Substrate idea!!

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JexTrex

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I'm new to owning a bearded dragon, just got her in March and plan on getting a male pretty soon. I've searched around for good Substrate and all people suggest is carpet,newspaper,tile, or paper towels. But after looking at a few YouTube videos of people decorating the walls of their tanks using Silicone and covering it with different materials I got the idea to use floor tiles with Silicone on them and place Pebbles, coconut Husk, and moss into the Silicone and cover the rest of the exposed Silicone with Eco earth. I could do this with small tiles so that they can be removed for cleaning/soaking in a diluted water/bleach solution and rinse it under running water before being placed back in the tank. With this method I was thinking it would give the look of lose Substrate, but still being safe from being ingested and cause issues for the Dragons.... I wanna know your thoughts on my idea and if you think it's safe. looking forward to your responses
 

Taterbug

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Sounds like a big hassle to clean. I've done the Eco-earth+silicon for an invert enclosure and don't imagine it would hold up to frequent cleaning. You could always try a few experiments to see how it works and how well it actually cleans.
 
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