Paludarium?

[tosakins]

I don't really know why I have to make ten posts before I use the sale boards, but when in Rome!

Okay, just getting my feet wet in the whole 'carnivorous plants' deal. I had some when I was a kid, I'm figuring either I forgot to water them or they went into hibernation and I thought they were dead. I mostly deal with fish/pets in general but I've been setting up my first paludarium for a 'purple waffle' plant that I THOUGHT was aquatic. It wasn't. I kept wondering why my other plants were doing so well and this guy was moping, I figured out it was a bog plant so of course I wanna rescue the little guy.

I figured out paludariums were a thing when I did a search for shallow fish tanks, and they idea's hooked me ever since. It's basically a fish tank that's half water-half land, so there's fully aquatic plants and plants that like lots of water. I saw someone in a forum put in what I'm guessing was a small sundew and I thought I could pick up one for my own to try. I want to do a mix of peat moss and gravel, and I now know not to feed them raw beef LOL.

I want to know if this is a really dumb idea to pursue, or if I'm on to something here.

[lloyd]

Might be a problem with fungal/algae overgrowth but you could always try a small one to see what happens.

[shoggoths]

Like Lloyd sais, I tried peat in an aquarium a few years ago and algae was an issue.
You could perhaps try it on a bark piece.
Put half the bark in water and some peat and drosera on the other ... that way, the peat would not directly 'touch' the water reserve.

And about the sales board, we're a community and not stores. The goal is to help participating members grow their collection.
Some members also have ebay sites that you can buy from even whithout 10 posts.

[hal]

I made many a planted frog tank a few decades ago. In my experience, I would stick to sturdy plants for the paludarium and grow your sundews in the conventional tray method. Peat and gravel won't mix well with circulating water.