Humidity question..

[RePtAr11]

hi.. jw if the humidity should be higher at night or in the day time? or should it be about the same all around. im asking because i just got a humidifier that works this time lol.
thanks.
kc

 

[reptoman]

Hey KC. Have not heard from you in a while. I keep my humidifier for my montanes (Deremensis) on all day and off at night and it seems to work out well. I plug it in with the light timer so it is automated with the lights. Hope this helps.

 

[RePtAr11]

hey Brian how are you.. didnt think it would be you replying to my ? lol funny i was going to text u the other day and ask if u are breeding any new critters. i have hundreds of dubias now. anyways thanks for the reply so fast.

 

[PantherEnvy]

I have quad chameleons that require higher humidities, therefore I have my Reptifogger dialed up high during the day 70-100%, and dialed halfway during the night, at least a consistent 60-80% humidity level.

 

[RePtAr11]

ok so has anyone ever heard anything bad about ultrasonic humidifiers? i have heard of some thing called white dust that builds up and is not good. anyone ever hear anything about this..

 

[reptoman]

I can reply to this one too! I have an ultrasonic humidifier on the Deremensis cage. It works great. Puts out cool looking fog too. The white dust i dont know about. Is that referring to calcium build up? cause I do have some of that but not too bad. Considering I use tap that has sat long enough to expell most or all of the chlorine, I dont have too much issue. I change the drip heads out every 2 years if they get completely clogged but mostly just scrub them off every 6 months and their still good to go.
On critters, I have 21 baby panthers at 3 weeks old and another 33 hatching out now. First one out of the egg today on the 2nd clutch. If you mean bugs, I have 25 or so hornworms pupated so I wil be up to my eyeballs in hornworms in about a month. I will let you know when so you can get some. You should get one of these ambiloble babies!! (thats the hard sell )

 

[ScalesTailsandClaws]

The white dust is mineral deposits in the humidifier. You can only used distilled water in a reptifogger or it will die in about 3 months. I only use distilled in mine and it's still going strong for 2 years now. Only use distilled water with ultrasonic foggers. I feel like lots of humidity at night when there isn't much heat could cause respiratory infections.

 

[RePtAr11]

its just something on the older models i think.. something about the ultrasonic plate producing other chemicals in the water. not to sure just seeing if anyone else heard of this, lol i do to much researching. not good sometimes, someone always has something negative to say. well Brian my GF still to this day wants to come check out your sweet setup and i told her about the babies.. she is going to want one in about 2 weeks for sure. SO hold me a good one.

 

[reptoman]

Anytime KC. You know I like showing off my cham room!