Thinking about trying some plants in my future skink tank... Any good edible ones thta can take abuse and not much light? I can imagine that a skink will be like a tortoise, and trample all over them... so hardy is good.
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It's awfully pretty! It would be great if it could grow that big.I'll try to get you a photo. I've got some sort of plant all over the place. My fish eat it, so it's not poisonous and it grows anywhere. Light. Dark. Dry. Wet. It's crazy. One thing though, the leaves start out small when it comes in a tiny pot, but left unchecked it will grow hundreds of feet long with leaves at least 20" across. They will stay tiny if you keep it cut back. You can grow them on the sides or back or your set-up to avoid trampling. I'll try to get a photo up:
I'm willing to give it try, at least for a bitI have found plants in a BTS tank is a waste of time and money. A plant would last at most a day as BTS are too active and strong. Go with stone works and driftwood.
Sure things I could probably upgrade to 'larger' plants as he/she grows, but to start out I think spider plants will be one of first choices, I'll be looking forward to so many!Green and yellow? Zeropilot, do you mean the pothos on the far right as you look at the photo? Looks like this:
Those are pretty darn hardy. I use them with my Fire, Olive Tree, and Golden Skinks (hatchlings and adults). The largest is only 130ish grams, though, so I don't know how it would stand up to a big, fatty BTS!!
Another good one would be Spider Plant--though, again, don't know how it would hold up against a larger BTS, as I haven't put one in with anything wider/heavier and terrestrial than a juvenile tortoise... Both of these have proven to stand up well in terrariums of various light levels (including not so well lit snake vivs) and a rather lazy watering regiment.
I remember you saying you want to start with a baby BTS? As a neonate, it shouldn't be able to wreck plants too badly.. Then you can just reevaluate as he grows.
I'd be wary of using pothos as it contains toxins (raphides) in common with elephant ears and philodendron. If using spider plants I would suggest establishing a plant outside enclosure and using "babies" in tank.
I thank you for the "heads up". I never intended it as food in the beginning...It was climbing ground cover that ended up getting eaten.Some torts can eat it like Indotestudo, redfoots and Manouria but I still am hesitant about letting other herps eat it.