Couldnt sleep much last 2 nights thinking bout solution for my vivarium project
Here is what i've done in these 2 days:
Here is the link to high resolution slide show
They are just two plastic box mesuring 60x40x28 and mounted togheter they take 56x38x54 maximum, containing around 100 liters (25 gall).
I keep them stacked and almost sealed very easily because i've trimmed some of their own cover plastic that fits perfectly
(you can see that on the next pic on the right and on the left)
On the middle there are a couple of 8cm (3") fan, powered by an old nokia charger, 5v 0.8A. They both push air downward, should i care to make the air flow indirect for plants? Having the same temp and RO I supposed it's just fine.
I didnt want to put 220v inside because of humidity so i made 2 holes and screwed lighting bulbs trough. At the moment I'm taking care of reflecting light.
As you can see on the left ther's a mysterious white-covered glass bottle, supposed to carry cooking oil. Using a 50liters(13gallon)/h air pump with relative porous stone i push air inside without compromising but increasing humidity.
I've choosed this container because white part inibits algae but you can still see trought to check the water level.
I've got this idea from
Sponges and Misters: Imagine Tropic-Aire Terrarium Huidifier & Air Exchanger - PETdiscounters.com but i still gotta see if it works better than my old fan-over-wet-clay-pellets humidificator
As you can see my luxometer says 3500 lux
inside there are 25w, warm (2700k), 1500 lumens bulb and a 13w, cold, 850 lumen bulb.
So I've 2350 lumens spreading on 0.24 square meters, it should be 10000 lux!....Too far from the truth
Gotta find a way to reflect light efficently!!!
Think I've said enought-too much. Now it's time for advice please!
PS: total has been 52.7€ including pretty everything you see inside
My do-it-your-self terrarium
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