homemade humidifier

My idea well my version of someone elses idea lol.
Materials
500ml wide mouth pyrex bottle
Medical tube
fish tank air pump and proper fittings

Run tube from pump to bottle have the end of this tube
at bottom of bottle.. run another tube from top if the bottle to a T fitting run 2 tubes from the T too your tank one in each side .. fill bottle with water and bingo.. would this work or is it just a fail idea

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Originally Posted by strikerball21

My idea well my version of someone elses idea lol.
Materials
500ml wide mouth pyrex bottle
Medical tube
fish tank air pump and proper fittings

Run tube from pump to bottle have the end of this tube
at bottom of bottle.. run another tube from top if the bottle to a T fitting run 2 tubes from the T too your tank one in each side .. fill bottle with water and bingo.. would this work or is it just a fail idea

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It works to an extent.. I made a how-to vid of this recently. My enclosure is rather large, and it doesn't pump a ton of air through the tubes. It does generally keep the humidity levels above 50% @ about 82-84F..

Here is the video if you are curious. I would suggest using different tubing than I did, as the tubing from wal-mart blows pretty hardcore. Other than that, it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Cgx4x0F_g

I have access to very nice tube :)and thank you for the vid

I was thinking of using di water think that's a good idea

I actually just made one of these, it works pretty good but a humidifier would better and more convenient. It raised the humidity by 20% and is sustaining it well.it seems to work better with warm water inside the bottle surrounded with ice.

Wouldn't a humidifier raise humidity too much?

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Originally Posted by strikerball21

Wouldn't a humidifier raise humidity too much?

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put it on a timer? never used one so i wouldnt know.

When I used a tank instead of tubs/racks, I used a homemade humidifier like that one. It worked quite well for keeping the humidity up without having to use a huge water bowl or covering the screen. One word of caution: Cover the bottle so that the water isn't exposed to light and change the water often to control algae/bacteria growth.

Hmm for same price u cab just get a even warm mist humidifier what to do what to so

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Originally Posted by strikerball21

Hmm for same price u cab just get a even warm mist humidifier what to do what to so

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im sure most of us who made this had the materials laying around, not bad for free since it maintains humidity in the 50%.