I too was in your place about 2 months ago...

As you can see in the right hand corner of this pic, I had those planted. I forget what the name of that variety is, but they like to have the soil completely dry out and they like direct sun light.

I moved them outdoors and they have done fantastic. The African Violet and the crotons did not do well long term either.

The african violet stop blooming since I wasn't fertilizing it enough. I have since moved it to a pot where it receives excess fish water frequently and it stays in bloom all the time. Funny enough, none of my original plants turned out to be Vivarium types (for me at least). The grapewood even broke out into mounds of slimy mold.

What has worked for me are:
Philodendron
Pothos
Diffenbachia Compacta
Bromeliads
Jewel Orchids
Ground Orchids
Tilisandia
Bird of Paradise
Walking Iris

Experimenting with plants is half the fun! Good luck.





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-Iman

1.1 BRBs (Ying and Yang)
1.1 JCPs (Striker and Sheila)
0.0.2 BPs (Spot and Speck)
0.0.4 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Suriname Cobalts'
0.0.4 Dendrobates Auratus 'Costa Rican Green and Black'
5.5 Fish (Insert your favorite names here)
1.0 Miniature Daschund (Rue)


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