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About mark funnell

  • Birthday 03/26/1986

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    United Kingdom
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    Poison dart frogs, day geckoes and vivarium.Downhill mountain biking, bmx flatland and of course carnivorous plants.

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  1. mark funnell
    Anyone in the uk have some input the controllers you use?
  2. mark funnell
    Wish I had a options for placement of my Terrarium. But really where it is shouldn't be a issue if the bluddy controllers were Reliable. Let me know on here when you post it up, I will check it out. Cheers
  3. mark funnell
    I do injoy a project that's for sure. Not saying I would nail it but would would like to check out what you have so far. The photo sensor is a good function to have, exactly the same as the zoomed controller I have, saves having to change times and just rely on the T5s to turn off to put it into night mode. For me the cooling function is very important, due to lack of space for my Terrarium it is situated in a fairly exposed west facing house extension witch gets rather warm in the summer so the chiller does come on every 15mins or so to bring the temps back down to 24c. Going
  4. mark funnell
    Hi, Ive looked at the specifications and couldn't see any cooling functions. To me it appears to keep to a specific temperature (heat) Could you let me know how this works keeping you terrarium cool, Once a set temperature has gone up say 2 degrees due to temperature being warmer in the house but to warm for the terrarium? Thanks
  5. mark funnell
    Thanks for the reply. That evo brand was something I had looked into but found it didn't have a the functions I need for my Terrarium, so draw a blank there unfortunately as I know they are a very good product but are aimed for the heating ability for primary use. Its the cooling part witch is the more difficult to find in products. Fair play man, if you got the know how making a scratch built product good on you, I wouldn't know where to start. Sounds interesting wouldn't mind having a look at what you have so far and try and give it a go myself. But yea very inte
  6. mark funnell
    Hi guys. Ive been growing highland heliamphora, drosera and nepenthes for 3 years now. My setup is run with a water chiller/sump and pc radiator with fans to achieve my highland temperature requirements which is keeping it below 24c in the day and 12c at night, humidity is kept around 80%. Now my plants grow well but Ive become so frustrated with the controller units I've had to achieve these temperatures and humidity. The first brand I bought from the start was a Zoomed hygrotherm, it does everything I need but the humidity part of the unit desides to fail first on thes
  7. mark funnell
    I use a brand called hygrotherm. Control's day and night temps. Ive had it replaced about 3 times due to the internal switching getting stuck on, so basically my fogger control on the unit gets stuck on and keeps flooding the tank till i tap the switching unit to free it.
  8. mark funnell
    Only the chiller cooling the radiator is all i need. My tank is 90x60x45. Works very well with a controller to tell it when to turn on and off.
  9. mark funnell started following Carnivores in the backyard and Highland setup
  10. mark funnell
    Hi. I use chiller using one sump pump and a 3 fan radiator. My sump itself is very small, but the radiator is very deep, so that helps within the tank. I can get my tank down to 12c in a few hours. My Terrarium is also open topped to so you shouldn't have a problem reaching the temp you require.
  11. mark funnell
    Really amazing to have such a great selection of plants in such a close proximity to your house. Would love that myself.
  12. mark funnell
    Thanks for the great pictures.! Always wanted to go to Australia to see them. Did you have to go far to find them?
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  15. mark funnell started following The making of my connected highland terrarium in (many) pictures
  16. mark funnell
    Cant see the pics. Mine are potted up in peat-perlite mix and do just fine.
  17. mark funnell
    Like it down your way. Not so scenic down here in brighton. With your filiformis, I would keep it just damp now, no standing water. When the temperature start to drop further pop it back in the greenhouse for protection. Mine have to live outside, my filiformis survived last winter out there no probs.
  18. mark funnell
    Like it down your way. Not so scenic down here in brighton. With your filiformis, I would keep it just damp now, no standing water. When the temperature start to drop further pop it back in the greenhouse for protection. Mine have to live outside, my filiformis survived last winter out there no probs.
  19. mark funnell
    Hi, are you in the UK? All of my temperate sundews have pretty much formed a hibernacula. Apart from the beleziana at the mo. They live permanently in the elements outside. Had quite a few chilly days here this September so they went to bed early.