As I've been looking more into Masdies lately, I've been wanting to grow them more and more. The only issue is that I feel like I will do nothing but kill them with my current setup, so I was wondering if any of the minds out there might have ideas to help solve my problems. The two issues, of course, are the basic temperature and humidity. Right now the temperature peaks at about 26*C (79*F) during the day, and drops to around 20*C (68*F) during the night. From what I've read, these aren't too bad for some of the more warmth tolerant Masdies, but I don't want them tolerating my conditions, I want them to thrive. Besides intermediate temperature, I have terrible humidity. Right now what I have is four plastic trays filled with leca pellets that I fill with water. I have a sheet of eggcrate over top of the trays, and my plants sit on the eggcrate. At most I can use this to hit 60% humidity, when I know Masdies would like a comfortable 80%. I currently use two T5's for light, so maybe I could consider using LED's if that will drop the heat output. I could also retrofit my setup with plexiglass so that it is a lot more air tight, and maybe hold in more humidity that way. I tried looking for miniature air conditioning units, but I didn't have much luck. I've also thought about getting a small humidifier and just buying a ton of distilled water. . . *Sigh* The things this addiction can cause a person to do.
Suggestions for a Masdie setup?
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