mattjillson
New Member
Well, I took a couple hours today to do some shopping and modified a basic ultra sonic humidifier to work as a fogger and set up a new enclosure. I went off of pics I saw from chambabysitter and the link Chris posted to the Ezine. Good stuff guys, worked with very little brain power on my end.
So far, from what I've seen, the fogger works better that I was expecting. I ran it for a few hours today to see how it works and how much moisture it built up in the enclosure plants. I'm amazed how quite it is and how little water from its reservoir it uses but how wet the plants got. I had almost got it to rain in the cage it was getting so thick with mist! Next time no room fan on to see what happens. I was hoping to get the same results as Josh with his Quads and it seems I might have nailed it. I still have my Rainmaker Jr. that I bought almost 10 years ago and it looks like I won't have to bring it out of retirement. I plan on tinkering with it for the next week or two to work out some type of "fog cycle" where I can get the enclosure really wet and allow it to dry out during the day. We'll see how it goes.
I used 2 old Scales cages I picked up from Dan I have had laying around for years and years now. You know you've been around Chameleons for a while if you remember Dan. Just flipped one upside down and screwed it to the bottom of the second cage. Simple and cheap, since I had the cages just taking up space and big too once assembled. I still have some work to do, like get a water trap bin going, some lighting and to put in some perches but I'm pretty satisfied with how it's coming along. I might want to attach a Reptisun along the back wall of the cage to run length ways and have a 40 watt bulb up top for a basking spot. Thoughts?
Instead of putting on an end cap to close off the piping, I put an L joint to have a large exit for the fog. In addition to this, I burned 4 holes in the bottom of the pipe facing the cage. I noted that if the holes you burn are too small your tube will clog and not emit fog or just very little. You can see in the middle the fog building up.
I opted to use the Ziploc 8oz Tupperware cup to create a cap on the humidifier. Cups that would fit inside the top of the humidifier weren't large enough to cover the vapor hole from the reservoir. Plus a 6-pack was on sale for $1.29, the remainder becoming mise en place containers - classic win/win. You see here the remainder of the "Penguin" humidifier. A quick and steady hand with the glue is necessary to get the cup placed right.
I'm seriously considering getting a few Orchids to add but I'm not sure how they'd do in something like this. I know a few of you are deep with those guys, what do you think? What varieties would work best? Thanks for the input.
-Matt
So far, from what I've seen, the fogger works better that I was expecting. I ran it for a few hours today to see how it works and how much moisture it built up in the enclosure plants. I'm amazed how quite it is and how little water from its reservoir it uses but how wet the plants got. I had almost got it to rain in the cage it was getting so thick with mist! Next time no room fan on to see what happens. I was hoping to get the same results as Josh with his Quads and it seems I might have nailed it. I still have my Rainmaker Jr. that I bought almost 10 years ago and it looks like I won't have to bring it out of retirement. I plan on tinkering with it for the next week or two to work out some type of "fog cycle" where I can get the enclosure really wet and allow it to dry out during the day. We'll see how it goes.
I used 2 old Scales cages I picked up from Dan I have had laying around for years and years now. You know you've been around Chameleons for a while if you remember Dan. Just flipped one upside down and screwed it to the bottom of the second cage. Simple and cheap, since I had the cages just taking up space and big too once assembled. I still have some work to do, like get a water trap bin going, some lighting and to put in some perches but I'm pretty satisfied with how it's coming along. I might want to attach a Reptisun along the back wall of the cage to run length ways and have a 40 watt bulb up top for a basking spot. Thoughts?
Instead of putting on an end cap to close off the piping, I put an L joint to have a large exit for the fog. In addition to this, I burned 4 holes in the bottom of the pipe facing the cage. I noted that if the holes you burn are too small your tube will clog and not emit fog or just very little. You can see in the middle the fog building up.
I opted to use the Ziploc 8oz Tupperware cup to create a cap on the humidifier. Cups that would fit inside the top of the humidifier weren't large enough to cover the vapor hole from the reservoir. Plus a 6-pack was on sale for $1.29, the remainder becoming mise en place containers - classic win/win. You see here the remainder of the "Penguin" humidifier. A quick and steady hand with the glue is necessary to get the cup placed right.
I'm seriously considering getting a few Orchids to add but I'm not sure how they'd do in something like this. I know a few of you are deep with those guys, what do you think? What varieties would work best? Thanks for the input.
-Matt
