OK, here's the scoop on automatic misting systems as I see it...............

FISRT and FOREMOST - They are very EXPENSIVE!!

For example,  the total cost of my tank, tank stand, lights, false-bottom materials, substrate, plants, water heater, water pump, temperature guage and humidity guage was about $250.  Compare that to my misting system, which cost me about $240!!! Suffice it to say, if you ever get an automatic misting system, it will probably be the single most expensive frog-related thing you own (including any single frog).


SECONDLY - They are a real pain in the butt to set up.

It took me a couple of hours to set mine up so that it sprayed correctly and in the directions I wanted.   And I have had to adjust it on a couple of occasions since then.


THIRDLY - I would never go back to living without one again.  Period.

In short, this thing is AWESOME!!!

It provides a beautiful fine mist for the frogs and can be set to go off as often or as seldom as you want.  So even as I sit in my office in the city, I know that back in Hoboken my frogs are dancing and singing in the rain.  And the bucket is big enough to hold a month's worth of water.  So, aside from the occasional hand-misting for fun, I never have to worry about the moisture in my viv. 

The Set-Up

In my set-up, I have the entire apparatus hidden behind a sheet hung inside my tank stand.

The sheet hides all.....

The Equipment

Basically, the whole concept in a nutshell is: a pump forces water from a bucket through a tube up to the vivarium, where the water is forced through nozzles, creating a fine mist.


So the system comes with

a) a bucket

b) some tubing

c) a pump

d) some nozzles

e) a timer


That's it.

Bucket w/ hose coming out the bottom left

pump takes water from bucket, forces it out through an output  hose

output hose carries water from the pump up to the top of the  viv

To Viuvarium Page

To "Tools" Page

water is forced through the hose to the nozzles (red and blue things) which spray a fine mist.