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OneU
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Oxygen pump?
#14173583 - 03/24/11 12:12 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just wondering, how reasonable is it to have a fish oxygen pump inside of the terrarium? I'd still be fanning but they would be very exposed to oxygen and CO2 is heavy so if I only drill the bottoms, it would force the CO2 out and of course I would aide this "flow" by creating a draft, favoring a side and pumping oxygen through there and the other with more holes to push the CO2 out. I am very attached to tub in tub method but don't want to suffocate the lovely little beings.
Thoughts on this? It's not a tank, it simply is like a fish tank pump but it takes the air outside and pushes it inside. It won't be explosive or anything really. It's for 1 tub.
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McNewbie
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: OneU]
#14173605 - 03/24/11 12:19 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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just so long as it's not a source of contaminants.
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Wallpapereater
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: OneU]
#14173621 - 03/24/11 12:21 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've heard of people doing this. They usually add some length of tubing ending in a pint full of water, where it bubbles up. I'd say go for it. It could be a good source of FAE.
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i really think that would be just another factor or roadblock you would have headaches dialing in to your setup. Do you see any full canopy/ultamate grows on here complicating things with various oxygen pumps and such? you will do yourself way better on focusing in isolation of strain and practice of optimal conditions than the sector of material this thread discusses, with every bit of respect to your spirit of experimentation.
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Luger0815
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Again, use a Monotub or a SGFC... It's the best and the simplest method for home growing.
Edited by Luger0815 (03/24/11 12:52 AM)
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OneU
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: McNewbie]
#14173910 - 03/24/11 02:07 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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ok yeah that is a huge and obvious roadblock.. ahahaha ok well maybe i'll corner it somewhere, have a light source and hit a fan to a wall to make sure there is airflow. the room it's in doesn't have that much airflow as it's cold out.
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: OneU]
#14173933 - 03/24/11 02:23 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have been thinking about this a bit, you would probably get better fae from placing the pump inside the terrarium at the bottom, and passing the tubing over the side to the outside of the terrarium. The reasoning is that carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen and as such would be the first thing that gets pumped out of the terrarium. Putting a bubble stone type thing into some water inside the terrarium would help more with humidity than with fae, although it may help a bit with that too.
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: OneU]
#14173935 - 03/24/11 02:24 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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an air pump will do nothing for your climate temp and anything constant and above 60 degrees will "fruit" prolifically, moisture content is a very imoportant aspect to dial in, and has been proven to be done easily in conventional methods of cultavation... if fae ian issue i see a cool mist humidier being a better bet because of replacement of "some" moisture with your artificial installment of fae.
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OneU
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Quote:
Grungeman17 said: an air pump will do nothing for your climate temp and anything constant and above 60 degrees will "fruit" prolifically, moisture content is a very imoportant aspect to dial in, and has been proven to be done easily in conventional methods of cultavation... if fae ian issue i see a cool mist humidier being a better bet because of replacement of "some" moisture with your artificial installment of fae.
I see. I don't quite know what fae is but I get the rest. I have a humidifier, it's just a matter of getting the trajectory of the invisible mist into the FC.
I also don't know how to keep it humid other than the method shown in PF Tek but I heard that pins and fruits should NOT contact water as this will ruin it. I could really use some help. I've got everything and the research I did turned out to be from sources that are "outdated" so I'm a stage before panic.
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Re: Oxygen pump? [Re: OneU]
#14174393 - 03/24/11 06:55 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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CO2 is heavy so if I only drill the bottoms, it would force the CO2 out
No.
Also, it's ok if the mushrroms get wet, as long as you fan properly. You don't want the humidifier "pointed at the tub", just run it in the room to boost the level of moisture in your air.
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Langstroth said: The reasoning is that carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen and as such would be the first thing that gets pumped out of the terrarium.
MYTH!!!
If CO2 were heavier than air there could be no life on the surface of the Earth, because all of the oxygen would be pushed above by the CO2. The gases mix. The CO2 content is the same at the top of the terrarium and the bottom of the terrarium. It's all in RR's notes, man.
MYTH!!!
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Langstroth
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Sorry, guess I hadn't done the research on that one. Regardless if you had an air pump in the bottom of the tank and had the hose leading away from the tank, allowing fresh air to come into the top... it would still improve the fae I believe. I'm not saying there isn't a better way, I'm just saying it would probably work.
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Grungeman17



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yea, it would prolly work at dryin your shit out...
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OneU

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Ok well, after much, much speculation in the productive methods and doubts, I have really solidified on RR's noted. I thank ALL OF Shroomery for the guidance and information produced. It's really a blessing in this age to find people so dedicated to such a powerful medicine.
I love you guys and girls. Thanks again.
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