Journal Aquarium to terrarium + Terrabase M

[Jake101]

120 litre aquarium to high humidity plant terrarium
After reading a bit about plant terrariums, the existing aquarium setup felt rather suitable for this purpose. I had a bag of Tropica's Aquarium soil, and read somewhere that it had been successfully used in a plant terrarium, so decided to try with it. The round shape seemed also to ensure that the soil won't be packed too tight. Then I added some orchid bark on top to make the appearance more pleasing.

This was the starting point two years ago:


The setup has worked better than I hoped. As expected, few plants from the original selection did not adapt well, but other have thrived and new plants have been added along the way. Today after pruning:



DOOA Terrabase M
In addition to the main terrarium, I started a DOOA Terrabase M setup at the beginning of this summer.

Mosses and twigs attached (1st pic). Today, 3 months later (2nd, 3rd pic)

 

[Jake101]

Like I mentioned in the first post, the terrarium has gone through some plants changes and additions, so it was time to do an inventory of the plants.

• Leucobryum glaucum (Pin cushion moss)
• Fittonia albivenis cultivars (could be white nerve, forest flame and pink)
• Asplenium viride (Green spleenwort)
• Asparagus plumosus (Common asparagus fern)
• Gynura aurantiaca (Purple velvet plant)
• Begonia rex (Painted-leaf begonia, no idea of the cultivar name)
• Begonia amphioxus (Red butterfly begonia)
• Ficus pumila (Climbing fig)
• Neoregalia lilliputiana (Dwarf bromeliad)
• Neoregalia 'Mephisto' (Bromeliad)
• Bulbophyllum falcatum orchid

Terrabase plants:

• Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java moss)
• Taxiphyllum sp. 'Spiky moss'
• Bucephalandra pygmaea 'Bukit Kelam'
• Bucephalandra Kedagang
• Anubias barteri nana
• Aerangis fastuosa orchid