How can I heat my terrariam? - Mushroom Cultivation

Home | Community | Message Board

You are not signed in.
New Account

Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop:

North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

Bulk Cannabis Seeds

Substrate Mix

Jump to first unread post

Pages: 1

Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.

psychotripper
420tripper

Registered: 11/12/03
Posts: 74
Loc: Wonderland
Last seen: 18 years, 4 months

How can I heat my terrariam?

#2101760 - 11/13/03 12:51 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

I have a styrofoam box that I built to hold my cakes. I'm using perlite for humidification. Whats an affordable and easy to heat my terrariam, and is a drip shield needed?
Thanks

--------------------
psychotripper
:crazy:

Remember: No One can tell you that your trippin until you say "I'm Trippin."

Extras:

Top

thechemist
Stranger

Registered: 09/25/03
Posts: 244
Loc: lost at sea
Last seen: 19 years, 11 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: psychotripper]
#2101799 - 11/13/03 01:04 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

check your temp with just the perlite in it...what is the temp? then decide how much you want to heat it...i use a styrofoam terrarium too...ive got a light that i put right on the lid, it raised the temp about 8 degrees inside the terrarium...so i back it off a few inches..now i got my temp around 72 degrees...

Extras:

Top

mobiusrunner
myco maniac

Registered: 10/13/03
Posts: 129
Last seen: 14 years, 1 month

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: psychotripper]
#2101803 - 11/13/03 01:06 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

If you can get it - a bigger rubbermaid container with an aquarium heater in it works nicely and provides a nice even heat.

When I did my one perlite grow I had a simple thin plexiglass drip shield that seemed to work pretty well in preventing my cakes from getting soaked.

--------------------
By "I", I of course mean a good friend of mine who happens to live in the fine city of Amsterdam. "I" is just so less awkward.

Extras:

Top

shaftinmp
Master ofDisguise

Registered: 09/18/03
Posts: 118
Loc: Dark of the Sun
Last seen: 20 years, 1 month

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: psychotripper]
#2101817 - 11/13/03 01:09 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

I am having the same problem, I cant get my terrarium out of the 62s. Ive tried heat pads but they lower my humidity too much and fog up the terrarium. I dont know what to do. can you explain the aquarium heater method? thanks

Extras:

Top

psychotripper
420tripper

Registered: 11/12/03
Posts: 74
Loc: Wonderland
Last seen: 18 years, 4 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: shaftinmp]
#2101842 - 11/13/03 01:14 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

What's the best temp for my terrariam?

--------------------
psychotripper
:crazy:

Remember: No One can tell you that your trippin until you say "I'm Trippin."

Extras:

Top

mobiusrunner
myco maniac

Registered: 10/13/03
Posts: 129
Last seen: 14 years, 1 month

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: shaftinmp]
#2101843 - 11/13/03 01:14 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

If you want to do it it'll cost you about $25 bucks.

You get 2 rubbermaid containers of the same size. You take one and fill it up about 1/4 of the way with warm water (that way you can start using it sooner)

You then put your aquarium heater into it along with something to keep the top rubbermaid off of it - I just used some coffee mugs - one in each corner.

Then you just place the other rubbermaid in the first. Wa la.

You can read more about these beauties at:
http://www.fungifun.org/pf/incubator.htm

--------------------
By "I", I of course mean a good friend of mine who happens to live in the fine city of Amsterdam. "I" is just so less awkward.

Extras:

Top

shaftinmp
Master ofDisguise

Registered: 09/18/03
Posts: 118
Loc: Dark of the Sun
Last seen: 20 years, 1 month

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: mobiusrunner]
#2101948 - 11/13/03 01:46 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

will I be able to keep the temp at around 70-76 degrees with this method? because remember Im not incubating anymore, Im fruiting.

Extras:

Top

TheDarkSideof_Paco
Seeker

Registered: 11/10/03
Posts: 219
Loc: My basement
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: shaftinmp]
#2102004 - 11/13/03 02:01 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

instead of mugs you can use zip ties and zip to approximately 2 inches (or more) above the heater

--------------------
"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Extras:

Top

Anonymous

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: psychotripper]
#2102127 - 11/13/03 02:31 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

why do you want to heat it?

Extras:

Top

psychotripper
420tripper

Registered: 11/12/03
Posts: 74
Loc: Wonderland
Last seen: 18 years, 4 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: ]
#2102134 - 11/13/03 02:33 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

the temp is in the 60's it should be 75 or so. How do I get it up to 75?

--------------------
psychotripper
:crazy:

Remember: No One can tell you that your trippin until you say "I'm Trippin."

Extras:

Top

Anonymous

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: psychotripper]
#2102143 - 11/13/03 02:34 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

it's fine it it's in the upper 60s.

Extras:

Top

diacamomo
Children of theVortex

Registered: 06/22/02
Posts: 619
Loc: Inside My Mind
Last seen: 15 years, 3 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: TheDarkSideof_Paco]
#2102144 - 11/13/03 02:34 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

simple !
50w bulb !!!! inside ur closet!!!

--------------------

Extras:

Top

psychotripper
420tripper

Registered: 11/12/03
Posts: 74
Loc: Wonderland
Last seen: 18 years, 4 months

Re: How can I heat my terrariam?

[Re: diacamomo]
#2102152 - 11/13/03 02:35 PM (20 years, 5 months ago)

thanks

--------------------
psychotripper
:crazy:

Remember: No One can tell you that your trippin until you say "I'm Trippin."

Extras:

Top

Jump to top

Pages: 1

Shop:

North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

Bulk Cannabis Seeds

Substrate Mix

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Cultivation

Similar Threads	Poster	Views	Replies	Last post
Cheap heating methods	BornToDie	1,493	15	10/27/04 09:25 AM by indigo758
Heating pad terrarium	AnOddLittlePlace	1,136	4	02/04/05 10:04 AM by SunshinePounder
Heating Pad/Fire	Avrg Joe	1,695	5	07/21/01 10:55 AM by Mammoth
heat distribution	zandorf	1,045	10	01/22/03 01:49 PM by deanofmean
Heat mat terrarium setup for bulk poo/straw	Reynard	1,252	2	12/03/05 04:45 PM by alsnow469
Rye Rubbermaids Casings and Huimidification ( 1 2 all )	monkey_bat	4,677	29	02/15/02 01:20 AM by phrozendata
My Styrofoam Cooler w/ Pics	tsimehc	3,078	9	10/28/02 09:15 PM by tsimehc
Post deleted by Administrator ( 1 2 all )	Tremor1127	2,515	23	01/27/04 01:32 AM by Anonymous

Extra information

You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
690 topic views. 24 members, 136 guests and 48 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]