Vivarium 2: Electric Boogaloo

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My new vivarium came today, and it is (in my honest opinion) my finest work yet! It's got a cork bark background which has the benefit of looking cool and being a climable surface for the mantids. Plant-wise, I have an orchid and hoya tricolour attached to the background (they can both grow epiphytically) then I have some variegated pothos and a croton plant in the substrate. Complete with giant orange isopods and springtails, it's pretty good! This will one day house my L3 C. humeralis, but he/she is a long way off that which is perfect as it will give loads of time for the viv to start cycling.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Looks great! Make sure you trim that Pothos, those things grow like weeds.

- MantisGirl13 

 

[MantisMart]

Looks amazing!

 

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Looks great! Make sure you trim that Pothos, those things grow like weeds.

- MantisGirl13 

Thanks! I certainly will - they were sent bare-rooted and were in the post longer than anticipated, so it's still a bit shocked, I'm sure it'll bounce back soon though!

Looks amazing!

Thank you 

 

[JG_Mantis]

Love it!  I want to set up a vivarium soon. What lighting do you use for the plants?

 

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Love it!  I want to set up a vivarium soon. What lighting do you use for the plants?

Thank you! I'm using a Zoo Med Nano 5W LED, it was recommended by my local exotic/reptile shop.