Jake101
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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)
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)
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