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hi,
i have 2 questions.
1. i'm looking for a really good design (with pics if possible) for a fogger system. i have foggers already, and i don't want them in my cages, and would like to service more than one cage at a time.
2. doese any one know the best safest way to keep hard water spots away. my cages are for the most part self cantained (except for feeding) and once a week i have to clean the water spots off the doors and sides. any suggestions
thanks
troy

Here is my fogger design: I use a ~16in long piece of 6in black ABS plastic pipe (used as a riser on a dry well), set vertical in a 20gal long aquarium (the sump for my setup). The fogger is put on a float inside the tube. The top of the tube is sealed with a peace of polycrylic with two peaces of 1.5in pool and spa hose attached useing PVC couplings. One of the hoses goes to a 10in bathroom vent fan wired to a timer (same timer for the fogger) and a rheostat, the other goes into the tank. Make sure there is at least 5in of space between the fogger and the top of the tube, and that the hose going into the tank is set in such a way that any excess water drains back into the sump.

Hi,

Below is a copy of a frognet message that I wrote a while ago. This is the same design that I was selling as NW frogfest, they work well and do not loose as much fog to condensation as the pvc based systems do. I decided on the Nalgene after trying many different types of containers. I hope this helps. The total price is about $35-$50
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I thought I would share how I constructed a ultrasonic fogger. I placed the ultrasonic transducer in a glad ware container or a nalgine bottle and then drilled 3 holes, one for the electricity for the transducer, one for air in and one for air out. I then inserted aquarium airline tubing into the 2 holes and hooked one end up to a air pump (the type that fish people use to run under gravel filters). This pump pressurizes the container and because all the other ways for air to escape have been sealed by silicone the air must go out the tubing on the other end. The result of this project is a very fine, visible mist that floats out of tubing into the tank. I experimented with different tubing diameters and found that thinner was better because then the air pump can clear it when the condensation on the tube clogs.

Alexander Stubbs