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Post by Maiden on Sept 2, 2014 21:49:42 GMT -5
Hahah ian, just tell me when it will be done. My dream is having a beer on a tepui surounded by insitu helis
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Post by hal on Sept 2, 2014 22:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by cory on Sept 2, 2014 22:36:30 GMT -5
I don't use fans. Just air stones in the bottom of the tank. Never had a problem with mold or fungus. Fans kill my humidity unless it's sealed Bright light is absolutely essential for terrarium growing What is airstone? Edit: ok i saw some on google. Your air flow is your air stone?, i imagine you open the lid each day for fresh air? I have a 1" gap on the back of my glass tops That's how I get away with having the room during the day @ 70* and the tank barely hits 80* even with a 4 bulb 4' t-5 HO 12" above the tank. I put maybe 2-3" of water in the bottom to hold steady humidity and to keep it from fluctuating all over the place when the temp changes. Just enough to get 1/2" above the stones. I believe this also keeps the water a bit cooler with ambient temp air being pushed into it constantly. When the lights go out and the temps drop the water being a bit warmer than what the room is skyrockets the humidity. Within a couple hours it stabilizes and the tank temp drops as it supposed to. When I first started growing in Terra's I went the sealed route. I couldn't get consistent anything and temps were off the chart. I also could not get temps to drop at night either. The room would be down in the 55-60* range and the tank was still at 70. I think the reason this setup works is because of the little air flow I do have established with the stones. It's not like a fan but that isn't possible while trying to maintain high humidity. The second reason I think it works is the super bright light. Lighting was a concern. I didn't think I could ever provide enough but with this setup I have had to back the lights off substantially. Not because of heat but because even helis couldn't take that level of light. Lastly it gives the heat an escape and it naturally rises out of the gap instead of making it's way down to the water heating it up and making things difficult.
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Post by paulkoop on Sept 2, 2014 23:01:49 GMT -5
Hm k im going to record humidity and temps threw out the day the next couple of days and post that in a couple days with a 1 inch gap at the one side of tank . :pthe side of the tank cuz the lights were super close to the veitchii and im worried of burning the guys lol
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Post by Maiden on Sept 3, 2014 6:21:27 GMT -5
If you are serious, im in. I think about that trip since 2-3 years.. Cory: thx for all the details. You found a setup that works very well for you, and bring you amazing results. Each grower have to find the good setup in their local environment. Sometimes it can take a lot of time, and a lot of works. Thats why when we found the right growing way, we stick on it. (Im not sure about my english on that post..)
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Post by cory on Sept 3, 2014 21:50:03 GMT -5
English was perfect maiden.
Your correct we all have to find our own way. I think part of the setup or different setups that people miss is acclimation. plants may grow great in a given setup once acclimated properly. I had to learn that before I could get anywhere at first. Especially ordering plants from AW. Very soft.
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