Wellness exam.....

[Extensionofgreen]

I had my parsonii in for their first check up and fecal. Everything, including the fecal checked out in perfect order!
I've never had a WC animal not full of parasites! I'll be mailing in several more, over the months to be sure, but initial signs point to them having been dewormed, since he said he's seen several of the newer imports and they have been showing up mostly clean.

He did caution me about the importance of sanitizing and changing the mist stystem lines. He said the tend to get filled with pseudomonas. He recomended a vinegar solution being run through, every few months, and or a UV sterilizer, and total replacement of the misting lines, once or twice a year. I'm looking into the sterilizer and replacing the lines every 6 months, since running vinegar through will be difficult, if I have to remove the lines from the planted enclosure each time.

 

[MSMorgan]

He did caution me about the importance of sanitizing and changing the mist stystem lines. He said the tend to get filled with pseudomonas. He recomended a vinegar solution being run through, every few months, and or a UV sterilizer, and total replacement of the misting lines, once or twice a year. I'm looking into the sterilizer and replacing the lines every 6 months, since running vinegar through will be difficult, if I have to remove the lines from the planted enclosure each time.

Thinking about this, I should probably change my lines and clean out soon. It's been over a year now.

 

[bobcochran]

I wonder if the higher price parsons command has anything to do with the better condition they arrive in these days. What ever the case, it's a move in the right direction!

 

[brownie64]

He did caution me about the importance of sanitizing and changing the mist stystem lines. He said the tend to get filled with pseudomonas. He recomended a vinegar solution being run through, every few months, and or a UV sterilizer, and total replacement of the misting lines, once or twice a year. I'm looking into the sterilizer and replacing the lines every 6 months, since running vinegar through will be difficult, if I have to remove the lines from the planted enclosure each time.[/QUOTE]


@Extensionofgreen never new this does it happen even with the black lines?

 

[Extensionofgreen]

The color of the lines has nothing to do with whether they will accumulate bacteria. There is water left in the lines and it proliferates there, over time. I never considered that as a problem either, but it makes sense.

 

[brownie64]

The color of the lines has nothing to do with whether they will accumulate bacteria. There is water left in the lines and it proliferates there, over time. I never considered that as a problem either, but it makes sense.

Well that's just great one more thing to have to deal with. Thanks for the info.

 

[Extensionofgreen]

I feel the same way! He said that before it was discovered that the lines accumulated gram negative bacteria, his colleagues and he experienced constant URIs, in their previously healthy chams.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

I know of lots of people on here who have MistKings and have ran em for years and this is the first time I've ever heard about the concern with bacteria building up inside of a line. Misting lines are black, which highly helps to prevent the buildup of any bacteria. Furthermore, your mist system blasting water out every few hours will wash the lines while it does so. Bacteria would be getting flushed out. I thing that replacing the lines every few years... sure why not. But once or twice PER YEAR? I wanna see the scientific proof behind this because I think that seems a little excessive. Deff not needed.

 

[Extensionofgreen]

It depends on several factors, such as your water source. Collected rain water, RO water, not set up do drinking ( we have a 800 gallon a day system for our plants ), and other water sources that aren't either from a deep well or properly chlorinated water sources can carry bacteria, as can dust and air hitting the water resevoir, during refilling. It's like food poisoning, it's pounded it in your head how dangerous things can be, but the odds are in your favor, of not dying from food poisoning, it's basic precautions. Bacteria in lines can happen and we can take steps to reduce the risk, even if it is already comparatively low.