Artificial plants in the terrarium

Many keepers prefer to set up their terrarium with artificial rather than real plants. The animals themselves that are often indifferent. The use of artificial plants in the terrarium brings advantages and disadvantages.

Artificial plants as great decoration

Artificial plants or plastic plants look amazingly like real plants now. At first glance, you'll hardly recognize it, whether it is real or fake plants. There are bromeliads, ferns, ivy, cacti and more than artificial plants. Artificial plants are a great decorative and practical, as opposed to requiring minimal care like live plants  and do not wither. You can also set it at any time in captivity in another place, what with living plants, which sit in the flower pot, is not so simple. The artificial plants have on their back usually a small hook or a suction cup, whereby the mounting is facilitated. You can also install them firmly and possibly connect them with craft wire to the back wall.

Easy to clean

A very important and advantageous point is to clean the plants. Arboreal animals like just put on their feces from the plants in the terrarium. Artificial plants can be cleaned easily. A wet cloth is enough and you wipe the dirt away easily. In real plants, however you must be careful in this cleaning work is always something, so you do not damage them.

Artificial plants for hiding and climbing ability

Reptiles are hiding a lot. Since artificial plants are more stable and robust, this will be used as a hideout by the animals happily, because they often have larger leaves. They also make for an excellent tree climbing experience.. Real plants, however, have always something more to give, when the little wards frolic in the terrarium.

Artificial plants in the rain forest terrarium

The humidity in a terrarium or humid rain forest terrarium is enormously important and vital for the animals. Some of this humidity, for example, takes on real plants. This is the use of artificial plants not possible. However, there are so many other possibilities to maintain the humidity in humid terrariums that this is not an essential obstacle. If you regularly spray or using a sprinkler system, a nebulizer, etc., then the artificial plants in this regard is not a problem

Not all animals can have artificial plants in the terrarium

In any case, you must not use artificial plants in species that feed on plants, even if only partially, because these are often eaten with plastic plants and cause severe constipation. Of course you may also use them for these animals for entertainment and only use real non-toxic plants!