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    Default Re: "Great Stuff" and live plants

    Na, they keep on growing but if they do die off it takes forever before you would notice :-)


    Poly, yes that is the correct stuff.
    1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
    1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
    1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
    1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
    1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
    1.1.0 - Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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    Ah, that is good.

    A few more things: first of all, is coco fibre fine by itself for growing plants? Or does it need something added? And how would I go about attaching epiphytes to branches/vines?

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    Default Re: "Great Stuff" and live plants

    Most plants you can completely rinse off and then just plant straight into the coco fiber substrate, but build your tank with a stone, clay ball, or eggcrate false bottom with a screen between the false bottom and the coco fiber, so you have good drainage.
    Bromeliads do better if placed into a piece of cork, wood, or into the background since they don't need soil to live. If placed directly into a substrate that is always wet the base of the brom will slowly rot. If your substrate is only damp near the top and you have good drainage, then the bromeliad will do fine in the soil.

    To attach things to a branch or vine, some people will hot glue it to the accent or sew in place. I drape it over or just wrap it and hope it takes and roots to the branch or vine.

    One more note on bromeliads, they will grow when just pushed into a hole in a background and will root to the background.
    1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
    1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
    1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
    1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
    1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
    1.1.0 - Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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    Default Re: "Great Stuff" and live plants

    Yeah, I was thinking of putting a bromeliad or two into the background, but was also considering a larger one on the substrate. (Using and 18x18x24) Although I suppose I could make a small mound out of the same stuff as the backgound, to place on top of the substrate.

    I was thinking of something like this for the drainage etc: http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Sykur...ium_design.png (I only have paint so it is rather crude) Obviously with substrate and plants on top.

    Also, do they plants need watering? Or will the humidity be enough for them?

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