New LL terrarium set up.

[musamusa1975]

Hi. I just finished setting up a lowland terrarium and would appreciate any feedback. (Pls excuse the sticky traps—I have a fungus gnat outbreak and wanted to make sure they didn’t get out of control inside the tank.)
I have a few inches of water at the bottom w a fish tank heater. (It’s a hundred gallon tank btw.) Temps seem stable at 82. The humidity has been registering at 99 percent. I melted the leaves on some ant plant seedlings and i noticed a little of that starting on a ridleyi I put in there so I’m leaving the glass top a little more open. I have two computer fans set at low in the middle blowing in opposite directions. Do people have stronger air circulation for these? With such high humidity I’m thinking I could set it higher without worrying about drying anything out, no?
Also any suggestions on a regimen of fungicide application?
Thx!

 

[bluemax]

While air circulation is important it is not likely to offset any issues with fungus at 99% humidity. I prefer around 70%, which seems to be a good place to be with plants that like high humidity but is less likely to cause fungus outbreaks. It is far easier to control humidity levels than to chemically control fungus. You might consider putting your heater in a glass jar of water and moving it out of the reservoir at the bottom of your tank. This way you get the heat but it doesn't generate very high levels of humidity. Just having the standing water in the tank bottom should provide plenty of humidity. IMHO.

 

[musamusa1975]

While air circulation is important it is not likely to offset any issues with fungus at 99% humidity. I prefer around 70%, which seems to be a good place to be with plants that like high humidity but is less likely to cause fungus outbreaks. It is far easier to control humidity levels than to chemically control fungus. You might consider putting your heater in a glass jar of water and moving it out of the reservoir at the bottom of your tank. This way you get the heat but it doesn't generate very high levels of humidity. Just having the standing water in the tank bottom should provide plenty of humidity. IMHO.

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

 

[DragonsEye]

With fans in a terr, my preference is to have one blowing across the back of the terr, and one blowing across the front. This creates more of a constant "whirlwind" of air. Low speeds are fine. I would agree with Blue ... at 99% humidity, air circulation may be ineffective for staving off fungal or bacterial issues.