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Ash250380
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Posted - 05/04/2009 :  14:19:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I par going to put some branches and ferns im my colombians viv and i was wondering is there anything i should avoid because of toxicity and is there any ferns that are particularly good at helping with the humidity

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Kazerella
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Posted - 06/04/2009 :  21:24:57  Show Profile  Visit Kazerella's Homepage  Reply with Quote
There are a few plants that should be avoided, but we've got a monster swiss cheese plant in with our BRB and that's doing well.

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Ash250380
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Posted - 07/04/2009 :  15:29:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
cool i think they're great but my viv's only 3by2by2 will i fit one in?

Ash
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Kazerella
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Posted - 07/04/2009 :  17:15:24  Show Profile  Visit Kazerella's Homepage  Reply with Quote
We've just put a tiny off-shoot from our big plant in there and it's doing fine. Once it gets too big, we'll just uproot it and plant another cutting in there

We've got inch plants and peace lilies in with our amphibians and they do good in humidity. You'll have to do a bit of research on peace lilies though and make sure they are safe for Rainbows, because I know some toxin exists in the leaves.

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Kazerella
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Posted - 07/04/2009 :  17:24:33  Show Profile  Visit Kazerella's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I've just looked in a book - 'Vivaria designs' by Jerry G Walls and here is a list of plants that he suggests are good in vivariums:

Begonias
Bird's-nest ferns (Asplenium)
Bromeliads
Cast iron plants (aspidistra)
Chinese evergreens (Aglaonema)
Ornamental figs
philodendrons
prayer plants (maranta)
Snake plants (sansevieria)
succulents

Apparently snake plants, prayer plants and bromeliads like high humidity and rainforest set ups.

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MissCat
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/04/2009 :  09:37:28  Show Profile  Click to see MissCat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Kazerella

I've just looked in a book - 'Vivaria designs' by Jerry G Walls and here is a list of plants that he suggests are good in vivariums:

Begonias
Bird's-nest ferns (Asplenium)
Bromeliads
Cast iron plants (aspidistra)
Chinese evergreens (Aglaonema)
Ornamental figs
philodendrons
prayer plants (maranta)
Snake plants (sansevieria)
succulents

Apparently snake plants, prayer plants and bromeliads like high humidity and rainforest set ups.



it says they are good in vivariums, i take it that also means they pose no problems towards crb's specifically?

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Kazerella
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Posted - 10/04/2009 :  10:29:15  Show Profile  Visit Kazerella's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Well it doesn't say that, but I doubt that they wouldn't say if it was poisonous to certain snakes. They would have to really, because the publisher might get sued if someone followed advice in a book and it turned out to be false information.

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