pinkjacket
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Hey everyone,
I just got 3 juvenile/sub-adult Archispirostreptus gigas. When I first added them to the terrarium, I noticed two of them showing a lot of interest in the 2 fake plants I put on each side of the enclosure.
I was wondering what plants I can add that they could safely feed on? I've looked at African biotope plants on Dendroboards but I couldn't find anything concrete. The 3 posts I found here on AB about this topic, one had no replies, and the other two had replies saying that they will eat plants without mentioning anything specific (and one did have a link to a supposed "list", but of course it's a dead link).
What I could find from Dendroboards and various reddit threads:
Swedish Ivy
African Begonias (I was specifically looking at B. polygonoides and prismatocarpa)
Soleirolia
Medinilla sedifolia
BUT I saw many comments here on AB stating that they had A. gigas feeding on plants (and quite voraciously, it seems) so I wanted to ask: what plants are safe to feed/grow in A. gigas enclosure?
The terrarium isn't super tall above the soil, may 6-7in, but it's quite long. There's maybe 5-6in of soil with 1-2in of hardwood leaves on top and 1/2in of a drainage layer at the bottom. Lights on a timer 13hrs and average temps between 80-90 during the day 75-80 at night, humidity settles around 60% for most of the day, other than with a fogger that runs dawn for an hour and a half and again at dusk to raise it to 80-90%.
I appreciate any info you guys can share!
Evelyn
I just got 3 juvenile/sub-adult Archispirostreptus gigas. When I first added them to the terrarium, I noticed two of them showing a lot of interest in the 2 fake plants I put on each side of the enclosure.
I was wondering what plants I can add that they could safely feed on? I've looked at African biotope plants on Dendroboards but I couldn't find anything concrete. The 3 posts I found here on AB about this topic, one had no replies, and the other two had replies saying that they will eat plants without mentioning anything specific (and one did have a link to a supposed "list", but of course it's a dead link).
What I could find from Dendroboards and various reddit threads:
Swedish Ivy
African Begonias (I was specifically looking at B. polygonoides and prismatocarpa)
Soleirolia
Medinilla sedifolia
BUT I saw many comments here on AB stating that they had A. gigas feeding on plants (and quite voraciously, it seems) so I wanted to ask: what plants are safe to feed/grow in A. gigas enclosure?
The terrarium isn't super tall above the soil, may 6-7in, but it's quite long. There's maybe 5-6in of soil with 1-2in of hardwood leaves on top and 1/2in of a drainage layer at the bottom. Lights on a timer 13hrs and average temps between 80-90 during the day 75-80 at night, humidity settles around 60% for most of the day, other than with a fogger that runs dawn for an hour and a half and again at dusk to raise it to 80-90%.
I appreciate any info you guys can share!
Evelyn