A new Beginning
Since the enclosure needed an overhaul, some of the plants had been in there since the beginning in 2011 (and it showed) I decided to do it a different way this time. I wanted to build an enclosure which is completely bio active and themed as a Central / South American habitat. and all kinds of different plants to The basic setup remained the same,
create a living sidewall. However,
the branches and cork tubes were
this substrate is originally used in
the same as before. I only chose
smaller enclosures for dart frogs,
plants from this region. I added
so I found it doesn’t work on large
Xaxim panels for the backside of my
walls, it broke down after some time
enclosure as an additional foothold
and covers no part of the ground.
for the climbing plants (and the climbing snakes) as well as added
The ground consists now of two
a special substrate to the sidewall.
layers of pebble stones as drainage layer and on top of this a mix of soil
It consisted of some kind of glue and
and sand. The complete substrate
substrate with seeds and spores in it.
is about 25 cm (10 inches) deep.
When it dries out and becomes solid you begin to water it and after some time it is supposed to spawn moss 34
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