Using tin foil to keep humidity up
I have a glass aquarium and I am wodnering where to set up the foil. Do I do it inside the actual cage, or outside? Also, where are the best places to place it? Thanks a lot for the help!
Re: Using tin foil to keep humidity up
Just wrap 3/4 of the screen top with tin foil. Make sure to form it nicely to the edges so it sits on the tank nice. I use plexi-glass. I just cut it to size so it sits on the groove in the top plastic frame of the tank. Just as effective and a little easier on the eyes.
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When I used a glass tank and needed to cover the top, I cut some cardboard into panels and wrapped each one in foil. Then I could add or remove panels as needed, to raise or lower humidity and to facilitate the use of the lamp in the winter when supplemental heat was needed. It looked like this...
A panel...
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All panels installed...
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If a heat lamp is needed, remove enough panels so that the lamp won't contact the cardboard. You can use regular foil to fill in any gaps if need be, and it all looks like this...
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../ztank0054.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../ztank0055.jpg
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I did it this way just because I liked the look of it, and it was easy to add or remove the panels to adjust ventilation.
Hope this helps...
Re: Using tin foil to keep humidity up
Thank you all for the advice so far! :)
Is their any way to create like a humidifying machine???? That'd be tight.
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EvesFriend
Thank you all for the advice so far! :)
Is their any way to create like a humidifying machine???? That'd be tight.
You could just get a humidifier and put it in the room. I have to use a DE-humidifier because its so humid here.
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Originally Posted by
EvesFriend
Thank you all for the advice so far! :)
Is their any way to create like a humidifying machine???? That'd be tight.
There are foggers available, which are normally used on amphibian type enclosures, but some people do use them for snake enclosures. I remember a thread a while back where a member was using one and his snake managed to dislodge the hose and escape through the opening...
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Perhaps I could create a small, portable snake humidifier?
Perhaps I can patent it, and makes millions of dollars?
Any engineers here?
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The tin foil trick works! Thats what I used. And it bumped my humidity levels up 20%!!!
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I don't understand why you wouldn't do the tin foil idea, or plexi-glass. A humidifier for a BP is kind of overkill, and isn't generally necessary. Those are more for animals that need really high humidity (75%+). By using cypress mulch/aspen and covering about 3/4 of the top with foil/plexi you will be at 50% at least which is optimal.
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Originally Posted by
EvesFriend
Thank you all for the advice so far! :)
Is their any way to create like a humidifying machine???? That'd be tight.
There is the Reptifogger
http://www.reptilesupply.com/product...oducts_id=2394
I've considered it for while my guy is in shed that way I can set it and forget it instead of having to mist all the time...
