Photo of my biggest terrarium for attention. Things are less colourful currently; this is from about a year ago. I always enjoy my terrarium the most in February with the green contrasting with the Canadian winter. It’s especially white and snowy this week.

  • Kroxx@lemm.ee
    8·
    4 days ago

    God that’s beautiful! What’s the maintenance like for a terrarium like this?

    • Snowstorm@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      Water once every two-three weeks then nothing more to do but enjoy the view. It’s expensive to set up but then light and water are automated on a simple timer. Underneath is a clean water bucket, a Mistking pump and a bucket to collect excess water. Then a simple aquarium timer control the light and ventilation. I should clean the glass once a month but usually do it less often.

        • Snowstorm@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          3·
          4 days ago

          Probably close to 2 k CAD when you consider everything : plants, cork, hardware…

          inSitu alto

          A smaller options would be Bio-orb air 60, i don’t know if they still make new ones but my 6-7 years old is still going strong.

  • callcc@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    Niiice. I love ferns but they are tough to grow indoors in my climate because of the dry air. How much energy does this beast consume? Is it heated or only lit?

    • Snowstorm@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      No heating at all for the terrarium, a few watts for two fans (silent low power fans like those inside computers) a few watts for the light. Probably a very low total electricity consumption and in my case with the room needing heating 50-60 % of the year, from cheap hydroelectric electricity, very little is lost. The room temperature is 21 to 25 depending on the Sunlight and plants have stable condition and high humidity.