Plants

[DonLisk]

Don, have you worked a bit on your plants after this thread? As your viv must be my favorite one (sorry, everyone else...), I'm curious to see if you made any modifications.

Have you ever used moss too? Or try to attach some on wood? I'll attempt this today while planting the plants to mine.

Hi Eric,
The only thing I've done so far is trim back some of the creeping fig and trim off anything that seemed be dieing off. This helped the plants a lot and most are doing well.
One issue I have is my misting system does not get everywhere it needs to so every few days I have to hand mist areas.

I want to change up and get one to two more Broms but need smaller. If Black Jungle is open today I might attempt the 3 plus hour trip. (one way)

Thanks for the comments too. I really like this viv, but I have to say, I get jealous of all the ones with a water feature.
The dart seems to like his new home too. I find him everywhere so that pretty cool.

[DonLisk]

I haven't tried moss to wood but my first though was to hot glue the pieve of wood and then place the sheet of moss over it. I would only do a line of glue here ad there so the moss can actually be touching the wood with most of the bottom sheet.
Also, thought that using fishing line would be fine since once you know its attached itself you can clip the line and remove it.

[clownonfire]

3-hour trip, huh? Wow, that is dedication my friend. The more I read about misters, the more I'm tempted by the Mist King, because of the amount of nozzles you can potentially add... Although there's a Monsoon on special not too far from me...

We're getting plants today, and the creeping fig is on the menu. I hope I find some...

And there's no need to feel envious about any other viv (although http://www.frogforum.net/members/mikem670.html's is also the bomb). Honestly, yours looks beautiful and well suited for your yellow dart.

[DonLisk]

Thanks. Yeah, 3 hours isn't bad if we catch a sunny day (like today) and catch a nice dinner on the way back.
I mainly want to grab another yellow dart and see if they have spare add on nozzles for the Monsoon. Thats the main issue so far, a splitter and adding nozzles.
I talked to my local dealer and they were going to check with the rep.

Mist King you get from Mist King so you know where to get nozzles.

Good luck with the plants today. Your back ground looks awesome.

[bshmerlie]

Yeah...what's a little 3 hour drive when it comes to frogs?

[MikeM670]

I just ordered two types of Creeping Fig off off Ebay. I could not find any local.

Creeping Fig Plant - Ficus pumila - 3" Pot

Mini Oakleaf Creeping Fig -Terrarium/Topi​ary/HousePlant

[poison beauties]

Keep in mind almost everyone kills the oakleaf creeping fig. Its usually a pain to keep thriving without air circulation.

Michael

[j3000]

Thanks alot I love this. It was going to be my next question I learning exactly what I was wondering.

I had a hydra system back in high school but that was for some other green stuff, I useto add blue berry extract too the water..

[clownonfire]

I just ordered two types of Creeping Fig off off Ebay. I could not find any local.

Creeping Fig Plant - Ficus pumila - 3" Pot

Mini Oakleaf Creeping Fig -Terrarium/Topi​ary/HousePlant

Mike, I just planted these two today in mine. The breeder says good light (6700 Kelvin), lots of humidity (2 good mistings per day) and good aeration. I'll keep you posted about mine, and good luck with yours!

[poison beauties]

Both of those do well under a well lit viv and good humidity but well drained soil. The also do well in a clay background. Good air circulation is a must for the oak leaf to thrive. Its a pricier plant because everyone kills it.

Michael