Total control with the app
Every aspect of biOrb EARTH’s internal environment is set using the OASE Control app. Through the app you will choose a climate plan based on the plants and animals you plan on keeping in your EARTH. The app’s major climate zones - Tropical Rainforest, Humid Subtropical, and Desert - can be tailored down to the smallest detail to ensure your plants and animals thrive in their new home. You can even create your own climate zone if necessary.
Authentic 3D temperature environment
1. Patented temperature control unit - Using a solid-state Peltier driven heat pump and fans, air is constantly recirculated within the tank, heating and cooling as required.
2. Substrate heater cable - Maintains the ground temperature. Its heating element can be configured to create warm basking spots in a particular corner, or along a side. Direct heating of the substrate mimics the real world, where the ground is slower to heat up in the morning and cool in the evening. The heater cables also stimulate plant growth.
The temperature varies from the bottom to the top of the unit, and the constant feed of fresh (warm or cooled) air mixes in with the unit’s re-circulating air. The combination heating elements enables temperatures of up to 113°F or down to 5°F below ambient (64°F).
Keeping it inside the EARTH
The biOrb EARTH uses a clear air system to ensure the air coming in and out of the unit is always clean and fresh. Fresh air enters from a fan on the back of the unit. The air is drawn through an activated carbon pre-filter to keep it free from any contaminants, such as aerosols. This new air displaces some from within the unit which is exhausted through activated carbon filters in the EARTH hood’s wings.
There are also gasket seals around the hood and all external openings to maintain the EARTH’s stable, natural conditions of temperature and humidity. These filters and seals not only hold back odors, they also keep any fruit flies or other live food inside the unit.
Adding an extra dimension with sound
Until now, vivariums have only been able to replicate how your animals’ natural world looks and feels. biOrb EARTH takes this experience one step further with the inclusion of an embedded speaker.
What animals hear isn’t simply the background noise of their environment. Some sounds trigger particular events (ex. mating calls). Using the biOrb EARTH app you can decide what sounds will be played through the vivarium.
See your animals in their home
biOrbs are made with acrylic instead of glass. Acrylic is incredibly strong and acrylic is a good insulator so you don’t lose much heat.
Acrylic allows 23% more light to pass through. The astonishing clarity of acrylic is why your biOrb bursts with color and life in a way you may never have seen before.
One power cable
biOrb EARTH needs just ONE power cable, requiring a single socket. Additionally the EARTH is low voltage.
The humidity your animals expect
1. Ultrasonic mister - Built-in with dedicated fan and tank hidden at the rear. The Ultrasonic mister produces a gentle ‘swirling’ ultra-fine mist of HumidiMist that hydrates the plants right down to their roots. biOrb HumidiMist is specially formulated remineralized water with low conductivity to prevent water spots, calcium buildup, and to ensure maximum efficiency of your biOrb EARTH. HumidiMist is used in the reservoir in your biOrb EARTH; do not use normal tap water.
2. Rain nozzles - Twin integrated, directional nozzles recreate rainfall cycles of natural habitats using HumidiMist.
3. Temperature and humidity sensors - Two sensors constantly monitor and control the temperature and humidity levels your animals require.
4. Capillary matting - At the base is a free draining support layer. This ensures the correct level of moisture for your plants and bio-active substrate.
Recreating a day from the natural world
Nestled in the hood of the biOrb EARTH are four banks for lighting units. Each EARTH comes with two Sunlight LED units, a UV-light unit, and a RGB and Infrared unit.
The closest lighting to real sunlight - The Sunlight LED lights are the closest to real sunlight of any light available. To fully recreate the natural world, each day biOrb EARTH experiences sunrise, midday and sunset. Three separate channels increase and decrease in sequence so your biOrb EARTH features a true, east-west solar day – benefiting both your animals and plants.
Keeping your animals healthy, naturally- Just like us your animals need vitamin D3 to grow and maintain strong bones. For many looking after this aspect of their animals’ health involves ‘dusting’ their food with supplements. In the natural world, ultraviolet from the sun’s rays (UVA & UVB) is absorbed through the skin generating vitamin D3 production. The EARTH’s dimmable ultraviolet lamp replicates the UVA and UVB rays your animals naturally receive. UV-A stimulates pigmentation. UV-B stimulates vitamin D3 synthesis from the precursor vitamin D2.
Basking in the sun’s warmth - To complete the full spectrum of natural sunlight, biOrb EARTH adds the sun’s ‘invisible rays’ (near infrared) to provide natural warmth, ideal for reptiles for basking.
There’s no standard configuration for biOrb EARTH’s range of lights. You can arrange the four banks in the combination which best suits your plants and animals.
