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Post by vraev on Dec 3, 2006 19:31:32 GMT -5
I know what u mean phil. PPL come to my room ..see all the lights....and one pot....they are confused...I say carnivorous plants...they are like..."what???"..... have to show them the VFT's...when they say.....WOWWOWOW...lol!  |
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Post by insectivore on Dec 3, 2006 21:02:02 GMT -5
Thats some nice setups guys, keep em' coming!  Yeah thats accualy how I got titom(new member of the forum) to start liking CP's!  Cya |
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Post by lloyd on Dec 3, 2006 22:46:19 GMT -5
Amazing plants and high tech gadgetry. Almost everybody I know thinks I'm weird to have strange plants growing in my house. This is definitely the forum for me.
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 5, 2006 10:57:18 GMT -5
Hay! Its going to go down to -10 tonight in halifax so I'll try to post some pictures of my terrarium with below freezing internal temperatures tonight, -10 isn't cold enough to cause frost in the soil though  , but it should show around 0 inside, later in the winter I'll get some pics of it when its like - 20 out, sould be about -10 or so inside the tank then ;D |
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 5, 2006 11:02:25 GMT -5
P.S. the internal duct fans are thromostaticly controled to keep from freezing the tank solid all the time, so I can set it to whatever temp I want, the thermostat regulates the temp by switching certain fans on and off depending on the tank ambient air temp, I usuall leave at 0 degrees, but turn it down for fun now and again to see the frost form in the soil, and to simulate a cold snap |
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Post by vraev on Dec 5, 2006 12:01:17 GMT -5
oooh man! no wonder your VFT's look as if they are real man eating plants. You are simulating carolina there buddy. wow!! You seriously need to help me with my next terrarium late next summer....I want to do one with style this time sincenow I know I can grow venus fly traps successfully (don't know yet if my dormancy tech works...will know in feb) |
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 8, 2006 21:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 8, 2006 21:32:28 GMT -5
the flourescent lights look really bright there too for some reason, it doesn't look near that bright in person,must be the camera, but it normaly looks like that in the summer with the HPS lights on with them  |
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 8, 2006 21:43:01 GMT -5
P.S. my crappy webcam couldn't read the temperature in the tank the other day because it sucks and can't see clearly enough, so I am going to wait till later in the winter, when its really cold, and get my buddy back to take some quality shots of the tanks frosty environment |
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Post by vraev on Dec 8, 2006 22:34:09 GMT -5
wow...phil....your setup is simply unbelievable. You really need to help me get a good lighting setup for my terrarium. And since I don't want to burden my parents with a hefty power bill. I hope the lights don't leech too much power without compromising on quality light for the plants. |
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 9, 2006 8:26:11 GMT -5
 hears a shot of it at 4 degrees.. if you can make it out  |
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Post by lloyd on Dec 9, 2006 9:18:04 GMT -5
Since the terrarium isn't double glazed, doesn't it cool the room significantly? I would think it would act as a refridgerator.
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Post by funkytechnician on Dec 9, 2006 10:39:12 GMT -5
only slightly, the glass is pritty thick, but some times if its really cold out and the door is shut, the room is only slightly cooler then the rest of the house, but not enough to really notice
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Post by lloyd on Dec 14, 2006 11:59:41 GMT -5
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Post by insectivore on Dec 14, 2006 18:10:16 GMT -5
Nice setup! The empty pot with the pygmies most be "Lake Badgerup" Cya |
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, but it should show around 0 inside, later in the winter I'll get some pics of it when its like - 20 out, sould be about -10 or so inside the tank then ;D
