Ten gallon tank into terrarium

[The Orchid Boy]

I was thinking about turning a 10 gallon fish tank into a naturalistic looking terrarium. I would like to do orchids, tropical carnivorous plants (most CPs aren't tropical by the way), or something a little different. I would especially love to do carnivorous plants. Do you have any recomendations for creating a beautiful, natural terrarium? What easy, small orchids would you recommend? Bloom spikes can't get too tall. Could I combine orchids and CPs? I saw the sticky on orchids for terrariums and looked a few orchids up. Any good carnivorous plants for terrariums?

I would light it with T5 lights and use pure water and also provide some source of heat in the day.

[The Orchid Boy]

Does anybody have any recomendations?

---------- Post added at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 PM ----------

How about a list of a few tropical carnivorous plants. I had a hard time finding any.

---------- Post added at 03:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 PM ----------

Ok found some:
Pitcher plants:
Sarracenia rosea
Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa
Sarracenia psittacina
Nepenthes gracilis

Bladderworts:
Any terrestrial species like Utricularia longifolia

Sundews:
Drosera capensis
Drosera aliciae
Drosera capillaris
Drosera adelae (if you give it lots of humidity)

Butterworts:
Pinguicula moranensis
Pinguicula lusitanica

[WhiteRabbit]

sorry - I don't know anything about terrariums, but giving you a

I do grow Sarracenia purpurea on windowsill - I believe these are hardy, not tropical - very easy to grow, tho need cold to go dormant, in order to bloom (mine stay inside, and don't go dormant). They may do fine in a tropical terriarium - just not bloom ...

gl!

[Discus]

The lowland Nepenthes are your best bet CPs for a terrarium - the trick is in finding one that is small enough to live in a 10 gallon tank!

Depending on how warm it gets in there, you may get away with other CPs too, although even most that you've listed don't sound like they'll be happy in a "tropical" terrarium. You'll have trouble with anything that expects a cool/cold winter rest.

D. capensis is pretty weedy - I suspect it'll grow anywhere there is enough light and water!

[DelawareJim]

I made one for my niece that had Drosera capensis, several pygmy dews, Utric. sandersonii, and a VFT. It's about 5 years old and still going strong.

Utric. graminifolia works really well too and looks like this when grown well.


I think 10 gallons is too small for any Nepenthes or any of the Sarrs.

Problem you might have is the tank might be too warm and stagnant for any orchids.

Cheers.
Jim