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gman7104

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Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?!
#18781439 - 08/31/13 01:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have a tub of pans outside. Theyre almost at fruiting stage, the casing is 40% colonized.
However, in 2 days, a cold front is coming through and dropping the temperature from 80 during the day and 70 at night to 70 during the day and low 50's at night.
Ive made it so far with this time I don't want it to die. Last time I brought tubs from outside into my garage for the cold nights they stopped growing, im assuming because of the enviromental change.
However, if I leave them outside, theyl probably die from the cold. What should I do?
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gman7104

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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18786183 - 09/01/13 05:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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anybody?
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18786211 - 09/01/13 05:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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They'll be fine. They do colonize more slowly in the cold though.
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18786226 - 09/01/13 05:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Don't know if this will work or not as I'm still new here. I saw on a post using an adjustable submerge 100 watt aquarium heater inside the tub to raise the internal temperature. The humidity inside the tub will be increase as well because of the heat. Maybe you can do a search to see if it would work for your situation. Or somebody might have a better solution for you.
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gman7104

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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: MyTiny_Shroom]
#18786241 - 09/01/13 05:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks guys, I know cubes are able to handle cold temps but panaeolus are much pickier.
I thought about using a heating lamp connected to an extension cord but it's not safe nor is it discrete. My last tub I brought inside my garage at night completely stopped growing from the change of enviroment so I won't be doing that again.
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18786392 - 09/01/13 06:19 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You could make a TIT (Tub In Tub) incubator which is exactly what it sounds like you take a tub fill it with water and put a water/aquarium heater in it to heat the water. Then you put another tub inside or inside of that tub to keep it heated to a certain degree. Make sure they fit with each other perfectly like the same size so they don't just float around or not fit at all. Then you can place your pans inside maintaining a certain temp.
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: WhiteSide]
#18786410 - 09/01/13 06:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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could just throw a few blankets over it at night
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gman7104

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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: kinkaku]
#18790111 - 09/02/13 02:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Son of a bitch, this tub was doing great. Colonized perfectly, when I cased it it was almost done, then we had a fucking downpour last night, it completely ripped the cover off and soaked my tub for 4 hours until i could drain it.
After that I covered it with wax paper because it was supposed to storm all day. The excess water plus wax paper covering killed it. And the best part, it didnt even fucking rain today.
The weather around here...
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kinkaku
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18790478 - 09/02/13 03:35 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
gman7104 said: Son of a bitch, this tub was doing great. Colonized perfectly, when I cased it it was almost done, then we had a fucking downpour last night, it completely ripped the cover off and soaked my tub for 4 hours until i could drain it.
After that I covered it with wax paper because it was supposed to storm all day. The excess water plus wax paper covering killed it. And the best part, it didnt even fucking rain today.
The weather around here... 
you from the north? we just had a huge downpour last night too.
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gman7104

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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: kinkaku]
#18790490 - 09/02/13 03:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
kinkaku said:
Quote:
gman7104 said: Son of a bitch, this tub was doing great. Colonized perfectly, when I cased it it was almost done, then we had a fucking downpour last night, it completely ripped the cover off and soaked my tub for 4 hours until i could drain it.
After that I covered it with wax paper because it was supposed to storm all day. The excess water plus wax paper covering killed it. And the best part, it didnt even fucking rain today.
The weather around here... 
you from the north? we just had a huge downpour last night too.
yup. Getting hit right now too
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: gman7104]
#18792931 - 09/03/13 01:23 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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The TIT and aq heater idea will work. Maybe put a small air stone to bubble the water for circulation at the opposite end of the tub. Then you have to buy a small aq air machine for the air stone.
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kinkaku
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Re: Sudden cold front in 2 days, how to save my tub?! [Re: MyTiny_Shroom]
#18792954 - 09/03/13 01:43 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
MyTiny_Shroom said: The TIT and aq heater idea will work. Maybe put a small air stone to bubble the water for circulation at the opposite end of the tub. Then you have to buy a small aq air machine for the air stone.
you can just add some bleach to the water
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