General hello, and also some FBT questions

[Mushrooms]

The information on heating Fire Bellies really is conflicting. If the room they are in can maintain them at 20-22C then from my personal experience that suffices, it seems to be where they are most comfortable and active. I've had mine higher before (around 26-27) with a heat mat on the side of the tank and they didn't seem to keen and just sat looking dried out and grumpy. They are pretty active down to about 15C though i don't think it's fair to keep them at that just because they can cope. So yeah if they require it to be comfortable then keep the mat on it wont be doing them any harm.

Originally i used the loose kind of sphagnum moss that is dried out and then you put it in warm water to make it swell - but did away with it quite quickly. They are such clumsy eaters they were getting mouthfulls of the stuff. I then had them soley on coco bark but it was just to messy, getting it on themselves, the tank and in the water. Now i use live moss which i grow myself in trays - started from a batch i pulled out of my grandmothers lawn. I have a layer of cocofiber and then carpet it with the moss (and bits of grass or random clover that occasionally grows in it) It seems to suit both me and my fire bellies just fine - it remains moist, they can dig down into it, it's easy to skim off the top of the water when they drag it in, holds moisture well. They don't eat it like they do loose moss or soil and to top it off if looks nice.

I'm sorry if you read this and it reads to you as a complete ramble