Vivarium plants questions

[frognerd101]

Thank you everyone for your help. I think that I am just going to stick to buying Bromeliads from my dealer who sells me all my frogs. That seems to be the safest way.

Also, does anyone know where to get the black silicon mentioned above. Can I get it at home depot or should I get it somewhere else?

Again, thank you all for your help.

[KingCam]

Thank you everyone for your help. I think that I am just going to stick to buying Bromeliads from my dealer who sells me all my frogs. That seems to be the safest way.

Also, does anyone know where to get the black silicon mentioned above. Can I get it at home depot or should I get it somewhere else?

Again, thank you all for your help.

Home depot should have it.

[AReaHerps]

The only concern I would have is how to easily clean the somewhat permanent background? How would you clean it? Would it better to simply buy a piece of plastic sheeting which you could just cut to fit so you can clean or replace it? I'm guessing we could build backgrounds multi-dimensional as well by adhering moss and other items?

[KingCam]

The only concern I would have is how to easily clean the somewhat permanent background? How would you clean it? Would it better to simply buy a piece of plastic sheeting which you could just cut to fit so you can clean or replace it? I'm guessing we could build backgrounds multi-dimensional as well by adhering moss and other items?

You would clean it by turning up the water heater in your house and then spray it with water hot enough to kill bacteria. The water that comes out of my kitchen sink is hot enough to cook meat, no joke. I like to use scalding water to sanitize things because I think it's less risky than using chemicals.

You could probably attach some thin bark, but the silicone won't support a ton of weight. If you want to make a 3D background use Great Stuff Expanding Foam. There are serveral tutorials on this forum for such a project, I'd urge you to use the search feature.

[frognerd101]

Where can I get Great Stuff expanding foam. I have watched tutorials and it seems really easy but i don't know where to get it.

[KingCam]

Where can I get Great Stuff expanding foam. I have watched tutorials and it seems really easy but i don't know where to get it.

You can get it anywhere almost. Walmart, Target, Lowes, HomeDepot, Amazon.com, etc

[J Teezy]

I don't think springtails are going to climb your background and eat stuff off that. They tend to stay in the soil

[frognerd101]

The method that I was going to try was adding springtails. These tiny insects love to eat fecal matter and dead plant and insect matter, so they should keep my background clean.