Terrarium Circulation w/ Fan Q's???

[Tim]

I have had a terrarium set up before with a small fish tank but a lack of air circulation had some bad effects. I know about the little computer fans, but I could never find out how to convert them. I mean there's just the wires, and the adapter???? does that have a plug for an outlet? It'll probably be like obvious, but if anyone can explain the assembly of this I would greatly appreciate it...

Thanks, Tim

[Gold3nku5h]

I'll make it quick and simple. (JK) There is, however alot of different ways to do it. I'll give you a way to get a variable speed out of any regular PC fan. (you may want to go with ADDA brand fans, some of theirs are waterproof, therefor being amazing for high humidity terrariums)
This is the adapter im going to use for my fans inside my terrarium, and will run the ADDA waterproof fans, to keep my front glass fog free.
3-12V Regulated 1000mA AC Adapter - RadioShack.com

This is the ADDA waterproof fans, im going to get the smallest size, because they will be well hidden, and i can set the speed to see the lowest voltage i can use, to keep the glass clear
AQ0624HB-A70GL(T)-LF
(I just noticed that ran off 24 volts, idk what im going to do about that yet. It might run, might not)

Adaptaplug L - RadioShack.com
That thing will plug into the adapter. Since that ones an L you need to find a female L piece to hook up to your fan.

ill finish later, but that will get you started, you can of course get just a 4 pin adapter AC to DC 12v or 24v. Then get a fan with 4 pins also.

[Ross]

Or even simpler you could buy this one: Coralife Aqualight 3 1/8 Cooling Fan Kit

[Tim]

Well thanks guys... I'll look and see what I can find

- Tim

[dravenxavier]

Originally Posted by Ross

Or even simpler you could buy this one: Coralife Aqualight 3 1/8 Cooling Fan Kit

Exactly. I use them, and they're great. They have a disconnect in the wire, so you can run them through a small hole, too. There's also a larger model.