The exo without fans is fine, with fans too it'll be great. I'm in the uk too and have had similar issues, the mesh cages aren't the easiest to ensure heat and humidity. Mine are now in custom wooden vivs that are lined with perspex, but have 12 soffit vents ensuring a good flow of air. Fans...
As you said, the vet said he was dehydrated and i've seen chams that show all of these signs when they're stressed over a change of environment. Its usually symptoms of dehydration, but the actual cause seems to be the viv change.
Dave
How will the bacteria and parasites still be in the water? Thats the whole point of filtration, to remove it all. Hence the charcoal, which is in effect a carbon filter. I guess I may be missing the point here but with regular water changes i fail to see much of a difference between this...
I understand the desire to conceal it all, I recently finished off my cham display viv in the lounge, and in the process had to drill through a 2 foot thick wall (I live in a victorian house in the uk), run new electric circuits, channel and then plaster cables and tubing in, etc etc! If...
My normal approach with drainage layers in wooden vivs is to build an acrylic/glass tray to sit in the bottom of the viv, I normally build it in situ so the sizes are axact. Then you can either leave a syphon hanging out or drill a drain hole in the bottom and put drainage piping through this...
Seems a lot of effort when you could just fill your resevoir from the mains water supply via a filter and drain your habitat like normal. Although i guess if you're habitat is far away from your mains or you aren't able to change the supply then this would work.
Dave
Hi, and hi all, this is my first post on here :) With the fogger question, my experience is the bigger the hose the better, as the fog tends to condense much more rapidly in smaller hoses and you just end up with a dripper system lol
Dave