Exo-terra monsoon

[clownonfire]

Well... after reading this thread, I hesitantly purchased the Monsoon. It will be used in the new vertical 25 gallons vivarium for the azureus I will get this Summer. I won't set it up before then, as I will be manually watering the plants until they take.

I had purchased the Zoo Med Habba Mister, but it was honestly such a disappointment... No pressure what so ever... It was like a weak drizzle...

Hoping the Monsoon works better and covers the viv.

[MikeM670]

Eric,

Mine has been running just fine. I think Don's new one is also working properly. The one thing I would not do is wait until later before using it. Make sure it is working now and there is no reason you can't using to water the plants with it now. Once the vavarium is setup and initially watered then I would think that would be enought to keep moist for you.

[DonLisk]

Mine is running great now. I would get it up and running Eric. Biggest thing I found is I want at least one more nozzle minimum but two more would be perfect to hit every part of the viv.

I was recently told the additional nozzles will be available later this month. Keeping fingers crossed.

I'm now running mine every 8 hours for 16 seconds. The substrate is damp and the plants are growing like mad already. Even my wife mentioned tonight that some of the plants are so much bigger than two weeks ago.
I'm running spring water bought by the gallon and the tank holds enough to run for a long time.

[clownonfire]

Mine is running great now. I would get it up and running Eric. Biggest thing I found is I want at least one more nozzle minimum but two more would be perfect to hit every part of the viv.

I was recently told the additional nozzles will be available later this month. Keeping fingers crossed.

I'm now running mine every 8 hours for 16 seconds. The substrate is damp and the plants are growing like mad already. Even my wife mentioned tonight that some of the plants are so much bigger than two weeks ago.
I'm running spring water bought by the gallon and the tank holds enough to run for a long time.

Then I'll set it up this weekend. You're right, there's no reason why I shouldn't just use it as of now.

[clownonfire]

Mine is running great now. I would get it up and running Eric. Biggest thing I found is I want at least one more nozzle minimum but two more would be perfect to hit every part of the viv.

I was recently told the additional nozzles will be available later this month. Keeping fingers crossed.

I'm now running mine every 8 hours for 16 seconds. The substrate is damp and the plants are growing like mad already. Even my wife mentioned tonight that some of the plants are so much bigger than two weeks ago.
I'm running spring water bought by the gallon and the tank holds enough to run for a long time.

Don or anyone else, I set up mine and it works great. I just have a question on the cycle. There is the cycle and duration dials. On the cycle one, what do the numbers mean. If I chose 8, is it 8 times a day, or each 8 hours? I can't find the information in the instructions.

[MikeM670]

The timer numbers indicate hours. Page 8 of the instructions near the bottom has that info. So if you set it to the number 4 then the unit will turn on every four hours.

[clownonfire]

The timer numbers indicate hours. Page 8 of the instructions near the bottom has that info. So if you set it to the number 4 then the unit will turn on every four hours.

Thanks Mike. To quote my wife Sara: Eric, read ALL the instructions...

[MikeM670]

Thanks Mike. To quote my wife Sara: Eric, read ALL the instructions...

NAW! Why would we ever ever want to do that! Try, pry and then ask for the instructions!!

[s6t6nic6l]

Well... after reading this thread, I hesitantly purchased the Monsoon. It will be used in the new vertical 25 gallons vivarium for the azureus I will get this Summer. I won't set it up before then, as I will be manually watering the plants until they take.

I had purchased the Zoo Med Habba Mister, but it was honestly such a disappointment... No pressure what so ever... It was like a weak drizzle...

Hoping the Monsoon works better and covers the viv.

pathetic unit that habba. it's why this thread was started. apart from the initial QC probs with the "starters" it seems all's well with this unit, so will buy promptly.

thanks for the input.

p.s. i will also remark on the monsoon as soon as mine is up and running, so maybe we could use this thread as a mark for future reference on the said unit !!!

[clownonfire]

pathetic unit that habba. it's why this thread was started. apart from the initial QC probs with the "starters" it seems all's well with this unit, so will buy promptly.

thanks for the input.

p.s. i will also remark on the monsoon as soon as mine is up and running, so maybe we could use this thread as a mark for future reference on the said unit !!!

It's a great idea. I'll be setting mine up tomorrow (lucky me is on vacations). I might take a few pics on how it went too. Following Don's advise, I will also try it at 8 hours intervals, and 16 seconds each time.

As for the Hubba, it was a real joke. And for a moment, I thought it was broken until I read a few threads on the net. So very happy I paid almost nothing for it.