sav tank, natural setting? - Page 2

geckoguy157 · 06-06-04, 06:23 PM

concept3 you can get grass that natuarly grows the colour he is looking for all grass doesnt grow green what might look cool is a grass i was growing in my horticuture class it grows in clumpos and is a bluey grewy colour il find a picture and the name and post it for you tomorow i cant rember the name im gonna have to look tomorow in horticulture

Bartman · 06-06-04, 10:17 PM

Thank you so much! Cant wait for the response, do you think its difficult to get your hands on it?

Kyle Barker · 06-23-04, 01:03 AM

not yellow but a dull green. i go out to the clearcuts (VERY VERY dry!) and grab the seeds. when i had my save it grew very good with almost no water (the plants). just potted it so the sav didnt dig it up as much. it all grew under teh spot lights for the monitor and 1 compact flouro. it is tough stuff. as for names i have no idea. if your interested i can mail you an envelope of random seeds.

i also added mealworms in there and they ate a bit of the grass and the monitor LOVED catching the beetles and digging a bit for the worms.

EDIT: I just came back from a hike up in the hills. I found a huge grassland area (arbutus, garry oak, doug fir stand for those familiar) and found some killer looking grass. Its blue/green, about 6" tall in clumps. Has small blades. Anyway i grabed a whack of seeds for my rock garden. They were growing in DRY rock, with 30+ degree sun beating on them for about 2 weeks now.

JRQ · 06-23-04, 11:14 PM

alright let me say something in my own defense..... have lawn grass in my tank....but not a sheet of grass all over. What i did was I spreed the seed throughout and then kept it growing well for about 3 weeks.....after that point I cut off light and watering....not amphibians in there of course. My end product was a tank with mostly dead grass as ground cover and some sprouts very scarce. It looks pretty good for my first vivarium, and when I did this I had not run into any of these forums online to talk to other folks in the hobbie.......(Damn I wish I had a Web Cam).

Bartman · 06-24-04, 01:55 PM

if you have pics id love to see it..

geckoguy157 · 06-26-04, 09:46 PM

ok well ive been looking for it around and i cant find it or the tag that was in its pot it was blue ejage or something to that effect is there anyone here who can help me out with the name.

Deven · 06-29-04, 08:58 PM

You can do a search for field or crab grass and find seeds or just transplant some from your area if you can. it works great for what you're looking to do, hope this helps.

Deven
Terra5Designs

Bartman · 06-29-04, 09:31 PM

What do grass seeds look like if i went outside and got some? And would they be on the surface or underground? Or should i just go buy some grass seeds?

hhw · 07-02-04, 01:17 PM

By the way, how do you go about disinfecting a setup like this?

Bartman · 07-02-04, 02:04 PM

How would you do it anyway with all the dirt in their...even without grass.

Kyle Barker · 07-02-04, 03:07 PM

well the grasses send up really long tubular stems with a bunch of puffy crap on the end...those are the seeds.

Linds · 07-02-04, 04:59 PM

I doubt grassd could be maintained in a typical sav enclosure since they love to dig and burrow all around, but to answer the question...

I forget the name of it, but my mom always plants this tall ornamental grass in her gardens. It grows in rigid clusters up to 8' or something like that and you can get it at most greenhouses I assume. Not sure if it would work out, but a thought.

Bartman · 07-02-04, 06:30 PM

well mine doesnt seem to care to burrow or dig..well he digs a bit but doesnt burrow at all from what i can see...

I dont think im gonna plant grass as it seems to complicated, and hes not going to be in the enclosure for to long..its only 5x2x2 so he'll have to be moved outta their eventually

hhw · 07-02-04, 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by Bartman
How would you do it anyway with all the dirt in their...even without grass.

Well, I would normally replace the substrate and scrub/disinfect everything thoroughly...

However, there wouldn't be much point of growing anything in there, nor would you really want to keep destroying burrows, right?

So, do you just spot clean? Or do you spray everything down with virosan?

I don't currently keep any monitors, but I would like to sometime in the future so it would be best to find these things out first :P

Bartman · 07-02-04, 08:20 PM

Well i just spot clean..but i dont just clean the area he defecated but a lot of the surrounding dirt..but my sav is really great..he only poo's in the waterdish! Its so great, other then the fact he barley has anything to drink ever lol..i have to change it everyday like twice!