Humidity lvls too low but leaving substrait more and more soaked

[danhm87]

Hey guy was wondering if you could help me out with a problem i have been having. . .

I have a cool mist humidifier and a pushpin analog timer outlet that sets it on in 15 min incraments

what i have found is that it i set it to go off for 15 mins every hour or hour and a 15 it will keep the hum lvls perfect but i am noticing a buildup of water in the substrait. So i talored off the humidifier to only go off every two hours and nao the hum lvlv will get as low as 60 pretty quickly. If the soil is sopping wet will he still be able to breath just fine at those humidity lvlvs? Or should i just let the soil get soaked and keep the hum lvls high?

I know the best solution would be to get a digital timer with like a hundred settings so i can make it run more times but for less durration, but i havnt found one with more that 15 setting which is a step back. Also the hydrotherm is too expensive right now. .

Thanks for your help guys and gals

[HerpDerp]

Keeping the substrate soaked like that can allow mold to grow pretty easily. It should be moist, not dripping wet. It would be preferable to have the mister go off more often but in shorter intervals. Since you can't do that I suggest you cover part of the top with plastic wrap to hold in some of that moisture so the humidity doesn't drop too much between misting. I've always just misted myself with a spray bottle, which seems to work alright, but I'm also home for most of the day and not everyone can glue themselves to their frog's enclosures

[Adam R]

you may have too much ventilation. also where are you measuring your humidity from? i also think you are misting too frequently. i would maybe keep the 15 sec intervals but cut back to misting 3 times a day. morn, noon, evening

[danhm87]

you may have too much ventilation. also where are you measuring your humidity from? i also think you are misting too frequently. i would maybe keep the 15 sec intervals but cut back to misting 3 times a day. morn, noon, evening

First off thanks for the quick feedback

the problem is i do have 2/3 of my terra covered with saran wrap but it is so dry right now in TN. The timer only have 15 min incraments. Using a simple hydrometer from petco. Will get a digital today. Easy to swipe from walmart :P

so you recomend me to only put the humidifier on for 3 times a day for 15 mins each?

I know the soil may stay damp but the air in the upp regions of the tank might get like 55-70 . Is this ok? As long as a pacmqn has damp soil does the ambient air matter at all?

Once again thank you so much for your input

[deranged chipmunk]

i know this "seems" like it would be a construction question. but i think you may want to address this one over on the pacman section so guys like Grif and Mike and a few others may be able to help you out a bit better. not that adam and michelle didn't, but those guys are who i would ask about a pacman question, hands down.

[danhm87]

i know this "seems" like it would be a construction question. but i think you may want to address this one over on the pacman section so guys like Grif and Mike and a few others may be able to help you out a bit better. not that adam and michelle didn't, but those guys are who i would ask about a pacman question, hands down.

Thankx man, I ended up Swiping a Hygrotherm from Petsmart.. ahha yay for their terrible security... now all my probs are solved