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Originally Posted by SADE2020
Very nice.. now is when your hobby take over your life hahahah, naah just kidding. But, I am curious of how is this going to be cold/cooler without help considering your climate?. And when you say sunny room, meaning you plan not to use lights either?
About the back wall that should look natural with individual mount, you are probably asking for the infamous Coke recipe. I personally don't like the egg crate walls either, I covered my tank with foam, hygrolon and cork (peat-free among all), but each plant need to be mount within the tank back wall setup and sometimes the space is not use well enough.
There are pretty nice projects in the terrarium threads, maybe a mix and match ideas. At the end you can plan all you want but when you start working is when the ideas and possibilities "flow".
Good luck,
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Definitely a big scale up. Even though it it is a fairly bright rook with east and south facing windows, I’ll definitely be supplementing the light. The tank will be positioned to not have direct light hitting it.
After thinking about it today, I’m probably going to hang rock wool germination mats off the back wall and add extra support with heavy duty suction cups. I figure if I can get some dense moss going on the mounts and the back wall it might obscure the translations between the two. Just need to make sure the suctions are up to the task, else I’ll have to silicon.
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Originally Posted by harpspiel
Keep in mind that evaporative cooling only works in low humidity environments, so it will work best if you’re pulling low humidity air from outside the enclosure through a wet pad into the tank. Assuming the air outside the enclosure is dry enough.
Also, I’ve had some success growing intermediate plants in warmish conditions, I think due to a good night temperature drop. My cuthbertsonii seems ok with days that can hit 90 if it drops to mid-70s every night. This is easy for me at a mile high, but you might also be able to get there with a combination of lights off, evaporative cooling and an open window...
The only thing I do not recommend is relying on sunlight, even a little direct sunlight can cook a tank really fast, and indirect light through glass would only work for pretty low light plants.
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The warmest time of year here is also the driest so that will favor the evaporative cooling. Ideally The air will be pulled in through a cooled metal channel before the it is pulled through wet LECA dropping it further, and then into the tank. I’m working on design, but hopefully housed in a clay vessel.
I’ve heard that so long as I can get an adequate drop at nigh most the plants will be okay. Within the tank I’ll be circulating water in the bottom and maybe create a discreet spot for a couple ice packs if I run into issues. Also
I’m hoping through all of these elements and having it sealed well, insulated back exterior, I can manage 50 degrees at max efficiency. Internally I will have enough air to give the plants some sway.
I’ll keep this updated especially when I sort out this cooling unit.
Thanks 🙏 Excited to get everyone throughs, making sure I don’t overlook anything
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