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please correct me if I'm wrong

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Originally posted by Psychonaut:
Aquarium Heater is the way to go. Check this setup out: http://www.geocities.com/bfixxer/documents/incubator_tec/psychonautincubationchamber.h tm

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I love it. Simple, cost effective, eliminates most complaints about aquarium heaters. Good job yo!

I like the external embedded temperature gauge and keeping the heater element control knob external. Lets you lock down your jars in darkness and still monitor/adjust your setup.

[This message has been edited by The Learner (edited April 14, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by maxxjones (edited April 15, 2000).]

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Take two large rubbermaids like you might use for a terrarium, stacked there is a gap in betweeen them at the bottom. You fill this gap with water + heater (while top one is removed of course). Secure the heater so it is slightly elevated from the bottom but don't let it float so that it doesn't touch any plastic. Also make sure the heater is completely submerged.
Place the other container inside. They get a nice snug fit, but you can still let the chord come out between the containers.

There's no cutting involved, and your terrarium is dry/easy to clean. Cover with a sleeping bag and its efficient too.

My only experience with heating pads is that they're bad. It had 2 settings, low and high, which is pretty unhelpful if you are looking for a certain degree (86 F). The low setting was still way to high, plus the damn things fluctuate.

Aquarium heaters, on the other hand, work perfectly. I can set mine to the exact degree. It doesn't dry jars out. It requires about 15 minutes of initial setup. Not really any maintanence. I don't know how it would give you slimy jars.... the jars should be on top of the container holding the water and heater, not in the water with it. Algae has never been a problem either.

Seriously, people seem to have weird ideas about the aquarium heater incubation. The best setup IMHO is ShroomGod's incubation chamber. Check out the posts on this from last October or November.

--Nyar15

If you can get a container with a good seal or a rubber sealing ring, then you could put the container on its side into the side of the box near the bottom. Or perhaps at a 45 degree angle going down diagnally through the side of the box.

Ohh heres another edit.

Hardware stores have large black plastic pipes for sewage and water drainage. They even come with end cap pieces and all sorts of elbow joints and splits. With a little imagination and some of this material you could come up with some interesting heating containers.

The most simple would be the log design

CAP<>PIPE<>CAP drill a hole to fit the heater element inside.

For the mad ass scientist this will not do You need to make a vertical convection system of pipes so the hot water rises and the colder water returns to the bottom where the heater element is to heat it up and continue the convection flow

The Learner
Deranged Scientist

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