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    Question Plants for a "sealed" vivarium

    Hello FF

    Ive kept a 20 gallon (L) for a few years redoing it usually every 6 months to a year, the tank is the same one in this thread
    here a couple years back--> http://www.frogforum.net/showthread.php?t=30790 The tank now has an all glass lid for keeping in the humidity, i used to have a screen lid with saran wrap but it started to rust and that isnt any bit good. Ive had limited success with bromeliads but not over long term. The substrate i have is a mix of cocoanut coir, Cyprus mulch, fir bark, charcoal and sphagnum moss. The lighting is a long fluorescent tube, i may switch it in the future for a hood that can have individual lightbulbs. Ive found that the only plant i have had luck with so far is wandering jew, its a bit of a pain that it grows like a weed im thinking that i may have better luck with some emersed aquatics. What plants have people had the best luck with in a "sealed" vivarium?

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    Default Re: Plants for a "sealed" vivarium

    There are lots of plant that grow in a tank like that, basically any dart frog tank is almost completely sealed, but there is more to it then just to put a plant and expect it to grow.
    Light, soil, humidity, sometimes the placement of the plant matters.
    we can start with your light. It has to be at around 6400-7000k, what is yours? Can you also post pic, it would be easier to help this way
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