l razor knife
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This terrarium is made by cutting a section out of a 2 liter coke bottle.
This serves two purposes. First, it allows you to put a fully colonized
rice cake inside the bottle. The second purpose is it allows the volume
of the bottle to be reduced to the point where the moistness of the rice
cake can keep it humid.
Remove a section of the bottle using the razor knife. The cut on the
lower part of the bottle is not very critical. The top cut is more difficult
to do correctly. It needs to be right at the point where the bottle is
starting to decrease in diameter. This is because the top part of the
bottle is going to be inserted into the bottom part of the bottle and the
two sections need to seal tightly.
The best thing to do is start lower than the diagram indicates and cut
small sections off until the top piece of the bottle fits snugly and easily
into the bottom section. Once you locate the correct place to cut for the
type of bottle you are using, you can simply cut at the same place and
make multiple bottles to handle as many cakes as you wish to fruit at
any time.
The cap for the bottle must be screwed on tightly. A damp paper towel
can be placed on the bottom of the bottle to help raise the humidity
inside the bottle. Twice a day the bottle should be opened to allow new
air to be available for the rice cake to consume. It is best to fan the rice
cake to insure new air is surrounding the cake before sealing it back in
the bottle. This is the major draw back to this terrarium. If you have a
dozen cakes it can become a burden to exchange the air twice a day.
Basic Growing Chamber.
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(Used for all other terrarium setups)
Materials needed:
l Styrofoam Cooler Adaptation-11
l Wire Mesh (1/4 or 1/2 inch is ideal)
l Plexi Glass (a 24 by 24 inch piece of window insulation or
fluorescent light diffuser) Optional if using an ultra sonic
humidifier.
l Silicon Glue
l Humidity Gauge Adaptation-12
The cooler needs to have a very tight fitting cover. The idea is to seal
in humidity, and the looser the lid is, the more difficult this is. Except
for the cooler, everything you need can be found at your neighborhood
building supply store. Below are diagrams detailing the various
components of the terrarium. There is no way to predict the
dimensions of the cooler that you will use. You will need to use some
common sense as we walk you through the steps to build your
terrarium.
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The purpose of the wire mesh is to hold the rice cakes off the bottom
of the cooler where moisture will collect. The easiest thing to do is cut
a piece of wire mesh an inch wider and an inch longer than the
dimensions of
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