03-28-2024, 04:59 PM
The best way, BY FAR, to deliver adequate as well as 'realistic' humidity for dart frogs is by using a misting system or even better, larger droplets from a plant mister / hand pump or battery operated - like an insecticide sprayer. BIG droplets. This allows for a more natural humidity gradient, not a fine mist or an even finer enveloping 'fog'. The problem is with new people. They see the big companies like Zoo med and ex Terra marketing foggers and then travel 2 miles to PETCO and buy them thinking they are the best delivery system. They are not. The finer the mist, the quicker the evaporation, and new people usually take a long time with the humidity learning curve - ending up with too dry. Then the opposite comes into play. Too long of a fog and you get respiration / evaporative cooling issues and bacteria. Use the best tool for the job - Hand mist for 1 - a few tanks, and mistking auto misters for large collections. Wait until you're in the hobby for a while and get the hang of providing adequate humidity before getting a fogger. Less mistakes and deaths that way.
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