Tropical Crabitat

[Ginko]

So I've been looking at my crabitat a lot and decided that it's pretty boring. Does anyone have any suggestions to make it look more like a Tropical Jungle?

[aussieJJDude]

LEAVES! When I think of a tropical crabitat, I get the image of a whole lotta plants. For me, I would scape it with plentiful of plants (live or fake), EE as a substrate, long twisty pieces of wood (make the trees) with a lot of vines and a few rocks/boulders scattered here and there. Even "covering" the substrate with dried oak leaves to give it that old jungle feel. MOSS! (OMG yes, that totally jungle! )

I sure that typing Rainforest into google images with get the ideas flowing! Or even on the fishy side of things, jungle aquascape is another idea that you can "bring" to your theme.
Taking a good look through the picture forums (even the DIY) will get some more ideas, plenty of crabbers have a jungly type of crabitat; I sure with just a quick search you find plenty of idea.

[Ginko]

I like it! I have lots of EE as substrate, For climbing stuff I have large pieces of driftwood and a nice lava rock with a hole in the middle. I think it would be cool to have live plants in there, what kind would you recommend? Moss and grey rocks sounds great!

Is there place I can buy moss seeds or could I just go in my backyard and grab some of the moss that's growing and put it in the tank? What kind of wood do you think I could get that twisty? I know what your talking about but I can't remember what kind of plant it is.

[Asheka]

Unfortunately can't answer the rest, but as for the moss, as long as there's no pesticides being used in the area you're normally safe to grab it from outside.

[aussieJJDude]

^^^ Yep; what I would say!
For the plants many plants that would go in a reptiles tank should go safely into a hermies.
Eg:
- pothos
- bromeliads
- Orchids
- most ferns
- prayer plants
(just to name a few; I'm sure that there is more out there; but for now that's all I can think of.)
For the vines; look at the "jungle vines". For actual pieces of wood; most pet stores should sell a variety of pieces to suit.

[Ginko]

Thanks for the suggestions! I will definitely try these out