Talk:Enchanted Breeding Cave/@comment-5511026-20120917071417/@comment-5242490-20121014144112

Colosseum takes ages? That's how I got all of the nursery upgrades (my friends are worse than yours at giving gems.) and saved up 55 gems right now. It's only a day. (When you get later in the game, waste a bunch of time buying 15-second plant dragons to level up your shrines. Then get a level 15 plant-hybrid for every element. Always put the level 15s in the colosseum. You win gold almost every time. I'm sure level 20 is even better.)

If you lack the food, try leveling up a plant hybrid by one every time it comes up in the colosseum. You level them up at a much more gradual pace, giving you time to earn the money for food.

Also, gemstone dragons (although the biggest pain to breed, ever) will earn you 12/week, which is also helpful.