Best live plants to use for Red eyes and Amazon milks?

[JessH]

Sorry Garrett, I didn't get any notification that you replied to my thread. I just picked them up yesterday at the Hamburg Show. I'm just trying to figure out heating for them. I have them in a 12x12x12 exo terra for now until they grow and I'm using a repti glo 5.0 uvb bulb but it's only 70 degrees in there, if that. What are your suggestions?

[michael novy]

OOW. 5.0 uvb might be a bit much... go with the 2.0 or 3.0. Best plants for red eyes in my experience are pothos and peace lillys.. Spathyphyllum. I think thats how you spell it.

[flybyferns]

I am planning to get 2 Amazon Milks as well. I am going to be in BIG trouble. lol Everyone's enthusiasm is very contagious. I am in the process of making a tall " tree type " thing with hiding holes carved in. I'm using a foam background. This way there will be no paint needed, and it can be pulled , if needed for cleaning. Hopes it comes out ok? I am using a replacement exo-terra background for the tree thing.

Plants
With exception of the last plant the list below, I have had these plants in my enclosure for almost two years.
Every plant was re-potted in 4" pots and are growing well in tropical soil. ( coco fiber ). I never used bleach to clean. That was too scary. I rinsed all the dirt off the roots, re-potted the plant into a clean container, I dated a plant marker stick and left them out of the enclosure for 2 weeks. The last plant on this list just went in ; it was left out longer than 2 weeks cause it's larger. The babies tears is great- it looks like moss but too big for them to swallow, plus the crickets never hide in it for some reason. A 75 w "Philips" plant light bulb (it looks like a small spot light) can be purchased from Home Depot for about $4.00 to maintain the plants while out of an enclosure or out temporarily for repair etc.


Silver Spotted Philodendron (Scindapsus picta – Argyraeus )
Elephant's Ear (Alocasia Polly )
Marble Queen (Pothos)
Crispa Variegata (Hoya Rubra)
Baby's Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii , formerly Helxine soleirolii)
Variegated Philodendron peperomia (Peperomia scandens -Variegata)
Noen (Pothos)
Moon Light ( philodrendron)
Frydek (Alocasia micholitziana )

Have a great day. Lynn