Hi! Are your plants in there real or fake? Do you know a good real plant type I can add for Lucy my turtle ?Add plants, real or fake, for cover. Like this -View attachment 253739 View attachment 253739 View attachment 253740
It's difficult to keep real plants healthy in an indoor enclosure. Usually, they're either too far from the light to get any benefit, or they're crispy because they're too close to the light (heat).Do you know a good real plant type I can add for Lucy my turtle ?
Those are fake. They are cheap silk type ones from the floral dept.Hi! Are your plants in there real or fake? Do you know a good real plant type I can add for Lucy my turtle ?
Wish I could live this comment ! Thank you for a great response!It's difficult to keep real plants healthy in an indoor enclosure. Usually, they're either too far from the light to get any benefit, or they're crispy because they're too close to the light (heat).
I do have a few suggestions:
* Sword fern - gets crispy sometimes and you'll have to cut it back periodically, but it is resilient and handles neglect fairly well. It spreads by runners, and outside it may require weeding, so you may be able to get it for free if you ask around. If you don't want it spreading all over, plant it pot-and-all in the enclosure.
* Liriope - looks like a clump of grass, often grown as ground cover. It seemed like it took a long time to get it established in my boxie's indoor enclosure, but then one day it was holding its own and doing fine. Low maintenance once established.
* Holiday cacti and other epiphytic cacti. No spines, fine if eaten, and once established can handle whatever light, watering, temperatures, etc., your conditions provide.
* Sansevieria species and varieties. I believe it's S. hahnii that's the bird's nest sansevieria. I have a couple of those hanging from the top of the wall of my boxie's indoor enclosure. Their leaves are thick like a succulent, so they withstand being near the light (and heat).
I hope that helps!
You're quite welcome! If you lived nearby, I'd be glad to share. My bird's nest sansevierias have been offsetting, and they're really showing their variegation under the PowerSun 100W.Wish I could live this comment ! Thank you for a great response!
IYou're quite welcome! If you lived nearby, I'd be glad to share. My bird's nest sansevierias have been offsetting, and they're really showing their variegation under the PowerSun 100W.