Petries planted terrarium

[Amanda1]

I've decided to try my hand at planting my own terrarium. After giving the plants time to root and putting some fake ones in to fill it out, I put Petrie in last night, and he's been exploring ever since. I'm hoping that means he likes it.

I've got a tiny teacup orchid in the back (which I hope doesn't get destroyed), some wandering jew, and 3 other types of mystery plants that I took out of the frogs' terrarium.

 

[Khenut]

Lovely work! I was thinking about hooking vines from the lid too, it's a good idea. ^u^
Oh and by the way I love his name. Petrie, as in Land Before Time right? xD Cute cute cute...

 

[Amanda1]

Yep, that's where his name came from. He was a skinny, sad-looking little rescue who thought he could fly (very jumpy), so it fit.

 

[Geckomaster743]

WOW! Thats amazing c: Very Impressive Amanda, If i were a frog....Hell i'd be living a really nice life.

 

[Amanda1]

Thanks Jacob! This is actually for a crested gecko. It's kind of an experiment because my cresties are much heavier than my frogs and tend to destroy plants when they try to climb them, which is why I haven't tried planting their terrariums before now. I put in lots of sticks to climb and tried to brace the plants on them to protect them. It's been good so far.

 

[Geckomaster743]

Oh Hahaha, Its still a really really nice cage! Im not so good at DIY's but i guess i'll try to get into that.

 

[Caleb C]

Looks great, one of my friends tried sculpting a great stuff background with a razor blade and ended up losing quite a bit of blood

 

[Josh2]

That looks so awesome! Nice work!

 

[Styx]

Looks awesome.

 

[Amanda1]

Thanks everyone! I noticed some mold growing on the log hide last night so I took that out. I've heard mold is pretty common in new terrariums, but it's still not something I'm thrilled about. I ordered a couple cultures of springtails, so hopefully they will get it under control.

 

[Caleb C]

Yeah, springtails are great, and you don't really see them unless you have a ton. I found like 20 in a water fountain at school, threw it in with some dirt and other random food, and they multiplied. There are much better ways to culture them though.

 

[Rylee]

Yeah, springtails are great, and you don't really see them unless you have a ton. I found like 20 in a water fountain at school, threw it in with some dirt and other random food, and they multiplied. There are much better ways to culture them though.

LOL! Well that's a creative way to get spring tails!

 

[Caleb C]

Not too efficient if you have something that eats them, or if you need lots though
I just did it as an experiment to play around with. There are some springtails in my backyard though, but I have to flood the dirt to catch them.