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Today I added a Diffenbachia Compacta to the middle of the Cobalt Tinc viv. It was too sparse and needed some vertical filling. After I finished, I decided to take some more pics of the darts since they were out exploring this new addition. I have to find new, creative ways to admire them since I can't hold them like my snakes. So, enter my novice picture taking skills.

Here are two pics of the viv...

Here is a washed out closeup of one of the Tincs

Here is a funny picture... these guys litterally have 6 places to hide - logs, cocohuts, film canisters, yet the choose a different spot! Don't they look cozy?

And lastly is a mushroom surprise that has sprouted off of some of the moss in the last two weeks...

Thanks a million for looking. I am so intrigued with these little guys! Please feel free to share some stories and pics of your own!
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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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Hello,

Very nice. I am planning on starting a dart tank myself and the more pics i see the bigger my ideas get, LOL. I really don't know much about the plants that fit a dart tank. is the Diffenbachia Compacta the red plant in your first pic? Its a nice addition. great job.

The Diffenbachia Compacta is the large green plant with the white centered leaves. It adds some height and width to my tank.

The red plant in the front to the left is a bromeliad, as is the pink plant on the left.

The smaller Red & Black looking plant behind the log in the center is a jewel orchid.

I spent about 7 weeks learning of plants before I bought the frogs, and I feel like I know nothing of tropical plants either. Fortunately, there are several websites to help and Patty on this forum is the resident genius.

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)

Loving to Learn
Learning to Help
Helping to Love

Stimulate debates, stifle arguments.
Please be nice always.

The red bromeliad is a Vresia. The Dieffenbachia will eventually become too large for the tank, but it can be trimmed and/or replaced without much problem by simply cutting it off below ground level and re-rooting it for a house plant. Right now though, it does add to the artistic value of the planting.

And congratulations on the "shrooms." They're always a welcome surprise. The white one in the last photo keeps coming back in the same tank in different places, but the yellow one (top two photos) hasn't yet. Neither of these showed up until the tanks were several years old. I've never been able to identify either of them, but have had others in various tanks, such as birds' nest when I used some desert sand, and others of various sorts. These bonus surprises are one of the reasons I don't attempt to "sterilize" what I use in the vivariums.

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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue
D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
D. imitator
D. leucomelas
D. pumilio Bastimentos
D. fantasticus
P. terribilis mint and organe
D. reticulatus
D. castaneoticus
D. azureus
P vittatus
P. lugubris