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This is my sketch of what I think I want. I'd like to get more capensis - particularly the all red narrow. I've been searching a TON of aquarium sites, vivarium setups, terrarium setups, I've looked back at a lot of the old TF threads on the subject. Searched on youtube in my free time and...

Hey Everyone: I know we have a sticky, albeit, an outdated sticky, on lighting, but I also know a number of you have been doing experiments with LED Growlights. I'm in the market for 4 feet worth of growlights and wanted to know how you compared them to, specifically, T5 lights. Currently, I...

I have been experimenting (wife says messing) with LED lights for cp growing for a while now. I am currently trying 50 & 100 Watt cool white & warm white in combination with good results. The warm whites alone got better plant growth while the cool whites gave super color within days. Lately...

Think I'm about to pull the trigger on 2 of these LED lights in the next few days. Have been using several lights from Current and have liked all the ones I've ever tried. First lights from Current I still use are Sunpaq lights. Second lights I use from Current are Nova T5 light. So I think...

I ordered a http://www.rapidled.com/4-led-solderless-moonlight-kit/ with some other LEDs to play around with, I'm intending to try it out on a shrimp tank I'm setting up for my wife. I finished the LED strip this morning and I won't be filling that tank up with water for a while because I want...

I'm a graduate student at Cornell University, and I have heard from school faculty and fellow students that there are several areas on and immediately adjacent to campus where Drosera rotundifolia, Sarracenia purpurea v. purpurea, and Pinguicula vulgaris populations are present. I live right...

Hi, I recently started to grow plants, beginning with an Aechmea bromeliad. It's a hybrid cultivar called "haiku". Since I got it, it has grown a little more roots, and a few leaves. I made some mistakes with it like putting an osmocote granule into its cup for a few months. only recently have...

Hello everyone, it's been a while. About 2 1/2 years ago, I became obsessed with Nepenthes. Long story short, kill count = 4, lost about 60 bucks worth of material, and general being-annoyed-at-life. Age = 12 1/2. For the past year however, I figured I'd start simple, and work my way back up...

Just wondering if anyone has experience with LED lighting for their plants. The technology currently available looks pretty amazing (though expensive...) and I have been toying with the idea of buying/building my own LED array for my CPs. Unfortunately most of the information available on the...

Has anyone ever managed to get algae or some crawling nasty into their intestines? I'm pretty resilient but two days ago I came from the plant room and consumed a Klondike bar licking the runny ice cream from my fingers as I went. I hope you are able to see the humor in this rather than being...

http://imageshack.us/a/img836/3580/photo1cxo.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img94/4678/photovuw.jpg A small led will be added onto the acrylic top and also a white egg crate bottom all plants will be in netted pots also there is a mirror facing other tank for more light It is hooked up to a...

I read that false vivipary led to the vegetative apomixis. :scratch: There is one plantlet each on two separate plants.

I'm having trouble deciding on what kind of grow lights to use for my terrarium. I made my own custom light fixture housing that is 25.5 inches x 11.5 inches x 2.75 inches and fits on top of the terrarium. I bought a couple of cheap 22 inch Utilitech Grow light fixtures from Lowes but I've had...

Since I grow in an apartment, I have long wanted to find a way to expose my plants to varying frequencies of light throughout the day, instead of the typical pitch-black to blindingly-bright (and vice versa) photo period that comes with supplemental lighting. For this reason, I recently received...

On December 16th I finally found the time to finish my new highland tank It is a 120 gallon aquarium (48"x24"x24") with a 6" false bottom. I drilled the rear back left corner and placed a 5.75" tall drain pipe which flows into a sump which is cooled with a 1/4HP aquarium chiller. I have yet to...

Hi Folks: Join us for a symposium on the ecology and cultivation of the waterwheel plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, at Bowling Green Town Hall in Caroline County, Virginia on Saturday June 29, 2013. The waterwheel plant is a globally rare carnivorous plant and our keynote speaker, Adam Cross...

For anyone who fallows Andreas Wistuba's photos on the facebook might have seen how he recently converted a lot of fluorescent into LED's instead. Doing some quick internet research on what might need to be purchased, I realized that most LEDs I've found are sold by the part and not by a full...

Hello everyone! I'm still pretty new here and new to growing CP's so I have a few questions about this setup I just threw together yesterday. I posted a similar thread on "flytrapcare" and figured I'd just copy most of it to here because you can never get enough advice. I've kept many a reptile...

Hi all! I'm relatively new here/ don't post often, but I've been reading a lot lately. I primarily grow orchids and a few temperate CPs, and the primary reason for joining here was to try to learn as much as I can about creating tanks suitable for highland Neps. My favorite orchids are cloud...

I have a strangely set up terrarium made of a 44 gallon pentagon. It has a hill at the back corner, and it slopes dramatically to the lower mound of dirt. However, it is only lit with a 100w ebay cool white led panel and a 24w CFL bulb. I think this is not enough light, as my plants survive, buy...