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dleary
at Sat Aug 16 17:05:37 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dleary ]
I have a 4-month old BRB in a 40-gallon breeder-size "critter tank." It originally came with a screen top, but I replaced the screen with plexiglass. I then drilled a small hole in the plexi and added an airline fitting to it. The airline is attached to a "Tropic Aire" unit (essentially a canister of water attached to an aquarium air pump). The Tropic Aire unit pumps humidified air into the tank and keeps the humidity at 80% at all times. (I can adjust it to make the humidity 90%, but the glass gets too wet to see through at that point.)
The Tropic Aire costs $20. at PetSmart. The air pump, if you buy a decent one, will cost anywhere from $35 to $70. But my point is, the Tropic Aire **works**, and works well. It's almost no maintenance, also.
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David Leary
Durham, NC
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