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Originally Posted by Dendro Dave
Oops ya, guess I missed it...Maybe it was my scroll wheels fault, it is set a lil to high, goes to far. Guess great minds think alike on the silicone in cork tube thing.
Is the rain system constant? If so that may be another source of saturation. Even on a very low drip water will accumulate especially since a viv is basically made to hold humidity. This will happen regardless of having a false bottom/gravel or leca drainage area. A fairly well sealed viv's soil can stay moist for weeks if not months without a misting...The very top surface may be dry but just under it will be moist. So any kind of drip wall, rain system etc..etc.. Either needs some way to drain without saturating the substrate or has to be on for only a short time each day. Adding a fan and/or more ventilation will speed up evaporation. One thing to remember is a fine mist actually uses a very low volume of water...basically it make less go further. But a drip coming from multiple holes can actually dump more water into a tank faster then a fine mist would of the same time duration.
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The drip is controlled by the valve and only turned on, when I could use the extra moisture (pretty much a cool affect vs. spraying)
Neither the stream or the dripper has been on since it was first setup and my substrate is STILL drenched. and it is only maybe 1" deep up front and tops 3-4" deep at the very back, i'd say for an avg its 2" it's a small cube. I'm thinking about siphoning all the water out of the stream system, I think that my water level is to high and being wicked up into the substrate.
