I thought I would share my small (but growing) heli collection...
Currently I have the following helis:
H. chimantensis
H. parva
H. pulchella
H. uncinata
H. heterodoxa x ionasii
My setup is a 45 gallon terrarium (36"x12"x24") with two 39W T5HOs and reflective foam insulation on three sides. There is a small waterfall inside to help with humidity and the plants are on an egg crate rack which is covered by LFS which is also to help with humidity and will be for decoration as it comes back to life. For cooling and humidity I have a MistKing misting system that runs for a total of 45 seconds between two separate intervals. I also have a fogging system that blows cooled, humid air/fog into the terrarium for a few minutes every hour to keep the temperature stable.
My maximum recorded temp so far is 71.9F and the minimum recorded temperature was 66.8F. Humidity is almost constantly 90-92%.
Terrarium:
Terrarium with fogger running:
Fogger with 23 gallon reservoir:
H. pulchella
H. heterodoxa x ionasii
H. uncinata
H. chimantensis & H. parva ( they aren’t quite ready for close-ups just yet)
Please let me know if there is anything that should be changed. The plants look a little beat up because they spent 11 days in the mail, but they have been in this setup for about 2 weeks and I’m already getting new growth on everything except the uncinata divisions and the chimantensis.
Currently I have the following helis:
H. chimantensis
H. parva
H. pulchella
H. uncinata
H. heterodoxa x ionasii
My setup is a 45 gallon terrarium (36"x12"x24") with two 39W T5HOs and reflective foam insulation on three sides. There is a small waterfall inside to help with humidity and the plants are on an egg crate rack which is covered by LFS which is also to help with humidity and will be for decoration as it comes back to life. For cooling and humidity I have a MistKing misting system that runs for a total of 45 seconds between two separate intervals. I also have a fogging system that blows cooled, humid air/fog into the terrarium for a few minutes every hour to keep the temperature stable.
My maximum recorded temp so far is 71.9F and the minimum recorded temperature was 66.8F. Humidity is almost constantly 90-92%.
Terrarium:
Terrarium with fogger running:
Fogger with 23 gallon reservoir:
H. pulchella
H. heterodoxa x ionasii
H. uncinata
H. chimantensis & H. parva ( they aren’t quite ready for close-ups just yet)
Please let me know if there is anything that should be changed. The plants look a little beat up because they spent 11 days in the mail, but they have been in this setup for about 2 weeks and I’m already getting new growth on everything except the uncinata divisions and the chimantensis.
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