realistic rain system

[froggsong]

You might find that carving small channels between the holes will make it drip more evenly. I had a little fountain that was my hubby's, you put water in the bottom and it pumped it to the top where it would rain back into the bottom. It the top, there were holes with channels carved between them (like if there were four dots in a square, there would be an X between them all and lines connecting around the outside too). It worked really well and dripped very evenly. I've been trying to think of a tank I could use it in as a rain system for a while, but I haven't had one I could use it with yet...

[froggsong]

Your tanks look very nice, btw. I especially like the anole tank. I do have some advice on it though... Since anoles need more upward space to climb (they are largely arboreal... well, at least in bushes and whatnot), you might think about constructing a topper for that tank before you get your anoles. I think it would make it much better for them, and add viewing space as well. They are really easy to build, especially for a smaller tank. You can search the site for "topper" and that should get you some hits on how some of us have built ours.

[spacefrog]

thanks for the topper idea i mite have to conciter it and is it okay to have a small pond in the anole tank. i already have one in the top right hand conner and its only about 1/2 inch deep with a small fountian to keep the humididy up

ill try to get a pic of my rain system(what im experimenting with) working

[spacefrog]

this is the pond

[froggsong]

oh yeah, a pond that size is just fine. Do you have it spilling over into a waterfall of some sort? They are more likely to drink from running water than standing.

[spacefrog]

no its dripping of a log but if they can drink from running water i mite make a rock wall type thing instead of a log

[froggsong]

Dripping off the log might be perfect, do you have a picture?

[spacefrog]

its right in front on the pond pic

[jpstod]

Why not just make a drip watering system?

I honestly think that a rain system in such a small enclosure is a waste and over kill. Most inexpensive timers would not allow a short enough cycle to keep from flooding the Vivarium. Watering Daily will saturate the soil and cause the plants to rot and soil to spoil and stink.

I use a drip water system simply a 1 Gallon Plastic jug with a simple drip nozzle. Drips 1 drop at a time. No worry about over watering. It can be easily moved from tank to tank if needed on multiple tanks

No pumps needed
No Drilling needed on Tanks

[spacefrog]

yeah i have have been using one of those to water plants one at a time but i was thinking if you got a wide bottom on a plastic container and about 12 drip holes dripping all at the same time. then you could water like half the tank at a time