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funkychips 24th June 2009 12:19 AM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
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Originally Posted by kit1212 (Post 17558)
Hey,it looks really nice and well arranged.

kit, you should try setting up a terrarium, it really makes a good difference as you can view your plants (or talk to them :unsure:) before you go to sleep *biggrin2*

Yamanaka 25th June 2009 03:51 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Is that a D. hamiltonii?:unsure:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2478/drotank.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3790/droseracoll.jpg
These are the common species, most of you would already have them in your collection. :smile:[/QUOTE]

edmund83 25th June 2009 04:16 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
hi alvin,

why not plan a real terrarium for this tank ?... dump the peat and moss inside .and do some landscape..since you keep planted tank. you can easily get moss from there. ^^



but i know you might suffer on lighting and moisture system. Do not worry, i will try give you the idea...

weeps 1st February 2010 11:49 AM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Hi, Guys, if put a PC fan inside, is that good to blow in/out the air ?
Is that for air circulation or colling purpose?

funkychips 7th February 2010 02:19 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Weeps, if you put a cooling fan in the terrarium it is best to place the fan such that it is blowing out so that the heat is being drawn out of the tank by the fan movement. Having the fan blowing inwards will dry the water trays and plants out faster. If you have a table fan nearby it is also fine. The only difference is that the cooling fan reduces heat buildup while the table fan increases the air circulation. Hope that helps.

cheers
Alvin

weeps 8th February 2010 05:45 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Hi, Alvin,
Thanks for the input.
BTW, can I not to put fan?:smile:

funkychips 20th February 2010 01:37 AM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by weeps (Post 26102)
Hi, Alvin,
Thanks for the input.
BTW, can I not to put fan?:smile:

Hi Weeps, sorry for the late reply!
Actually it is advisable to at least have a means of air circulation, because you will find that without a fan, the heat from the lighting will cause the water tray to dry out quicker than having a fan around (for my terrarium, even with fan, topping up of water tray still needs to be carried out daily).

Alvin

funkychips 20th February 2010 01:40 AM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by edmund83 (Post 17657)
hi alvin,

why not plan a real terrarium for this tank ?... dump the peat and moss inside .and do some landscape..since you keep planted tank. you can easily get moss from there. ^^

but i know you might suffer on lighting and moisture system. Do not worry, i will try give you the idea...

Thanks Ed...must look into the moisture system especially. If I have that then my worries of leaving the house for the week in future will be over :spinning:

LJ_Tan 5th April 2010 10:55 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by funkychips (Post 17348)
Noted Adam! I'm on the lookout for both PL lights and T5 lights. Will look into the local hardware store this weekend. For now will have to put up with monotonous green :(

Dear Funkychips,

"PL lights" is ?:shy:

funkychips 13th April 2010 09:45 PM

Re: My Drosera terrarium
 
Hi Tan,

PL stands for "Phillips-Lighting". If one mentions PL-L, it stands for "Philips Linear-Long."
Here's a link to understanding the definition and function of PL lights better:
http://lightbulbmarket.blogspot.com/...pl-l-mean.html


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