Sub-Tropical terrarium
If you have decided on a jungle inhabitant, your terrarium must be equipped with the appropriate technology that ensures constant temperature and humidity.
In a humid rainforest terrarium, there is a tropical climate. The humidity is almost 100%.
The substrate should usually only be slightly damp.
Pointed snakes from Asia, for example, feel at home in this climate.
Tropical terrariums are the most demanding terrariums in terms of care and equipment.
| Climbing branches | Cork & robinia branches, mangrove roots |
| Plants: | Hard foliage (Aucuba), rubber trees, Dieffenbachia, Alocasia, Aglaonema, Calathea, Spathiphyllum, green lilies, philodendron, Tradescantia, Marantha, Caladium, moss |
| Ground: | Leaf soil, terrarium soil, peat moss to avoid waterlogging |
| Water: | From a large water bowl to a large pool with a stream, everything is possible here. |
Swamp terrarium
The soil in the swamp is wet, so that toads, for example, can discover their surroundings. The floor pan stands with water, the container can be of different sizes. Depending on the species, the temperature is 15-24 ° C (unheated) or 24-30 ° C (heated).
| Root: | Tanned wood, mangrove roots, bog wood, synthetic roots, stone slabs |
| Plants: | Aquarium plants such as spear leaf, water goblet, pennywort, marsh grass, dwarf papyrus, hemigraphis or ophiopogon |
| Ground: | Gravel or sphagnum as a substrate, moss cushion |
| Drinking bowl: | Please lay out with gravel |
Rainforest terrarium
The humid and warm rainforest, which rains a lot, is a complex ecological structure and is best kept in a large terrarium.
The exotic terrarium has lush vegetation with high temperature and humidity.
The temperatures are mostly around 25 ° C. In the evening, fog fields are mostly formed. The night is fresh, with temperatures around 21 ° C.
| Wood: | Lianas, vine wood, cork, coconut shells |
| Plants: | Lush vegetation dominates the rainforest. Epiphytes, bromeliads, tree ferns, orchids, moss, climbing plants (Aeschynanthus, Piper, Hoya, Peperomia), earth stars, Ludwigia, Cryptocoryne, dragon and screw trees |
| Landscape: | The tropical landscape can be individually designed with water tanks, a stream and a structured rear wall |
| Drinking bowl: | Please lay out with gravel |