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PhantomPhilodendron
Hello fellow plant lovers! I’m looking into building a terrarium (or something similar) with life (insects, fish, invertebrates, etc) to provide additional enrichment for my 2 cats. I know this may sound silly, but I recently moved to a much smaller place with no outdoor area and they are not thrilled. I want to give them any and every opportunity to be even mildly entertained and this is one of the ideas I keep coming back to. Since it would involve life, I want to make sure I get it right.
- Are there any resources (educational or otherwise) that helped you when developing your terrariums?
- Is there a particular terrarium, set up, or inhabitant you would suggest?
- Any other advice, suggestions, or things to watch out for?
I definitely need something that can close so the cats can’t get into it and to keep the inhabitants safe. I would like something in a 10gal container or smaller. My one cat has poor eye sight so I would like the inhabitants to be more active and visible than perhaps a praying mantis.
Thank you for your advice in advance! We appreciate it 🙂🐱🐱🌿
My first attempt at a terrarium. 😬 Wish me luck!! 🌱💧
bryan
fittonia terrarium is doing great
MK
First time terrarium owner and loving them so far! I bought these last week and can’t stop looking at them. I have a cat so I also love plants that he can’t easily get to. I can have these on my desk and not have to worry about him! Going to a build-your-own terrarium class here in Nashville later this month and excited to make my own.
BotanicalBookworm_13
Does anyone know if you can say your plant is in a terrarium in planta?
Mikala
Hey! I am new to terrarium building, but I have snails and I want to build a terrarium with it. This is what I have so far which isn’t much. What is the best way to build this?
C
CJ
got this water plant, can i have some tips please? i’ve added some food to its water
context: i bought this 2/3 days ago and im not sure what it is, (i have posted this in the relevant group for that 😁), i have not had a water plant before!
bryan
my terrarium is doing pretty well, i have some white dots (fungi?) but i hope with time they’ll eat up all the nutrients keeping them alive and eventually die off, the springtails have boomed in population and the isopods and millipedes have been chilling, this terrarium has been going since november but it wasn’t as full, only boasting two plants, a neon pothos and a persian shield plant. the persian shield plant lost a good amount of its foliage while the pothos put out two new leaves since then, the rest of the plants i added around january, including a fern, aspergus fern, some kind of peperomia, a trailing watermelon begonia cutting and a cutting of a creeping oak leaf ficus. i am pretty happy on how this ecosystem experiment is going and i can’t wait for what the future holds within this terrarium.
Holly
My first terrarium attempt!
Brady
Starting an awesome water terrarium for some carnivorous plants, I need all the advice I can get!
So far only got a sundew and some of the soil and stuff but stay tuned 😎
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Lina
I made a teranium with stones at the bottom a good layer of soil and further stones on top and after using a succulent feed all of the plants died!!
Can anyone suggest any unkillable plants for a medium/large bottle teranium please? Also the teranium isn’t near a window but is in a bright room. Thanks
Sunny
String of frogs doing its thing 💚💚
TreesGrowMoneh
What do you guys think ?
Mads ❤️
Anyone know where to put my new terrarium? It’s a golden pothos, so maybe midsun?
snazzy man
this beauty has grown so much since a got it over a month ago!
Photos on left is from when I got it a month ago!
The prayer is also getting a new leaf!
Doll
Hi plant heads, ✌🏽 I’m getting very curious about making a terrarium. If you have any suggestions or tips on how to start? I would appreciate it.🤍🪴
Shadow-assassin
Do I need to be worried about this fungus growing in my crested gecko terrarium? It’s growing under his water bowl, but is it something that could possibly be toxic?
I’m hoping it just looks scarier than it is.
Gecko (Lance) included for fun.
K
Katie
My new terrarium with my 2 baby anoles!! Shadrack and Mishack! (Gonna buy another one to name him Abendigo 🤭)
I have heart leaf philodendron, pothos, a little fern, silver inch plant, and some moss in there!!
