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Shop: North Spore Bulk Substrate   Unfolding Nature Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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terrarium height
    #7773553 - 12/18/07 12:00 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

im looking at rubbermaid containers right now and im wondering how tall should the container be? how tall are your guys' terrariums?


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Re: terrarium height [Re: jamesbrookes]
    #7773960 - 12/18/07 02:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I wouldn't go less than 18". You want as large a cubic area as you can in order to keep the environment stable and to help dissipate CO2. You'll want five inches of perlite in the bottom, so that only leaves 12 above that, which I'd consider minimum, although some some growers do fruit in smaller spaces.
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Re: terrarium height [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #7774700 - 12/18/07 05:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

thanks


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Re: terrarium height [Re: jamesbrookes]
    #7785634 - 12/21/07 01:34 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I think that sounds about right. I'm currently looking into the double tubs method. Eatyualive finds that by drilling holes near the substrate and up top, air flow is more automatic. He mixes his substrate in a certain way to emit a lot of humidity however, and this may have something to do with it. I reccomend looking up his tek. He shows pictues of condensation forming swirls inside, which indicates the airflow. The double tubs allow him about 20" of space above the 4 in substrate. The key is to keep the bottom holes just above the top of the substrate because CO2 is heavier than air and stays at the bottom. He recommends using mircopore tape over the holes instead of Polyfil, for the added benefit of being able to run a hair dryer every now and again through the tape into the bins to ensure the CO2 get's dissipated. Instead of using double tubs, I already purchased 92qt Sterilite tubs which give me about the same clearance and good area at the bottom. Good luck! I'll let you know how mine turns out in a little over a month.


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