t5s

I have seen a cool growing chanber done years ago where a guy used a freezer onthe bottome to cool the tank as needed. I want to do that but on a larger scale. I want to build a med/large workshop and use an entire wall to make a cool growing chamber. Prolly 8-10 foot long and 3-4 foot deep...

I've been very pleased with switching to T5HO lights. I was initially worried about burning my plants, but have found that most healthy adult Nepenthes can grow quite close to the bulbs with minimal strain. I was also surprised to see that even plants on the edges of the light cast by my...

Nothing exciting.. yet. :awesome: MiniBog Contents S. alata "Red/Black" S. flava S. flava 'Cut Throat' S. flava var. maxima S. 'Llama' S. oreophila 'Veined' S. (psittacina x jonesii) x jonesii "Green" S. rubra ssp. jonesii But in other news.. Moved my S. x catesbaei out of the tank and under...

So even though I requested 4 8bulb T5 fixtures in the Nepenthes Showcase at the shop.. THEY, decided to put in 2 800w Hortilux Daylight liquid cooled halides. They said it,"provides a better rendering of actual sunlight." Is this true, and will this do the trick for a dozen large neps in a 9'h...

I've been growing campbelliana for about 5 months and it hasn't died so I feel like its time to post how i grow it. Lighting I use T12s for all my plants. Honestly I have no idea what the difference between T12s, T8s and T5s, so some might work better than others I don't know. I just go by the...

French3z already got me exited about next spring. Thought I would share my ongoing attempts at rapid growth from seed. These are multiple crosses I'm growing via terrarrium and T5s. I've had some luck with this process for a few years now. Some are my crosses and some were traded, and from...

hello all, ive been planning this thing out for a little while now. I finally found the time to do it with some appreciated help from Butch. I only snatched a few pictures because im still busy tweaking with the temps and humidity. I bought the fixture off of ebay. it is a Hydrofarm 4ft 4...

These two Utricularia haven't been doing well since putting them outside in spring so since there wasn't much left I decided to try something with what you see here: First I fit some wood in a couple "Death cubes" they're sold as "Amec Boxes" at TheContainerStore.com in all sorts of sizes up...

Oy I have too many plants, made worse by being re-bitten by the orchid bug. I now have 3 shelves full mostly of plants, so here's pics of that and the RO machine (which got moved to the other side of the sink behind the dishes-drying-rack). Oh, and the plants on the window behind the RO...

I have some sarr. and drosera seeds on their way to me, and I'm either going to have to buy another light fixture (probably T8s, nothing too over-the-top like my current 6-lamp high output T5s), or build a cold frame. Would a cold frame even be a good idea for this? It'd be to protect it from...

Hello! About two months ago or so I returned to the wondrous Terraforums to report I would like to grow carnivorous plants again. After extensive research, I set it aside so I wouldn't become obsessed. Now, I'm retaking the mantle since I have money to fund my project. I bought a cool-mist...

So I've been allowing you guys to influence my opinion and am willing to try a set of HO T5s. I'm only going to buy one setup initially because I'm worried about their heat and whether or not I'll be able to dissipate it effectively enough for Highlanders. I am already using some 98W reef...

So, I've pretty much finalized my situation with my carnivorous plants [well, the grow rack and all that I will be setting up soon]. Except for the lighting. I was pretty much set on going with 4x T8 lights, since I thought T5's were extremely expensive. Until I saw this on eBay...

So, I'm curious to know - how much does brand matter when it comes to T5 bulbs? With T12s, they're cheap enough to swap out frequently, but I was shocked by the cost of T5s now that I'm trying to switch over. I found some good-looking deals at 1000bulbs.com, but I've never heard of several of...

So, I'm looking at replacing the lights for some of my indoor racks, as I somewhat overestimated my available space when propagating 'dews this year and have encountered some crowding problems as I begin to move my tropicals back inside for the winter. I'm leaning towards the 6-bulb model of the...

I've been growing heli's for a few weeks/months and suddenly noticed that 3 or 4 of them have developed black spots at the tip while developing. One of my Heli's went all black this week, and now another is starting to go black as well. What am I doing wrong?! Conditions: 30,000K lumens T5's...

Ive had this unidentified east coast species growing outside for several years (full afternoon sun) . To be honest, I wasn't real impressed with it. It grew very "stringy" and the color was overly dark at the top and a funky dirty green everywhere else. I gave up on it and thought it had...

Hi everybody!:-D I had to make a winter setup since the plants were not getting enough light due to weather. I accommodated some of my plants in 2 terrariums. First -bigger one- is for propagating pygmies and has two 13W fluorescent T5s 10cm (apx. 4') from the plants. The other one is for some...

Hey guys, this is my new set up in my room. I think it looks pretty good. Check out the sunleaves pioneer IV wowww t5's FANCY! let me know what you think! My 45 gallon with the new t5's here is the beginning of my new poison dart frog terrarium. Its a 10 gal for 2 frogs. probably D. auratus.

Ok, so this is really a two-in-one problem. My first problem is that I'm worried that my Capensis 'red' might be dying slowly (LOL). I found two new leaves, not even fully open yet, beginning to turn black at the tips. I've heard that the 'red' variety needs more heat and all that, so is having...