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Mex
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Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

#2271239 - 01/25/04 10:26 AM (20 years, 2 months ago)

I had a sort of idea: why putting a whole layer of perlite + water
at the bottom of the terrarium (during the fruitification), that
creates a lot of mess, instead of putting it in a sort of pot, at one
side of the terrarium? I know this kind of setting might take away
some space to the cakes / substrate, but it would be much easier to
clean and to manage the humidity situation (adding water or perlite).

Do you think there will be a lot of differences for the cakes having
or not the layer of perlite UNDER them? :tongue:

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Re: Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

[Re: Mex]
#2271254 - 01/25/04 10:31 AM (20 years, 2 months ago)

i had this same idea, the question that stopped me from doing it is, will a small container of perilite be suffecient to supply the whole chamber with the correct amt of humidity. and i would imagine you would need a fan. but i do agree having it in a disposable container would definitly make cleanup easier.

id love to see you test this out and post your results.

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Re: Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

[Re: amyloid]
#2271294 - 01/25/04 10:45 AM (20 years, 2 months ago)

I guess that tonight I'll be trying to put some perlite + water in a
conteiner and place it in the terrarium... after a couple of hours
I'll see how's it going with the humidity %.

Amy for sure this method is valuable only for terrarium not too big
:wink:

In my case I got maximum 4/5 jars running so I think that a
20 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm should easily work.

I'll inform as soon as possible about the sitation :smile:

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Re: Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

[Re: Mex]
#2271539 - 01/25/04 12:23 PM (20 years, 2 months ago)

I keep mine in a aluminiun baking pan that the casings sit on. about 4" x 6" x 2" Works great all the rh and much less mess :biggrin:

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Re: Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

[Re: simplemachine]
#2271759 - 01/25/04 01:48 PM (20 years, 2 months ago)

Ehy Amy it seems like the perlite + water I've been putting in my
terrarium is not enough (only 86 / 87 % humidity).

I'll try something bigger. I think that a little loss of space is
more manageble that a pure mess in the terrarium :smile:

Maybe I'll put the perl + wat in a taller and longer box container,
thiner on each side.

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Re: Different arrangements for the perlite (humidification)

[Re: Mex]
#2271808 - 01/25/04 02:02 PM (20 years, 2 months ago)

yeh my perlite dish covers the bottom of my chamber...

Looks like too much airspace/perlite...\

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