What moss is good?

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What moss is good?

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Well another late night on the fourms so going to type fast again lol.

Are any of these moss safe to use for a moss pit?

I have no clue on the green moss because I could not find any info on search. But i am perty sure the spanish is unsafe.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=18319

This one I found some info about it being safe but its kinda exspensive :| .
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=21492

Well tell me what you think I am heading to bed ;)
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Re: What moss is good?

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I use sphagnum moss, but not the Zoo Med brand.
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Well I looked on ebay and saw this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/All-Natural-SPHAGNU ... 2311c8783a
It says all natural and that they use it in zoo/petstore so just woundering what you think about that because thats a little more cheaper.
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Vicky also sells moss at the hermitcrabaddictionstore.com

http://www.hermitcrabaddictionstore.com ... O_Moss_Pit
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Re: What moss is good?

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Thanks for the help.
Only problem I have with hermitcrabaddictionstore.com is its kinda hard to order from there for some reason.

And I found this moss
http://cgi.ebay.com/Zoo-Med-Sphagnum-Mo ... 53e4b6fb13

It says its Completely natural and no dyes so I cant find anything wrong with that moss that I can see so far.
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Welll a few hours later lol I still have not found anything bad in that moss but i was wounder what all of you think?
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It looks a bit too green... does it have any dyes in it? I guess the only way to find out is to rinse it in water and see if the water turns green.

Vicki is a Crab Crew member here too. Her username is vckums, so you can PM her if you have trouble using her store.
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Ok well thanks I just might PM her ;)

Well it says "no dyes" so I might just get it and see if the water turns green. If it does turn green I could probaly find another use for it in my other frogs/reptile tanks.
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Spanish noss 99% of the time is treated for pests due to the numerous pest that make a home in it. This is also dyed due to how unnaturally green it is:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=18319
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Re: What moss is good?

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Ya then I probaly should just try this http://cgi.ebay.com/Zoo-Med-Sphagnum-Mo ... 53e4b6fb13 and see if there are any dyes in it :/
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