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littlebigshoe
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fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down????
#7609576 - 11/08/07 12:15 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i am planning to use a 75gal fish tank for a fruiting chamber, i have a cool mist humidifier that will fit very comfortably inside with plenty of room left over. i was wondering if any of you shroomerites, with your infinte amounts of knowledge had any tips or helpful advice for a beginner. one question i do have thou is should the fish tank be upside down to allow for drainage or would it be fine rightside up with some perlite at the bottom... remember the coolmist will probably be inside. any helpful hints about any area of my plan will be much appreciated.
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yepyepyep
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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: littlebigshoe]
#7609676 - 11/08/07 01:00 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Fruiting cakes or casings?
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CaptainLinger
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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: yepyepyep]
#7609918 - 11/08/07 04:16 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Right side up is fine; remember the reason we use perlite is that its crystalline structure gives it a huge surface area for evaporation. You don't want any standing water, just moist perlite.
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mycocurious
Mike O. Kuerias



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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: CaptainLinger]
#7610000 - 11/08/07 05:57 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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fish tanks make horrible terrariums because of their lack of air-flow. Consider something like the image below with evenly spaced holes drilled on all sides, including the bottom...You'll have much more productive results and, in all likelihood, less contamination problems.

Search the archives for a "shotgun terrarium" for references on the style but the design works by allowing convection (rising heat) to pull the air through the perlite on the bottom, thereby humidifying it...
Or you can go completely the opposite route and build your own greenhouse and humidifier like those in the pictorial links below, lol. But don't mistake the power of that terrarium's design, I still use it.
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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littlebigshoe
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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: mycocurious]
#7610013 - 11/08/07 06:09 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i will be experimenting with rye grain cased, wheat straw cased and also a mixture of straw/horse dung cased... i will also have a tropicaire humidifier wich will provide a constant humid air exchange.
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c0_hush
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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: mycocurious]
#7610603 - 11/08/07 10:57 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks for that pic mycocurious, I was trying to decide where to drill holes in my terrarium and your setup looks pretty efficient and exactly how I pictured mine, including how much you raised it for co2 release.
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mycocurious
Mike O. Kuerias



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Re: fish tank fruiting chamber......upside down???? [Re: c0_hush]
#7610689 - 11/08/07 11:21 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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it's raised for convection, not CO2 release. The CO2 will be floating out of the top of the terrarium. The way this works is...
The air near the top of the terrarium is warmer, heated by the ambient temperatures of the room as well as lighting shining down on it. As this warmer air naturally rises it creates a vacuum near the bottom of the terrarium causing a low pressure zone to form. The low pressure zone is immediately equalized as efficiently as possible which means the lowest pressure zone (the cool humid air in the perlite) begins to suck air in from the holes on the bottom, through the moist perlite and into your fruiting chamber. This air will be nearly 100% RH at this point and will slowly losing humidity, which causes the air to warm further as it rises out of the chamber, repeating the process.
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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