Re: heating a terrarium

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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 09:09:48 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Teichreb <teichrch@Meena.CC.URegina.CA>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: heating a terrarium

Hi Zachary,

> To heat my lowland Nepenthes terrarium, I use a 50 watt, 6"
> submersible aquarium heater. The heater is in a one gallon
> glass fish bowl inside my terrarium. I have 14.5 feet of 1/4 inch
> aluminum tubing coilled up inside the bowl. I run an airline from
> an aquarium air pump to the aluminum tubing. A second line connects
> the opposite end of the tubing to an airstone inside the fish bowl.
> This works pretty well. I have to be careful that the water line in the
> fishbowl doesn't drop, exposing the heater. I lose a sizable amount
> of water to evaporation. Typically, I can go two days without

        Do you cover the fish bowl? This might reduce evaporation
considerably. Just my 0.02$ worth.

Regards,

Chris Teichreb
Department of Biology
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA

teichrch@Meena.CC.URegina.CA

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