his soaking bowl up and he crawled over my phone and canceled the timer
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!