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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 127466" data-attributes="member: 27677">spider plants (aptly named?), Chlorophytum comosum , is a plant that grows well in low light and can handle dry conditions, they're usually one of the last survivors in neglected terrariums. Spathiphyllums, known as Peace Lilies also can handle low light and dry conditions, they are mildly toxic, but they don't seem to be very palatable. I see people using moss in their enclosures too, it looks great imo, but I'm not sure which species are suited to drier conditions and low light.One option may be to consider a false bottom, either a full false bottom set up with a layer of pebbles/gravel, a divider on top of that, usually mesh is used, as I understand it Avics dont burrow so that might be ok, but a better option may be a rigid divider, anything you would use as a lid, a piece of acrylic full of 'ventilation' holes would be safe I would think. Then put your substrate onto that. A simpler way would be just pack pipes/hoses into the substrate as you put it in then add water to the bottom of the substrate and keep the top dry. maybe just a tube next to each plant?If you were to put a layer of damp peat on the bottom, and drier substrate on top the surface should dry out fairly quickly with good ventilation. People often think of a false bottom as a way to get high humidity, but with my desert scorpions I use it to avoid high humidity above the surface of the substrate, the surface is kept dry and only the very bottom layer has moisture, plant roots would soon tap into the moisture and survive even though the surface is dry.</blockquote>

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