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    Live enclosure

    Does any one have a good source of info for having a live plants in an enclosure?

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    Re: Live enclosure

    Most house plants are okay. What plants were you looking into and for what animal?


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    Re: Live enclosure

    For ball pythons and I'm not sure what plants. I'm not sure if it would even be a good idea since I have t8s that are only one foot tall. I don't know if the plants would be sturdy enough to constantly be getting run over.

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    Re: Live enclosure

    Quote Originally Posted by SKO View Post
    For ball pythons and I'm not sure what plants. I'm not sure if it would even be a good idea since I have t8s that are only one foot tall. I don't know if the plants would be sturdy enough to constantly be getting run over.
    Some earlier threads on this should give more information.

    Potos is pretty sturdy, fast growing, and safe.
    My Hedera helix (english ivy) has so far fared much better than the moss and fern around my bulldozing kingsnake.
    Some plants can be grown as epiphytes (spell) and affixed to the sides of the viv - check out Dendroboard. They have the best vivs.

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    Re: Live enclosure

    Yeah, start with pothos and maybe a couple small dracaenas (which get huge but grow very slowly). Both are sturdy plants that are happy in low light. It's easiest to just leave them in pots which you can hide behind decor or bury in the substrate, but a planted enclosure with a bioactive soil mix for the substrate is also an option. Takes more research and planning though.

    Any plants will need full spectrum lighting to survive. There are fluorescent and LED options. More info

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    Re: Live enclosure

    Quote Originally Posted by Snake Judy View Post
    Yeah, start with pothos and maybe a couple small dracaenas (which get huge but grow very slowly). Both are sturdy plants that are happy in low light. It's easiest to just leave them in pots which you can hide behind decor or bury in the substrate, but a planted enclosure with a bioactive soil mix for the substrate is also an option. Takes more research and planning though.

    Any plants will need full spectrum lighting to survive. There are fluorescent and LED options. More info
    Having bio active soil in the enclosure is interesting and I'd really like to try that, but I want to try my hand with the live plants and see how that goes first. Thanks for the link!

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