Does anyone know the best way to store plants inside a tank? (This isn't for my beardie, btw, but some of you may keep some plants inside, so I thought I'd ask here too since the gecko general forum isn't as active) I have reptibark as substrate in there. I was thinking that I'd need to bury a container in the substrate (I have a 1.5-2" lair of substrate) with soil, etc for it. However, getting something that fits under well could be a problem. Any suggestions?
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Plants
clickman
Jan 02, 2004 07:09 PM
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LdyPayne
Jan 02, 2004 07:18 PM
Eh?
Not sure I follow what you are asking. You want to keep plants in a tank for a gecko? or just a tank full of plants and nothing else?
If you want something other than the plants living in the enclosure, I would suggest using silk plants. They won't dry up and die under the heat of basking lamps (if the gecko or whatever needs one). Put living plants around the outside of the cage, easier to care for the plants, less chance the plant will get eating by whatever is living in the tank, less chance of bacteria growing in the moist pot the plant is in and much easier to keep the tank clean. Oh and less chance the plant will get uprooted by the lizard or trampled over by the lizard.
To me, unless you plan on building a rather large vivarium ( something that is big enough for you to walk into) with plants and water to maintain a 'living' environment (sprinklers set up to both water and mist the greens for a rainforest like environment etc, enough space to prevent unhealthy buildups of animal wastes etc) there really isn't any benefit to keep plants in a lizard's tank. This is especialy true for small tanks, like 10 or 20 gal tanks. Better to just put plants in pots on the outside of the tank.
clickman
Jan 02, 2004 07:58 PM
I'm getting a skunk gecko (White-striped gecko), I believe I've found someone who has a few captive breds for sale --- nearly all are wild-caught. It's highly recomended to keep plants in there to give them something to climb on, maintain high humidity, etc. So live seems to be what would accomplish that best. Just looking to put a few in, to help get that humidity up and make the cage look a bit nicer.
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0.2.0 Leopard Geckos (Vienna, Chomps)
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