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Hi my name is Wes on behalf of Expert Village.com and in this video segment I am going to talk
about adding accents to your terrarium to really make it come alive. If you want to
know more about terrariums and carnivorous plants you can visit us at equilibriocarnivorousplants.com.
Some accents that you can use that are very easy are types of different wood. Now the
kind of wood that you want to use is generally especially for tropical terrariums something
that is going to be very resistant to water. These are things like cypress or other types
of very water resistant woods and again the kind of wood that you are going to use and
the size is going to depend on the size of the terrarium and the space that you have
available. Here obviously this piece of wood is going to be too big but a piece like this
may be perfect. You can also use cork rolls like this if you have enough space inside
of your terrarium. Another accent that is really nice to use in tropical terrariums
is this kind of tropical moss. It adds a lot of color and it is a perfect ground cover.
So I will show you here about placing the accents. You really just want to make them
look and seem as natural as possible. Again you want to work with the kind of room that
you have. Here we can place the moss in small chunks around the base of these plants. The
moss really only requires a small amount of water so it won’t compete a nepenthes inside
of the terrarium. Again here you just want to think about your own personal preference
and also what looks most natural.
You can also use different types of accents like fake mushrooms or other things like that
likings that you can actually glue or tack on to the base of your background. It is just
another way of making your tank even more natural and adding certain visual affects
to your tank.