Do it yourself humidifier

Hey Steelsack...
OK, just made the humidifier... what size tank are you using it in? I had a small pump like that hanging around, used a pop bottle too, but I got only 5-10% addition of humidity..could it be the pump is too small to make it work? Hmm, I am so confused on that, thats got to be the problem.

Maybe the hose is too small... Bigger hose might make more humidity, right?

The pump I'm using is designed for up to 60 gall. You need a big pump.
The tank my bp's in is a 30.
Where does the hose end up? If it's under a light, you'll lose the majority of the moisture right up the top. I put mine in the far end away from the light. Try a larger diameter for tank hose. I plugged the end with hot glue and made five tiny holes (think small hot nail or tiny drill bit) about one or two inches apart from each other from the end up. This spreads the air about better than an open ended hose. These two tricks combined should up your humidity.
If you can heat up the water bottle a bit. During shed I used hot water and kept the bottle in a thermal bottle holder I happened to have laying around. This works wonders! Down side is you need to keep rewarming the bottle every four hours or so......Am currently kicking around an idea I had to use a fish tank heater to somehow keep the water warmer than the room during these winter months. Perhaps a container inside a container.............
lol, whatever I MacGuiver together I'll post pics and give reports.........

To help in your heating the water thing... I tried inserting a fish tank heater and that was just more trouble then i twas worth in my opinion. I ended up getting another heating pad... one that had strings so you could like tie it around ir waist or somethin... and tied it to the 2 liter bottle I'm using. Works liek a charm. sure its wasting some of the heat it creates but it heated the water up nicely. Gave me another 5-7% humidity.

Great idea btw making that thing :) I used ur idea and it works great!

sweet! good to hear it works for you :wink:

I'm gonna add a second line into and out of the bottle... the pump I have has two air outputs that i have T'd together for now... but I'm gonna add a second bottle and a second line into one tank to see if it makes a difference.

I haven't added a sponge but I'll give that a shot later this week.

I put a sponge in mine cause I saw the tropic aire has one........makes minimal difference.
I also have a T on mine at the pump. I am using regular tank size tubing (1/8" ?) for the pump, and larger ( I think 1/4) tubing to the tank. Keeps steady.
Isn't tweaking fun?
Good idea to heat the water with a pad. We should have it all figured out for the end of winter when humidity is no longer a huge problem! Course where I am we still have until early May before we consider the snow gone for good..........
Winter till your mind snaps.......

HUmm... just got an idea about adding moisture... stay tuned :)

this thread is older than i am.

I made the humidifier but the silicone stuff i used must be weak because the air hose going in the side keeps leaking air so i tried starting over on a different bottle and i think it hasn't started leaking yet.... also, I can't seem to keep it lit... ;)