Black Pepper Leaf Litter for Terrariums, Vivariums & Aquariums
Reptiscape Black Pepper Leaves are an excellent leaf litter that you can use in a terrarium, vivarium or aquarium. They also make a tasty treat for your isopods and springtails in a bioactive terrarium. Black Pepper leaves come from the Piper nigrum (Pepper plant) These plants create the berries we love to flavor our food with.
Leaf litter helps to provide a naturalistic appearance to a terrarium, they also provide hiding spots for small animals such as dart frogs, reptiles or invertebrates such as shrimp, tarantulas and hermit crabs.
They can be used in a natural aquarium set up to help add beneficial nutrients and regulate PH levels. Perfect for Shrimp, Betta Fish, Discus and South American Cichlids and other fish.
Black Pepper Leaves are an excellent leaf litter for black water aquariums as well as many other setups. The leaves will provide shelter to fish fry and small species of shrimp, crabs, crayfish, snails, and other fish while maintaining a natural look in the aquarium.
They also serve as an ideal growth medium for biofilm and diatoms, both of which are key food sources for countless aquatic animal species, including shrimp and other invertebrates as well as fish.
They also serve as an ideal growth medium for biofilm and diatoms, both of which are key food sources for countless aquatic animal species, including shrimp and other invertebrates as well as fish.
Additionally, micro fauna like springtails and isopods will use the decomposing leaves as food.
In the forest, the leaf litter may be several inches thick. Typically in a naturalistic or bioactive terrarium, you want to have the leaves at least a few layers deep and you should routinely add leaves as you see them decomposing.
Each package contains 10 dried Black Pepper leaves. Each leaf is approx 5” (12cm)
Due to the nature of this product there will be variation in size and shape.
