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Stefan-A · 06-17-2007, 03:21 PM

Ok, so here's a little update. I've had the first terrarium in use for about 3 weeks and here are the things I've noticed.

It keeps humidity well. However, finding a working combination of heat and lighting appears to be harder than I thought. The 16mm tube worked otherwise well, but didn't provide quite enough light in my opinion. Besides, I have a few ordinary 18W tubes I'd like to put to use. Double 18W lamps produce too much heat, but enough light. A single 18W tube seems to be the most practical solution right now, but I haven't tested it yet.

Also thought about providing light using LEDs, which should produce almost no extra heat, but I need to do a bit of planning first.

The corn's small terrarium works ok. Heat and humidity levels are ok.

06-17-2007, 03:21 PM	#92 (permalink)
Stefan-A Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 6,622 Country:	Re: Yet another project Ok, so here's a little update. I've had the first terrarium in use for about 3 weeks and here are the things I've noticed. It keeps humidity well. However, finding a working combination of heat and lighting appears to be harder than I thought. The 16mm tube worked otherwise well, but didn't provide quite enough light in my opinion. Besides, I have a few ordinary 18W tubes I'd like to put to use. Double 18W lamps produce too much heat, but enough light. A single 18W tube seems to be the most practical solution right now, but I haven't tested it yet. Also thought about providing light using LEDs, which should produce almost no extra heat, but I need to do a bit of planning first. The corn's small terrarium works ok. Heat and humidity levels are ok.