Right with me recently acquired frogs i was planning to set up a live planted viv for them. I had it all planned out but it all happened rather quickly so i havnt really finished it, so where there should be plants are plastic ones for the time being. HOwever, to the point, i brought aplant called mother in Laws tongue, it has think waxy leaves, that are long and go to a point. I was told it should be safe to use, so want to check that out. However, i also found small white balls in its soil and im not sure if these are going to be plant food or pesticeds or anything. As such i havnt used it.

Does anyone here know anything about plants enougth to give me some advice??

Jay

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The plant's also called "Snake Plant" or Sansevieria trifasciata, and is on the safe list for reps; not sure on amphibians but, thought I'd give you the other names to help you find out more about it.

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1.1.0 Chinese Water Dragons (Physignathus Cocincinus)
0.6.0 Mourning Geckos (Lepidodactylus Lugubris)
1.2.0 Bearded Dragons (Pogona Vitticeps)
0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria)

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yep! they need dryer conditions on the roots. well drained soil. the nodules are for fixing nitrogen. they like poor, sandy soil.

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Any plants brought from a garden centre should have the soil washed from their roots AND a damn good rinsing of all the foliage before you use them in an amphibian viv.

Alternatively, place an order with a company who specialise in viv plants such as these guys E.N.T. Terrarientechnik

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yeah, thourghly wash/rinse anything. remove all the soil and have bare root to start with.

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yer it will be throughly washed, the soil was removed, then its going to be replanted in a new pot and the pot burried in the viv so i can controll how much it grows etc.

However i was just curious about the white bits in the soil and wondered if these would in any way leve a residue on the plant that would be transfered to the anphibians

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thanks i knew it was San somthing lol can remeber the guy telling me.

Jay

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with bit could just be a filler.

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The white bits tend to be polystyrene balls to help with soil drainage

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Vivarium Plant Pricelist
this is a brilliant site to buy plants off.

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