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Old 01-02-2007, 12:06 AM
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Question critters in tanks

So, you keep frogs. Do you feed them crickets? Do the bugs eat your plants?
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I don't fertilize my orchids... Just frog crap.
Do your frogs eat crickets? Do the crickets eat your plants
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I feed my tree frog baby crickets and Im careful to make sure they all get eaten. The other frogs I have a pretty small, so they eat fruit flies that don't eat plants. So that is pretty safe.
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We also grow nationally awarded terrarium begonias, both big and small. Terrariums are the way to go for high humidity for plants who love that kind of enviroment.
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Welcome Charles. Why not post in the Intros section?
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I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
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There have been a few changed to the tank since the picture. There is now a nice fern in the back, and a Spathiphyllum, another aroid, replaced the lucky bamboo. The pilea is out of control, but not very pretty, there is a floating plant that I can't identify, but its way prettier than duckweed, and more managable. And the moss is greener and fluffier.

Thanks all.

Oh and by the way, here is a pick of that anubias in flower!
Tindo,
was that anubias already growing emergent [above water] or did you just chuck in one that had been growing below water and it adapted with no problems?

I have heaps of anubias in my display fishtank- mostly coffee anubias, that would be great as part of the vertical viv I'm planning, but I wondering how they will adapt.

I know in nature they grow in areas that flood/drain and are used to being below/above/partly in the water depending on the season
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Csweinfia pusilla has done awesome for me in a couple of vivariums. Forms a big grassy clump, blooms in profusion


Oh my! That is very nice . Approximately what size does it reach, in terms of leaf/pseudobulb length, flower spike length & size?

Is it mounted? What watering/fertilising schedule is it under?
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I also have a Haraella odorata in my 55 gallon tank. This tank gets misted a few times daily and the fan come on and off all day except during midday (which in my mind should be the hottest part of the day). This plant is doing very well mounted on a stick.
Its going to flower and is growing roots like crazy.

http://www.orchidboard.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=302
The link is dead but I have seen your H. odorata more then a few times while surfing around on orchids in vivs, and looks like it absolutely loves it's environment!

Shame we don't seem to have it in Australia, though .
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Oh yea, Harealla is one of the best if not the best!!
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