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Low-light plants for planted viv?
Any ideas what I can put in a semi planted viv for an emperor scorpian? Im planning to do a peat/soil mixture deep enough for burrowing. I have read that plants will be uprooted if not left in their pots. What can I put in there that can stay in a tiny plastic pot with no overhead lighting? Or maybe there is some type of moss or something similer? I just want to make it look like a nice display and be very naturalistic for her. I cant really think of any plants that I can get that would do well in a dark moist environment.
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Re: Low-light plants for planted viv?
I have used pothos in some of my tarantula enclosures. Looks really good and is a very hardy plant, they do great indoors with minimal lighting.
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Re: Low-light plants for planted viv?
Dracaena sanderiana, or Lucky bamboo! Cheap and easy to look after it can be grown in water only but often does better with soil. Very tough plant.
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Re: Low-light plants for planted viv?
+1 for pothos. I had it in with my emperor just planted in ecoearth and its still doing great. On top of that it has pretty much no lighting.
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Re: Low-light plants for planted viv?
spider plants, bromeliads(sp) and pothos are all I've used. I like bromeliads(sp) best.
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Re: Low-light plants for planted viv?
pothos will grow in anything, and there are some different colors, if you can find them. normally they are just light green or variegated, but I've got a much more orangey/brown one too. There are some fern varieties that also do pretty well. Some moss looks neat even when it's dead, so moss might be a good choice too. I use leaves in some of my live planted tanks, to make them look more forest-y (not a word? haha). Good luck, that tank should look really cool
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