Recent content by Sharoman

1st off i wanted to say thanks for all the useful information. I did used to water the plant from the top and even if it was indirectly i probably did manage to get some water in the pitchers from time to time. I defiantly figured by now (from reading your posts) that i should be watering the...

I'v purchased a young cephalotus about 5 months ago from a well trusted shop iv been buying from for about 2-3 years. When I got it home I immediately re-planted it into a mixture of 1/3 peat, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 silica quartz where it's been ever since. For the 1st three months it was doing...

Can anyone recommend a a spesific brand of DBW?

I'v cut my 1st nep about a year ago and thought im not 100% sure but i think it started growing more extensions. i'v cut my 2nd nep just a couple fo weeks ago and just a few days after that it started to grow new extensions from the same spot and just under the place i'v cut. has anyone seen...

My mid size terrarium is about 1.5 years old and so is its media. but i would like to start my new one with coco coir but still not 100% sure how well will my plants react to it or how often will i have to repot. iv read different opinions about it but im still not sure of it's decomposing ratio...

Im currently using peat/partite as a base media for my medium size Nep terrarium and in the prosses of setting up a new mixed plant one (slightly larger). seeing as im planning on having over 10 different plants in the same terrarium im trying to come up with a type of soil that doesnt need...

Amazing photos Drew! especialy the Pings :)

So far its a very small amount and it doesnt seem to be growing much. i was told that it might be do to water accumulating on the glass, but thanx to my new installed fan that's no longer an issue.

Some on the top, mostly in the soil (peat/parrlite). i dont have any sphag (yet) as its as rare as gold here, though i am hoping to get some soon... the main thing id like to know is, is there any dangure in keeping the algae? as for the pics...

By the way, is it a HL or LL Nep?

i was told that if it's in a closed off space you can use dry ice to kill them. im starting to see the same problem in my terrarium, hopefuly it wont become an information.

Those are some good looking Neps :)

I have a relatively new terrarium (about a month old) and after only a short while it seemed to filling up with some algae. are they harmful and how do i get rid of them?

Thanx guys!

I was told it might be a Rebecca Soper or an alata "Lantern"...