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Old 04-01-2012, 11:40 PM
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Default Ultrasonic Humidifier Fog Watering Plants?

Sorry in advance for the scatterbrained style of this haha super tired and limited time haha
If i have a ultrasonic humidifier (that was the kind that most people said to use for a viv setup) which will have an outut directly next to a computer fan directed into the viv and i put that on a timer and get the tank to 100% humidity every hour or however often i need to to keep the humidity from goin below 70%, will that be enough to water plants without misting??
im thinking all air plants pretty much.....broms and crypopanthis or however you spell it (the colorful star things)
The entire bottom of the tank (20 vertical conversion) is an aquarium about 7 in deep with a heat lamp on top which keeps humidity up as well. Any planted plants that i might put in would be in small pots in great stuff background with a screen at bottom to prevent soil runoff. Would those need to be specially watered??
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Old 04-02-2012, 11:18 AM
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From my experience an ultrasonic will not be enough to water your plants. You will still need to do that. I'm in the same boat with lots of moss in the tank. There are few areas where the lights tend to dry out the moss and I was hoping the humidifier would be enough to keep it at least damp but its really not.
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:20 AM
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Yea, thats what i was thinking. I dont think imma install a misting system though, just mist the whole tank 2 times a day and use the humidifier to keep the humidity up.
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