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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Apr 9, 2014 11:31:00 GMT -5
I totally suck when it comes to maintaining a CP plant I guess its because there is no real challenge. So this year I may get a few plant seedlings but mostly seeds I am going to germinate the seeds in open pots until they establish their roots and grow some then transfer the plants into a Terarium I am getting these seeds D Nidiformis D Natalensis Various VFT seeds D Spatulata seedlings D Capensis seedlings I was wondering is there another product I can use if I cannot find any charcoal in a Terrarium?
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Post by H2O on Apr 9, 2014 11:48:15 GMT -5
Those plants a generally very hardy, I wouldn't worry about not being able to find charcoal. Any combination of peat, sand and perlite should work just fine. I personally avoid perlite in terrariums as it floats and drives me mad. Alternatively you could always use sphagnum on top of a drainage layer. ocps.proboards.com/thread/3788/nanos That might give you some food for thought.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Apr 9, 2014 12:17:54 GMT -5
Thanx for the help instead of Perlite (I heard it breaks down over time ) A friend just got a new aquarium and supplies for his birthday then decided he did not want fish but a snake and now has a 4 foot aquarium for it and gave me all of his aquarium gravel rocks. I used some last year or aeration in open pots sure its heavier but wins out with me instead of adding more Perlite later. and it seemed to work fine the plants seemed to do well in that mix. I never made a Terrarium b4 so I was wondering can I put some at the bottom of it then add a few layers of peat moss or is that a no no for Terrariums?
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Post by H2O on Apr 9, 2014 12:50:20 GMT -5
A 4 foot terrarium will be great for making a CP terrarium out of.
The gravel will work good for a base drainage layer but unfortunately it doesn't quit replace perlite. Perlite hold air and moisture at the same time, kind of like the way a sponge does. As where the aquarium gravel just provides drainage. The gravel is better then using nothing but if you can find somewhere that sells some nice sand it would be good to add to the mix.
Do you know what kind of aquarium gravel it is? There is some really nice stuff called Flourite Black that would work well to add to your mix. Much of the other stuff is probably better for a drainage layer.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Apr 9, 2014 12:56:01 GMT -5
Marina Aquarium gravel is all it says,it does say rinse first
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