Ok... I have a twenty gallong tank, with nothing in it... I am looking for the cheapest way I can turn this baby into a terrarium...
The measurements are 30" long, 13" wide and 13" deep...
I think that my dad can make a glass cover at his work... I KNOW that for the top I can buy a shop light... Can I sit that on top? Aquarium canopies cost like, 60 dollars, and uh, thats kinda not fittin with my whole budget, if ya know what I mean... Is it possible to get a shop light that will sit atop the tank, or will It require handymanishness?
I cannot decide if this will be a highland tank for neps, and someday some Helis, or if it will be a lowlandish type tank for dews, my lowland neps in the winter, etc...
I think lowland may be the easier/cheaper way to go... Unless I need a heater... How much are they, how easy are they, etc...?
I can get an Ultrasonic humidifier for five or six dollars at a second hand store... How can I have the vapour shoot into the tank? If it angles downward, won't it condense? Is there anything else I need to know about this?
If I have the humidifier, I won't need fans in there, will I? It might be best if there was circulation in there tho, eh? What kind of fans should I use? Computer fans seem to be what everyone else is using, but is there anything smallish that won't need thirty or fourty dollars worth of electrical equipment?
Uuuuuh... Is there anything else I'm missing? I'm hoping to get this tank up and running. I like the dimensions. Its not too tall, and theres lots of floor space...
Thanks a Lot!!!
Greg
The measurements are 30" long, 13" wide and 13" deep...
I think that my dad can make a glass cover at his work... I KNOW that for the top I can buy a shop light... Can I sit that on top? Aquarium canopies cost like, 60 dollars, and uh, thats kinda not fittin with my whole budget, if ya know what I mean... Is it possible to get a shop light that will sit atop the tank, or will It require handymanishness?
I cannot decide if this will be a highland tank for neps, and someday some Helis, or if it will be a lowlandish type tank for dews, my lowland neps in the winter, etc...
I think lowland may be the easier/cheaper way to go... Unless I need a heater... How much are they, how easy are they, etc...?
I can get an Ultrasonic humidifier for five or six dollars at a second hand store... How can I have the vapour shoot into the tank? If it angles downward, won't it condense? Is there anything else I need to know about this?
If I have the humidifier, I won't need fans in there, will I? It might be best if there was circulation in there tho, eh? What kind of fans should I use? Computer fans seem to be what everyone else is using, but is there anything smallish that won't need thirty or fourty dollars worth of electrical equipment?
Uuuuuh... Is there anything else I'm missing? I'm hoping to get this tank up and running. I like the dimensions. Its not too tall, and theres lots of floor space...
Thanks a Lot!!!
Greg