Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 03:11:50 GMT From: bergrd@valunet.com (Richard Berg) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg966$foo@default> Subject: Stagnating Terrariums...
Group,
I wanted to get another question that I've been meaning to ask for
awhile... How do you keep a nearly sealed terrarium, make that CP
terrarium, free from stagnation?
I've now tried a couple different ways including:
Setup 1:
1 Inch Course Gravel
1 Inch Activated Carbon
3 Inches Sphagnum Moss (Dead Long Fiber)
Setup 2:
4 Inches Sphagnum Moss (Dead Long Fiber)
Activated Charcol Mixed Heavily Throughout
Since I get some heavy run-off from pots of live sphagnum most ends
up in the bottom of the terrarium... Since this is a long 55 gallon
setup it takes only a few weeks before my wife starts complaining that
it stinks and I resort to hand-squeezing the water out of the moss and
discarding it down the toilet...=20
I'm now trying to devise a plan using undergravel filters as in the
ones you would use in an all water aquarium... I'm wondering if I
could somehow place some porous lining as separators to keep the water
about 2 inches in the bottom of the tank so I can then oxygenate the
water through the filters and mist the whole tank...=20
Just wondering how everyone else does it or is this just one of the
facts of life with CP's?...=20
** NOTE ***
If anyone has a recommendation on a good cleaning agent to rid ones
hands of vile sulfer stench please reply also! hehehehehehe =3D)
... Richard
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Richard Berg
Salem, Ohio
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