Housing a C. lividus into a bioactive and looking for plant suggestions

Plushy

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Wanted to get fancy for my girl and wanted some suggest of what kind of plants I should drop in there. I'm gonna be using parts of the bioactive kit from Biodude, but I wanted to see if I could add some live plants.

P.S. this will be her final enclosure
 

Ian14

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I believe that Devils Ivy grows well, as it tolerates low light.
 

moricollins

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You will want to avoid plants that will have extensive roots. They will interfere with the tarantula's burrow system.
 

Hakuna

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Pothos, perhaps. I couldn't agree more with above though; stay away from plants that root too much since this T will probably be underground most of the time.
 

l4nsky

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Pothos is the gold standard for easy vivarium plants. They do have an extensive root system as they get established, but I haven't noticed a problem. The one planted tank I have has a regalis who has burrowed a bit out the back of her cork tube. I've actually seen her move some of the roots that penetrated her corkbark round, so I think a fossorial species should be able to manage moving, removing, or going around any root.
 
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