At wits end: First PDF leucs tank false bottom and substrate questions!

[Mariah Ingram]

Mentat love the suggestions and advice. When I tried to put the larger one in the back it seemed to overtake my fern and geraniums. I just finished it last night so perhaps I'll move them around to try that. I made sure they were all labeled "miniature" on them so I'm not terrified of them getting too large. Bought them all at Hawaiian Botanicals so no chemicals either! I posted my tank somewhere else and they commented and said this particular orchid wouldn't be good in there so I may just take it out giving me a little more room to tweak the things I have.

I don't know if you can see it as well but I have another temp/humidity gauge down right in front. I heard it was better to have 2 different ones. Still struggling some days with the temp it's getting too high for comfort so I'll be rigging a fan up me thinks.

I know they're smelly won't be getting them yet as I don't have space or allowed them in my current building.


Frogs, fish and soon to be ferrets!

[deranged chipmunk]

it looks as though you have a miniature phaeleanopsis sp. orchid in there. i would definitely agree that it will not like the humid environment that darts prefer. just an fyi, the broms will grow very large as will the diffenbachia. just because they are labeled 'miniature' doesn't mean the plant will stay small.

the planting looks good, but in my opinion, over planted. i always tell people to plant lightly and allow the plants to grow in. as it is planted now, when it really grows in, you may never see your frogs...lol the begonias you have in the back will grow nicely as long as the soil drains well, they do no like having soaked roots.

expect the fern to die off a bit at first while it acclimates to the high humidity. and do you know what species fern it is? there are literally less than a handful which stay miniature.

again, it does look good. you did a great job.