Trouble with plants

[Whistly]

I am building a dart frog tank in a 55 gallon. I am looking to try to figure out what plants to get for it so any suggestions would be appreciated. Want the to be some color in there besides just green lol. I am having trouble findings good reliable place to buy them though. I had wanted to buy from josh's frogs but he seems to be out of most of his bromiliads and I also waned some tillandsias which he doesn't seem to have. Thanks for any help

Well the most common plants in Dart frog vivs are Bromeliads. If you want to know where to get some good ones our frog guru Kurt will be able to help you.

[DonLisk]

I like to use ferns, creeping fig which grows pretty quickly, small bromeliads, earth stars or Cryptanthus, and Ficus. Many of the online frogs dealers will also have dart frog friendly plants.

Check out the dealers who have running here on the forum for some good examples.


Don

[Leefrogs]

Walmart, loses. Whatever around you. The only thing is that they were fertilized and need a good soak and cleaning.

[guppygal]

Lowes usually has an excellent selection of vivarium-sized plants, including some nice bromeliads. Make sure you clean them with 5 to 10% bleach mixed with water and rinse thoroughly.

Frogs love lots of plants. I carry pictures of my frogs so that I can show the sales person and I usually get great markdowns on plants. Bromeliads past their prime can be had for a buck or two, so look for those that have pups and do a little bit of bargaining. It usually works out nicely ~

kristi

[John]

In the USA, the big box hardware stores and even regular supermarkets sell a lot of house plants which make great terrarium plants. The broms they sell though tend to be a bit on the large side for terrariums.

[bshmerlie]

I get most of my plants from either Home Depot or Lowes. Lowes usually has the plants in different sizes if you look around. That way you can see what the plant will look like when it gets bigger. Sometimes biweekly pruning will help you keep the plants the right size for your viv.

[nekomeh]

I really appreciate all the responses. My wife anger mother were at Lowes today andshe came home with a nice looking brom. It doesn't say what kind it is and I have no clue so I don't know how big it'll get. Guess I'll just hope for the best on tha one