03-13-2010, 08:34 PM
hello world,
now i'm not to sure if i'm posting this in the correct place, but i thought this forum made the most sense.
i am interested in poison dart frogs not only for their magnificent color and diurnal nature, but for the specific requirements needed to be maintained in captivity.
right now i am currently in the "research stage", finding all important information re: species, care, housing, feeding, etc and beginning to design my terrarium (thinkin... 25-30g)
now i want to use live plants and is what my question is regarding. my plan is to use a 1/2 glass, 1/2 screen terrarium top, separated by hinges, with another piece of glass cut to cover 60% of the screen section of the top. the glass cut out is used to retain more humidity while allowing some circulation. (please note, a mister will be used to keep humidity up to par)
.... now is it alright for me to suspend the florescent fixture (going to use a household natural white or daylight florescent) above the full glass portion of the top?, or does it need to be placed over a screen portion of the top? the reason why i want to suspend it over the full glass portion of the top is to prevent any moisture coming from the screen section of the top and destroying the florescent fixture. Also, im going to suspend the florescent fixture so the bulb doesn't generate any heat inside the terrarium)
the reason i ask this is because i know that with specific reptile bulbs (ie; Repti-Glo, Zoomed, etc) they can't be placed over glass because the glass will filter out the needed uva/uvb rays and it becomes useless. does this apply to standard florescent bulbs (or non reptic bulb), that do not produce large levels of uva/uvb rays?
will the live plants benifit from the light produced even though it is behind glass?
note: i want to use plants that...
1) can stand high humidity
2) don't grow to be to large (will be figured out after i know dememntions of terrarium)
3) don't require a large amount of light
... any suggestions!
ty for taking the time to read my long post.
Kyle
now i'm not to sure if i'm posting this in the correct place, but i thought this forum made the most sense.
i am interested in poison dart frogs not only for their magnificent color and diurnal nature, but for the specific requirements needed to be maintained in captivity.
right now i am currently in the "research stage", finding all important information re: species, care, housing, feeding, etc and beginning to design my terrarium (thinkin... 25-30g)
now i want to use live plants and is what my question is regarding. my plan is to use a 1/2 glass, 1/2 screen terrarium top, separated by hinges, with another piece of glass cut to cover 60% of the screen section of the top. the glass cut out is used to retain more humidity while allowing some circulation. (please note, a mister will be used to keep humidity up to par)
.... now is it alright for me to suspend the florescent fixture (going to use a household natural white or daylight florescent) above the full glass portion of the top?, or does it need to be placed over a screen portion of the top? the reason why i want to suspend it over the full glass portion of the top is to prevent any moisture coming from the screen section of the top and destroying the florescent fixture. Also, im going to suspend the florescent fixture so the bulb doesn't generate any heat inside the terrarium)
the reason i ask this is because i know that with specific reptile bulbs (ie; Repti-Glo, Zoomed, etc) they can't be placed over glass because the glass will filter out the needed uva/uvb rays and it becomes useless. does this apply to standard florescent bulbs (or non reptic bulb), that do not produce large levels of uva/uvb rays?
will the live plants benifit from the light produced even though it is behind glass?
note: i want to use plants that...
1) can stand high humidity
2) don't grow to be to large (will be figured out after i know dememntions of terrarium)
3) don't require a large amount of light
... any suggestions!
ty for taking the time to read my long post.
Kyle