Light requirements.

Brian Millar (bmillar@pathcom.com)
Sun, 06 Oct 1996 17:29:59 -0400

Hello I am slowly setting up my terrarium and have a few questions about
some of the requirements.
Firt of all let me describe my setup so far.
65 Gallon Tank
2 - 48" floresent plant lights

I also have a glass lid but am not sure if I should use it or not. Is
it better if I do.. I heard that some of the uv rays from the lights
will be lost if going through glass. Is this true.

As stated above, I have 2 48" tubes.. Do you think that it is better If
I add 2 more tubes? I dont want to have too much.

To add humidity I am building a water fall out of glass and adding some
red slate to the sides of it to make it natural looking. This will
hopfully help with the humidity requirements.

I also have a old underwater filter which I used with my aquarium when
it was set up. If I use it there will be a 1" gap bettween the dirt etc
and the tank bottom.. Will this also help or is it just better to use
the old way of a layer of spagium moss then a layer of gravel then
dirt.
So far I have 2 VFT's and 3 small Pitcher plants. BTW how large will a
VFT and the Pitcher plants grow in a 65 gallon tank.
Thanks

Brian Millar Toronto Canada