Live plants question

[Konstantin]

Hi all
Thinking of using a trailing house plant as decoration to my terrariums but instead of planting it in will keep it in the pot behind the enclosure and trail it trough the cable slots (vent holes)of my exo terras.This should make it easy in regards of watering it and wont affect overal humidity of the enclosure.
My question is if the Ts are not in contact with the soil of the plant will it matter if there are fertiliser pearls in the plant pot?
The plants are pesticide free as I have taken cuttings that I am rooting now but the mother plant has been fertilised regularly.
Regards Konstantin

 

[Soulman]

Hi all
Thinking of using a trailing house plant as decoration to my terrariums but instead of planting it in will keep it in the pot behind the enclosure and trail it trough the cable slots (vent holes)of my exo terras.This should make it easy in regards of watering it and wont affect overal humidity of the enclosure.
My question is if the Ts are not in contact with the soil of the plant will it matter if there are fertiliser pearls in the plant pot?
The plants are pesticide free as I have taken cuttings that I am rooting now but the mother plant has been fertilised regularly.
Regards Konstantin

House plants get bugs,bugs get on plant then into the vent holes.pesticide free or not.

 

[Konstantin]

House plants get bugs,bugs get on plant then into the vent holes.pesticide free or not.

Hi there
Im not quite sure what are you trying to say in your comment.

If you are using live plants planted in the enclosure chanses are they are the same boat as those planted outside of the enclosure(house plants).
There are plenty of people having both house plants and tarantulas in their homes and plenty of keepers keeping Ts with live plants in the enclosures.
Also humid enclosure on its own has a pretty good chance of attracting bugs anyway trough the vent holes plants or not.
My original question is about added or (adding)fertiliser as supplement to the plant if the Ts wont have any physical contact with it.

Regards Konstantin

 

[Arachnoclown]

Tarantulas will drink from the soil...fertilizer would be a bad idea.

 

[Rs50matt]

Tarantulas will drink from the soil...fertilizer would be a bad idea.

The soil will be outside the enclosure. The plants will basically be like vines hanging down the background.


Personally @Konstantin if in doubt I wouldn’t.

 

[Arachnoclown]

The soil will be outside the enclosure. The plants will basically be like vines hanging down the background.


Personally @Konstantin if in doubt I wouldn’t.

Opps...missed that part. Coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

 

[octanejunkie]

It's not a bad idea, but it gets complicated

My other hobby is aquascaping, mainly ripariums, google that if you want to know what exactly a riparium is, and while live plants mean natural beauty they also bring a lot more work.

Not mine

Requires constant maintenance to keep it looking clean and nice

 

[Soulman]

Hi there
Im not quite sure what are you trying to say in your comment.

If you are using live plants planted in the enclosure chanses are they are the same boat as those planted outside of the enclosure(house plants).
There are plenty of people having both house plants and tarantulas in their homes and plenty of keepers keeping Ts with live plants in the enclosures.
Also humid enclosure on its own has a pretty good chance of attracting bugs anyway trough the vent holes plants or not.
My original question is about added or (adding)fertiliser as supplement to the plant if the Ts wont have any physical contact with it.

Regards Konstantin

Just only I can see it maybe a problem,but what if the plant gets damaged.in the spider enclosures.?

 

[menavodi]

Just only I can see it maybe a problem,but what if the plant gets damaged.in the spider enclosures.?

Do not use fertilizer. I use organic soil and all my plants are growing in the terrarium. Like in nature. Nothing wrong with that. As @Arachnoclown said: fertilizer is not good. I sometimes used the “wrong” soil. With those little pellets in there. I was always lucky and the fertilizer was not strong enough to hurt my tarantulas. You can try to pick most of the pellets out. That works too.

 

[Soulman]

Do not use fertilizer. I use organic soil and all my plants are growing in the terrarium. Like in nature. Nothing wrong with that. As @Arachnoclown said: fertilizer is not good. I sometimes used the “wrong” soil. With those little pellets in there. I was always lucky and the fertilizer was not strong enough to hurt my tarantulas. You can try to pick most of the pellets out. That works too.

Like I said ,I can see it maybe a problem.half the time it's because people don't like the look of plastic.but you can get plastic that looks real.hope it works out Konstantin.

 

[octanejunkie]

Personally, live plants in a terrarium-setting are one of the reasons I got into the T hobby, but all of my initial research has shown it's more trouble than it's worth and Ts are easier kept without live plants, custodians, etc lol but it;'s obviously not impossible

With my current Avic Project, live plants IS a consideration for a future stage

 

[Konstantin]

Do not use fertilizer. I use organic soil and all my plants are growing in the terrarium. Like in nature. Nothing wrong with that. As @Arachnoclown said: fertilizer is not good. I sometimes used the “wrong” soil. With those little pellets in there. I was always lucky and the fertilizer was not strong enough to hurt my tarantulas. You can try to pick most of the pellets out. That works too.

It's not a bad idea, but it gets complicated

My other hobby is aquascaping, mainly ripariums, google that if you want to know what exactly a riparium is, and while live plants mean natural beauty they also bring a lot more work.

Not mine
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Requires constant maintenance to keep it looking clean and nice

Hi
Thats cool.
My other hobby is aquascaping too.I used to run 6 low tech scapes but as you say its too much workeven with low tech and not enough time to do the weekly waterchanges and maintenance. Now Im down to one and one neglected overgrown shrimp tank.Ts are easier maintenance.
If you not a member will highly recommended this forum

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Plants do not need fertiliser to survive they make their own food via photosynthesis .Its just a suplement.Anyway the cuttings are in water and not potted yet .
Regards Konstantin

 

[Konstantin]

Will get some organic soil and pot them in that and will not use fertiliser.
Thanksfor your thoughts everyone.
Regards Konstantin

 

[octanejunkie]

Hi
Thats cool.
My other hobby is aquascaping too.I used to run 6 low tech scapes but as you say its too much workeven with low tech and not enough time to do the weekly waterchanges and maintenance. Now Im down to one and one neglected overgrown shrimp tank.Ts are easier maintenance.
If you not a member will highly recommended this forum

All posts

Plants do not need fertiliser to survive they make their own food via photosynthesis .Its just a suplement.Anyway the cuttings are in water and not potted yet .
Regards Konstantin

I had 20 tanks running a one point, mostly low tech nano tanks with various fw shrimp with emersed plants, and then I got into ripariums. I'm down to 2 tanks now and about to set my 23g back up with Endler's guppies and amano shrimp - the shrimp will dwarf the guppies! I kept my marginal (riparium) plants alive under my tank lights in buckets for the last 2 years lol

Live plants add additional biofiltration and actually keep the tanks cleaner, in my experience - they live off of fish waste! Of course you can get into trouble with ferts and algae but you can usually fix that with photocycle or CO2

I'll look at that link. I was pretty active on http://scapeclub.org/ once upon a time

 

[menavodi]

Personally, live plants in a terrarium-setting are one of the reasons I got into the T hobby, but all of my initial research has shown it's more trouble than it's worth and Ts are easier kept without live plants, custodians, etc lol but it;'s obviously not impossible

With my current Avic Project, live plants IS a consideration for a future stage

The research shows that. It is not all right. If you talk to keepers that use a natural setup they will tell you it is very easy. Just try and go for it. You will be surprised of the positive outcome.

 

[Grandsouls]

Just get pothos plants they are indestructible are fine with neglect and under watering. plant in enclosure and in organic soils or cocofibre or mix of both.