Viviariums Using Old Tanks?

[Beverly]

Michael,

At the Edmonton meeting, I told you I'd be calling you Michael from now on, Michael

Quinn,

Not breaking down, but upgrading

[Dale D]

Bev.

My tank is set up with pea gravel on the bottom, then a layer of screen, then 4 or 5 inches of potting soil. The only water in the tank is in a water dish that looks like a tree stump.

If I do another tank it will have a false bottom, a waterfall and a pool.

I keep tree frogs in it, so, it has lots of branches in it for them to sit on.

There are 2 18 Watt NO fluorescent power glo's and 2 blue 15 Watt incandescent (sp) bulbs for night lighting.

I DIYed an ultrasonic humidifier to provide fog for moisture.

The plants are 2 types of creeping fig and an Ivy.

The back and sides are covered with cork bark.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Dale D

I DIYed an ultrasonic humidifier to provide fog for moisture.

I'd be interested to hear more about this?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I'd be interested to hear more about this?

go to a fancy guarden store and look in the decoration area, they have little ultrasonic foggers (some have led lights some don't) for 40 to 60 bucks. just put it in clean water and plug it in and it makes a fog.

Steve

[Dale D]

I don't use one of the in tank foggers.

I use a cool mist ultrasonic house humidifier plumbed into the tank. They cost about $60- $80 and can be plumbed into more than one tank at a time. They have there own water tank and eliminate one more wire from having to be hidden in the tank.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

go to a fancy guarden store and look in the decoration area, they have little ultrasonic foggers (some have led lights some don't) for 40 to 60 bucks. just put it in clean water and plug it in and it makes a fog.

Those things are really cool, but the problem I have with those things is they don't last very long. Drives me nuts. Plus, they create a lot of splash if the water level isn't exactly right or you don't have something over top of it.

As an alternative I tried a cool mist humidifier plumbed into a 10g tank once ... but the thing worked like crap. I eventually gave up on it. So would be more interested in hearing about setups that actually work well enough.. but it's no biggie, it was more for interest's sake.

[Dale D]

Originally Posted by "Delphinus

As an alternative I tried a cool mist humidifier plumbed into a 10g tank once ... but the thing worked like crap. I eventually gave up on it. So would be more interested in hearing about setups that actually work well enough...

Mine works great on my 30 g.

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Dale D

I don't use one of the in tank foggers.

Don't know if I will use one or not. I don't see a problem putting one in the tank as long as the wire is hidden behind the background. Do you have anything to move the air around in your viv? Would a computer fan work, or is the humidity to high for one?

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Dale D

Mine works great on my 30 g.

So do you think you could share some details? What unit did you use? How did you plumb it into the tank, etc. ? Where was the humidifier in relation to the tank, above it, below it, beside it? Do you have any pictures maybe? I'd love to see this.

Originally Posted by Beverly

Would a computer fan work, or is the humidity to high for one?

When I used the in-tank foggers the little computer fans worked great, but only for a short while (only a couple of months). Definitely couldn't handle the humidity for the long-term. The external humidifiers should theoretically work better because they have their own ability to move air. For whatever reason, I didn't set it up right when I tried it though.

[Beverly]

When I used the in-tank foggers the little computer fans worked great, but only for a short while (only a couple of months). [/quote]

Tony,

Don't know if I'm going to use a fogger or not in the viv, and am unsure yet how high the humidity needs to be. Actually, am planning on a computer fan in our ball python terrarium. We're in the process of getting his house up to about 60% relative humidity in about 80-90 F by covering most of the screen top with glass. What signs did you look for that told you when the computer fan was beginning to fail, short of sparks or a breaker shutting down, or something even worse