I used fern tree panel to make the "banks" of the water feature. I just silicone-sealed the fern tree panel to the egg crating. It's been a year now & I've...
Hello, I am interested in growing small mushrooms in a terrarium but I'm having dificulty finding any helpful information on the practicallity of it. Can it be...
coco coir doesn't have any nutrients for plants , i thought it was used as filler , for a more nitrogen cycle substrate. peat has a lot of nutrients , i'm not ...
... It should be a piece of cake. Just go out to the woods and collect some pieces of wood that are beginning to decay. Put them in a warm moist viv and you...
Ok, with that tank size, your not going to be able to do a whole lot of ledges as there is not much width or depth. How are your wood working skills and what...
I would make the ledges, ect. with great stuff or handi-foam. Joshua Willard www.joshsfrogs.com - Online store selling fruit flies, springtails, and vivarium...
Hello, I know many who build backgrounds for aquariums, just flip it on its side and 100 percent silicone (non mold based) 'sealent' is used to position rocks...
and non poisonous of course, lol... When ever I collect wood from the wild (fallen of course) lichens, mushrooms so on pop up eventually, but won't survive...
can the mushroom kits be used. ... It should be a piece of cake. Just go out to the woods and collect some pieces of wood that are beginning to decay. Put them...
Mushrooms usually grow on decaying wood and often appear unannounced in vivaria but since the visable part is the fruiting body it usually doesn't show and...
My woodworking skills are ok. I have a dremel, saws, and other tools at my dispense. I haven't wood worked for along time though. Will that help. Thanks for...
Ok, my thoughts are that 40 gal breeder, is going to be to small for a full grown bearded dragon ( upto 53 cm / 21 inches ) to move around in to get exercise,...
Someone mentioned that coco bedding does not actually have any nutrients for plants in it... can anyone reccomend a good fertilizer to promote moss and plant...
You have a point, although most of the newt poop will probably only be in the water and will be filtered out by the time it recirculates... ... in it... ... ...
The poop it's self may be, but, the nutrients, will dissolved into the water. Unless you always do water changes, the plants will take up nutrients from the...
... water. Greg is right. There are a hundred reasons not to fertilize a vivarium and the only mediocre reason I can think of to do it. Very rarely, and I...
Well yes, they do have some different properties. Peat soil is more acidic, breaks down faster, and does not have as good drainage. Coco coir is made from...
Hi, I remember seeing a similar post on frognet. Well anyway what you need are "peat bricks," they are totally different from coco bricks. Peat bricks,...
Well he is just a juvie right now and I could only afford the 40 gallon for now. I don't really have time to do a fake wall and may do it this summer though....
Hi Jocy, while you make a valid point about the crickets, I have to say that I politely disagree with you. Crickets do bite. But this can be prevented by...
I know everyone says ferts are a big no no and I agree. But in my last viv I added just a bit of organic worm castings and I really liked the results. Danny ...
I can see how fertilizers would be bad in a viv, since they are so bad for streams etc (make the algae go crazy and choke everything)... Maybe I can add some...
... Funny yes, but it was actually no joke. I had this yellow fern and needed something to give it a little nitrogen boost. I stepped out the front door and...
Leaf litter is good. The key is that you want to add stuff that has lots of carbon compared to the amount of nitrogen. Dried leaves are good in this regard....
About the same as newt poo + you get worm eggs ( if you make your own that is which gives you a herp food source ). Greg H. ... From: Danny Fortin To:...
Go to the pet dept of you local store, and get a bag of alfalfa pellets ( usually sold as rabbit chow ) and mix that in. A 50 lb bag cost me all of $10 at the...
... try using shelf mushrooms (the ones that grow out of the trunk of a tree). Dried and siliconed onto a piece of bark placed against the wall of the tank...
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