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deborahbroadus
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| dragon2285 wrote: | | I REDID MY VIV! no pix yet but maybe later. so i added a ton of the fake greens (vines plants things) also put reptibark in as well. i WAS gonna put this piece i driftwood i brought in but i was SMART enough to look at it first and notice a TON I MEAN A TON of holes and what seems like a dead bee lodged in one of the crevices. should i throw it away? i mean it was only $6, or show i soak it in some kind of solution?? also when i added the plants and reptibark the humidity SHOT up, is there any way i can lower it back down or should i just remove the reptibark all together?? |
Some people talk about baking wood, I have never done it, I don't have a clue. But personally, I wouldn't put anything in a tank that had bugs in it even if dead without doing something to ensure that all the bugs were gone (even those that drilled into the heart of the wood).
Perhaps someone will be by soon to provide a more helpful answer, in the meantime, I would search and see if the question has been answered before. The search function is at the top of this page under the word "profile".
Good luck!
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dragon2285
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thx, i'm sure i read it somewhere but i can't seem to find it, it might have been an answer within another topic.
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hhmoore
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| deborahbroadus wrote: | Ahhh, however true that may be..I would rather have a BP than a COBRA..those things are INTELLIGENT!   |
That's why cobras make much more interesting captives (don't worry, I won't call them pets)
| dragon2285 wrote: | | I REDID MY VIV! no pix yet but maybe later. so i added a ton of the fake greens (vines plants things) also put reptibark in as well. i WAS gonna put this piece i driftwood i brought in but i was SMART enough to look at it first and notice a TON I MEAN A TON of holes and what seems like a dead bee lodged in one of the crevices. should i throw it away? i mean it was only $6, or show i soak it in some kind of solution?? also when i added the plants and reptibark the humidity SHOT up, is there any way i can lower it back down or should i just remove the reptibark all together?? |
For the driftwood - soak it in a 10% bleach sol'n, rinse thoroughly (soaking in clean water works, too), then dry it in the sun. If there are a lot of bugs around, you can bake it...use low heat - around 250 - and don't get too worried about the wood burning smell, lol. **be advised, if the wood is rotted, skip the baking & use the sun or a heat lamp.
re: reptibark: How high did the humidity go?
IMO, it doesn't absorb a whole lot of moisture (compared to some of the other substrates available, ie mulch or cocofiber)...BUT, the water drains through it and stays until it evaporates. If you sprayed/misted heavily, you can move the bark around and blot the extra water with an old towel or paper towels. I didn't go back to read the details about your set up, but the humidity will likely drop over the next several days anyway - unless there isn't much ventilation - so unless it is over 75%, I wouldn't worry about it.
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arlynos
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I found that reptibark at first spikes the humidity after adding it and then goes down and levels out, around 45 to 50 percent without much else effort so I call that good enough, well except for patches of Spaghum moss in the tank that are misted everyonce and a while during the day. Caused mine to spike up to 80 percent when i switched to it. About the driftwood I would bake it personally because soaking up the bleach and only allowing it to air dry may not get rid of all of it from the internal part of the driftwod, I would suggest maybe boiling it if you have a pot big enough for it but most likely not lol.
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dragon2285
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yeah thx everyone, the humidity started leveling out after a bit.
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deborahbroadus
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And remember the humidity is not the same thoughout the tank. It is more likely concentrated where the most moisture is.
(is my science right Harald? )
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hhmoore
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| deborahbroadus wrote: | And remember the humidity is not the same thoughout the tank. It is more likely concentrated where the most moisture is.
(is my science right Harald? ) |
Is that a trick question??
It depends somewhat on the setup, lol. Humidity is simply the amount of water vapor in the air. Relative humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapor actually present compared to the maximum amount possible, expressed as a percentage. (so that at a constant water vapor level, the RH will decrease as temperatures increase - due to the increased capacity of the warmer air...which partially explains why adding supplemental heat causes people to pull their hair out over low humidity in their enclosures).
As a general statement, within a confined space, the water vapor will spread out - creating fairly equal humidity throughout the enclosure...but significant temperature gradients (ambient, more so than surface), variations in ventilation/air flow, and varying levels of substrate moisture content can all come into play and affect changes. That's why humid hides work.
I can practically see the looks on people's faces, lol.
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deborahbroadus
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Thanks for the info, it was fun and challenging figuring it out. 
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