Well, after quite a while of being a member here, lurking, popping in and out, one thing has remained the same. Those of us with glass display tanks/ screen tops, almost always have humidity issues. Well, I'll expose a D.I.Y. inexpensive fogger. In my opinion far better than the pet shop overpriced pieces of... feces...
Okie dokie. I know it works well with eco earth. I have no idea how aspen will react to constant cool fog like this. Itll probably mold. Aspen sucks anyways lol. I set one up for my stepdads emerald tree python and she uses cypress. Does fine.
With that out of the way, here we go. The kind of humidifier you want is an Ultrasonic, it makes the cool fog. Other ones blow hot, wet air, yuck. The one we use cost $40 at our local Target. Online Crane ultrasonic humidifiers are dirt cheap. It was actually an elephant lmao. It has feet we tossed the top.
3/4in pvc works fine and has a good flow rate. A standard piece of 3/4 insulation fills the gap and seals the pipe to the humidifier.
Be sure to make a removeable link so you can remove the tank and refill it. Lmao thats a dummy move.
Our system controls 4 different humidity zones. 3 different frog tanks, and the bp's tank.
Please mind the pipe mess, we just put the floor down.
Anyways, see the blue handles? Those are 1/4 turn ball valves.
You set the humidifier to put off X amount of fog. Then you set your ball or in this case "flow" valves to meet the humidity needs of each tank. Takes a little tinkering but its an easy process. I let mine run 24/7. Tank 1g last 3days. Some people put them on a timer for a few times a day. I imagine aspen users liking the timer option. The fog also looks amazing in any tank.
You will also need a 3/4 screw together coupling. Unfortunatly you need to poke a 3/4 hole in your screen for the fog. If you pipe it to the screen, moisture puddles on the screen and blocks the fogs air flow. I know bummer.
But, all in all, with another huge box of valves and pipe snippets. About $70-80 to do 4 different climates. Seems worth it to me. Gotta clean my pipes up i know. The floor sucked.
Hope this little diy job helps someone out there. I love all my planted vivs. Happy tinkering folks!
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