It's not really that grey water is an issue. I try to set-up all of my herps so that when I go away a couple of times a year for short vacations they won't be a burden on family who help out. Obviously, if I can cut down on routine maintenance I can spend more time actually enjoying them, also. If the recycling works, I will only have a single 5 gallon bucket which fits underneath the cage stand and is behind doors. It will also cut down on filling and emptying the water supply and drippers.



Will Hayward responded also, with about the same answer, and I respect both of your opinions very much and do not want to kill Thraxxis, so I found a Katadyn gravity fed Syphon filter (ceramic .02 micron) which will filter out bacteria and protozoa and result in potable water. It is used in 3rd World countries to produce drinking water in areas without potable water systems. I'll still run the grey water through my home-made 5 stage filter and then run that water through the ceramic filter and out into the fresh water tank.



I hope that this will help keep Thraxxis well-hydrated and give me some extra time to enjoy him. He has developed a personality and has decided to attack me everytime I remove him from his environment. He has a much larger mouth than I realized. I think I'd better up his cricket size. I tried to give him a shower this weekend and I thought he was going to come unglued. He jumped off the plant twice (I caught him) and I gave up and put the poor little guy back in his cage. He gets thoroughly doused twice daily when I mist him so I guess I won't try the shower again.

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