Mister troubles

[Spags]

i have a reptirain set to mist every 3 hours for 15 seconds, when it goes off at night, it annoys my Cham, should it not be spraying at night?

 

[nick barta]

No, the cage should dry out between mistings, and be off at night.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[Lathis]

Generally, it is not recommended to mist at night. Plus, you want to have a time that the cage can totally dry out, and night is a convenient time to do that. I stop misting at about 6 or 7 in the evening and give a longer misting in the morning.

 

[Spags]

Mist

so what you are saying is longer spray times less a day so that it doesn't go into the night?

 

[pgr7]

Yes. For example, and this is what works for my chameleon so yours will vary a bit pending species and how humid your place is.
I run my mist king 7am,11am(10mins),3pm,7pm. All but the noted 11am spray for 5 mins at a time.

 

[pgr7]

Also I'll add on,if I know I'm not busy I'll run the mister for 20-30 mins straight once or twice a week,mostly twice. I'm trying to measure the amount my bucket collects and what I put into the fill bucket for the pump to see if I'm matching close to annual rainfall amounts in his native habitat.

 

[Lathis]

Yes. For example, and this is what works for my chameleon so yours will vary a bit pending species and how humid your place is.
I run my mist king 7am,11am(10mins),3pm,7pm. All but the noted 11am spray for 5 mins at a time.

I had a very similar schedule, with one of the morning mistings being 15 minutes. The Reptirain doesn't give you quite that much flexibility since it only offers a few time settings and set hourly intervals, correct? I would set it for the longest interval at 3hrs.

To turn it off at night, can you put it on a timer strip that shuts off at 7pm and turns back on at 7am? Or would that interrupt the internal clock for the Reptirain?

PS - When you are ready to replace that system, look at the MistKing. It's fully programmable, so you can set 8 different automated misting times for any time and length you want. The basic package is about $110 with shipping and worth every penny.

PPS - The Reptirains have a bad reputation for leaking. I would recommend that you set the reservoir in a bucket or place it over something to catch any water, just in case.