Plants to use for a bioactive setup

Mharacnophile

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Hello fellow tarantula lovers. I've done a couple bioactive enclosures and I typically go to a local floral shop and pick out plants there. I usually ask the employees what plants are good in a dryer ecosystems or a more humid one. This time however, I want to ask you. I'm going to be making a bioactive enclosure for my Lasiadora Parahybana. It will be in a 10 gallon acrylic enclosure from lorex plastics (drilled holes). I have clay balls, leaf litter, spagnam moss, and zilla jungle mix substrate. I will also be using cork bark for the hide, as well as springtails for cleanup crew. I was wondering what recommendations you would have for the plants that I should add to this enclosure. Thank you for any and all comments and recommendations.
Sincerely, a Tarantula lover
 

moricollins

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Hello fellow tarantula lovers. I've done a couple bioactive enclosures and I typically go to a local floral shop and pick out plants there. I usually ask the employees what plants are good in a dryer ecosystems or a more humid one. This time however, I want to ask you. I'm going to be making a bioactive enclosure for my Lasiadora Parahybana. It will be in a 10 gallon acrylic enclosure from lorex plastics (drilled holes). I have clay balls, leaf litter, spagnam moss, and zilla jungle mix substrate. I will also be using cork bark for the hide, as well as springtails for cleanup crew. I was wondering what recommendations you would have for the plants that I should add to this enclosure. Thank you for any and all comments and recommendations.
Sincerely, a Tarantula lover
Here are my terrarium plants: (well, some/most of them)
https://arachnoboards.com/threads/my-vivarium-plants.323356/
 

testdasi

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Hello fellow tarantula lovers. I've done a couple bioactive enclosures and I typically go to a local floral shop and pick out plants there. I usually ask the employees what plants are good in a dryer ecosystems or a more humid one. This time however, I want to ask you. I'm going to be making a bioactive enclosure for my Lasiadora Parahybana. It will be in a 10 gallon acrylic enclosure from lorex plastics (drilled holes). I have clay balls, leaf litter, spagnam moss, and zilla jungle mix substrate. I will also be using cork bark for the hide, as well as springtails for cleanup crew. I was wondering what recommendations you would have for the plants that I should add to this enclosure. Thank you for any and all comments and recommendations.
Sincerely, a Tarantula lover
First and foremost, LP is likely to trample all over your plants so keep that in mind.
Assuming your T is of a suitable size for a 10-gallon, the hide is highly unlikely used by the T so more a deco than functional.

In terms of plant, when in doubt, pothos. :smirk:
 

Mharacnophile

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First and foremost, LP is likely to trample all over your plants so keep that in mind.
Assuming your T is of a suitable size for a 10-gallon, the hide is highly unlikely used by the T so more a deco than functional.

In terms of plant, when in doubt, pothos. :smirk:
She's 8"
 

Smotzer

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So So I’ve been experimenting with some plants that can tolerate lower humidity, low light, not super moist soils and will tolerate some soil drying out of soil for short periods of time. They grow larger than needed for most tarantula enclosures and require pruning work to remove large growth, but they have been doing very well and don’t require the more tropical environments and very high moisture levels that aren’t super conducive to most Tarantulas.
I’m going to make a post of these species in the appropriate thread when I get it together. But a few of them are Aglaonema commutatum and related hybrids, a few Apidistra species, the Beaucarnea recurvata (ponytail palm), a few Dieffenbachia hybrids, a few Philodendron species, Syngonium podophyllum, and more! All of these neither require high light, high humidity, or super high soil moisture
Requirements, moderate with a bit of ability to be kept on drier side with less frequent watering. Feel free to ask any questions on some of the species I have mentioned.
 
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