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hey patty,here is the picture i promised you.ill try and post more but i am pretty busy at work.everything is still going fine,no more knats or phorid flies,no more slugs and no more of anything that was plaguing me lol.anyone looking at these and does not know my story,well this is the first vivarium i ever built.i built it totally from scratch using salvaged windows i found in a dumpster.full sliding glass front door,waterfall,misting system,3 species of live moss,litchens and tons of plants,trees,vines ect.if you think it looks unusual,thats becuase it was not designed to house dart frogs.im using it to house a juvenile blue phase green tree python.anyway,thanks again patty,i couldnt have gotten this far without you.i love this forum and all the helpful people here.i know i was asking a lot of stupid questions and that caused you to question my honesty but i really had no experience at all with growing plants,building cages,or anything.it may have annoyed some that i was posting here regarding building a green tree python cage,but its not common to keep green trees in vivariums(even though they are an arborial,jungle species) and i figured that noone would know how to build a vivarium better than dart frog keepers.anyway,thanks again and any suggestions after seeing my photos are welcome and will be taken very seriously.enjoy

oh yea,by the way patty.you told me to keep you updated on the pepper plants progres.(you can see it on the left hand bottom,its the red thing)its growing lots of new leaves but seems to have shed a lot of the old,large leaves.im hoping that it was just transplant shock and since there are lots of new buds growing,that it will be just fine.some of the leaves on my ivy are turning yellow.any idea for the cause of this?

oh yea,one more thing.you can see the jungle succulant i asked you about yesterday.tell me if im wrong but it is indeed the species you thought it was.it seems to be growing fine.thanks for everything.

That set-up turned out beautifully. I do think that is a Rhipsalis, but can't tell you exactly which species as there are several of the "straw-stem" forms that look very similar to each other.

Regarding the yellowing of the ivy leaves-- just remove the yellowing leaves or let them fall to the substrate. You will probably end up trimming back or removing more stuff than you lose as your tank plants grow, but it will remain attractive. My paludarium in particular has gone through several distinct changes since I planted it nearly 6 years ago, but it still looks interesting. You should have a lot of fun with this--and please keep us posted on how your snake does with it, or to it.

One of the reasons I keep dart frogs is because I HATE plastic plants and those contrived phoney set-ups--so I hope you can prove that this isn't necessary to keep at least one kind of tree snake healthy.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
4 P. terribilis
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus