Today I got the exoterra compact fluorescent light hood. It comes with 2 26 watt ballasts made for tropical terrariums. The box also said 5.0. I only left it on for an hour and i noticed my room smelled weird. I think they were too close to the grate of the tank cover so I am going to raise it three inches above.
On the instructions for the canopy it said do not expose to water or humidity. Obviously a vivarium will need to be humid so here is my plan. I just need to know if it will affect the light recieved by the live plants. I also planned on doing this to keep the inside of the tank humid.
I have a large sheet of plastic ( I thinks its acrillic) I will cut it to fit inside the tank cover so that it covers 3/4 of the top including the area directly below the canopy hoping to reduce humidity damage. Is this going to affect the light getting to the plants. Its a total of 52 watts I believe.
On the instructions for the canopy it said do not expose to water or humidity. Obviously a vivarium will need to be humid so here is my plan. I just need to know if it will affect the light recieved by the live plants. I also planned on doing this to keep the inside of the tank humid.
I have a large sheet of plastic ( I thinks its acrillic) I will cut it to fit inside the tank cover so that it covers 3/4 of the top including the area directly below the canopy hoping to reduce humidity damage. Is this going to affect the light getting to the plants. Its a total of 52 watts I believe.