Exo Terra Monsoon

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Enlightened Rogue

Discussion Starter · Jan 10, 2012

I`ve had this ''wonderful'' piece of equipment in use for about 6-7 months now working fine. I had it set to go off every 8hrs. for a 12 second spray. No problems.
So my usual routine after work is to check my tanks, when I discover my tank completely flooded.This thing was going off like every 5 seconds with a 20 second spray ALL DAY while I was at work.The water leval was so high it was rising over the vents on the bottom of the doors! Boths of my Leucs were sitting about half way up just watching the water rise.

Well, after un-plugging this possesed voodoo box and draining nearly a gallon of water from my soaked and muddy substrait and leaf litter, everything is ''somewhat'' back to normal.
There is something to said for hand misting.
Would anyony else care to share?

John

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Dane

· #21 · Jan 22, 2012

What was the advantage of choosing the Monsoon over a premium pump/system? Based on the specs I've seen it costs the same as the MistKing or Pro-mist starter systems, but will only run 6 nozzles at a time.

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jpstod

· #22 · Jan 22, 2012

Dane said:
What was the advantage of choosing the Monsoon over a premium pump/system? Based on the specs I've seen it costs the same as the MistKing or Pro-mist starter systems, but will only run 6 nozzles at a time.

This is not a product endorsement

The Advantage is they are readily available in Most Stores which carry ZooMed products VS..Online Ordering only.

The System Reservoir is ready to go

Environmental Control system is "Ready" to go

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randommind

· #23 · Jan 22, 2012

Dane said:
What was the advantage of choosing the Monsoon over a premium pump/system? Based on the specs I've seen it costs the same as the MistKing or Pro-mist starter systems, but will only run 6 nozzles at a time.

A couple things...
I needed a system for two stand alone tanks that have been set up for over a year, one housing a trio of breeding pumilio with tads and froglets in tank. I only needed my system to run 4 nozzles. If you add up the cost of a "premium" starter system plus 3 nozzles and appropriate fittings, drill bit for the glass, and the hassle of drilling and installing a top without any tiny pums sneaking out...the Monsoon seemed the appropriate choice for me.
My decision was made alot easier when I received a gift certificate for christmas from a sponsor site that only carried the Monsoon.
I will say that when the time comes for a system to be installed for the tanks on my rack and I am looking at 18 plus nozzles...I will certianly pick up a premium system.

By the way....I have yet to have any issues after plugging the monsoon into a timer. Yeah the extra step needed is definitely annoying to say the least, but it is now out of sight and out of mind (for the most part) and I still feel the compact plug and play Monsoon system is still the way to go for my particular situation.

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Venutus1

· #24 · Jan 23, 2012

Return it to Hagen and they will send you a new one.
It is gone.
I will continue to get worse when you least expect it... even though you think it is fine.
The circuitry has been contaminated with moisture.

Fill the new one ONLY with Holy Water, and you should have no problems.

it will keep the demons away.

Go to the Hagen website and you will find the link to return it or open a complaint ticket and they will give you an "authoriztion return number" & the address in mass. to send it to.

The turnaround was fairly fast, about 2.5 weeks.

The new one they sent me is not possessed. yet.
It has been working good for quite a long time.

NOTE: You could always get the replacement and sell it off to recoup your $$...
and then get a Mist King from Marty.

Cheers!
Todd
lightyourreptiles.com

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JimO

· #25 · Jan 23, 2012

Venutus1 said:
Fill the new one ONLY with Holy Water, and you should have no problems.
it will keep the demons away.

Cheers!
Todd
lightyourreptiles.com

The Holy Water is only necessary if you are misting Vampire Crabs...HA!

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randommind

· #26 · Jan 23, 2012

I don't think I will be going through the hassle of exchanging it. My reason is this...Even if I did exchange it out, I would still need to plug it in to a digital timer. Why you ask? Because, and please correct me if I am wrong, but the Monsoon can only be set to turn on in hourly increments (every so many hours). This means that If I wanted my tanks to be misted 3 times a day, while the lights were on I HAVE to have it plugged into an alternate timer.

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Venutus1

· #27 · Jan 24, 2012

randommind said:
I don't think I will be going through the hassle of exchanging it. My reason is this...Even if I did exchange it out, I would still need to plug it in to a digital timer. Why you ask? Because, and please correct me if I am wrong, but the Monsoon can only be set to turn on in hourly increments (every so many hours). This means that If I wanted my tanks to be misted 3 times a day, while the lights were on I HAVE to have it plugged into an alternate timer.

hmmm... I am not following you.

Your lights are on a timer but have these got a "frequency" timer.. like once every 8 hours for 3 x a day....
and a Duration timer, ie: how long they "spritz" for ... like 20 sec. to 80 sec.
or something like that.

I can't remember what the duration is on mine... but I have it to go off (in the winter, dryer air) every 5 or 6 hours or so.

Cheers
Todd

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Venutus1

· #28 · Jan 24, 2012

JimO said:
The Holy Water is only necessary if you are misting Vampire Crabs...HA!

oh no....
they will just smoke up and melt away! LOL
LOL!

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randommind

· #29 · Jan 24, 2012

Venutus1 said:
hmmm... I am not following you.

Your lights are on a timer but have these got a "frequency" timer.. like once every 8 hours for 3 x a day....
and a Duration timer, ie: how long they "spritz" for ... like 20 sec. to 80 sec.
or something like that.

I can't remember what the duration is on mine... but I have it to go off (in the winter, dryer air) every 5 or 6 hours or so.

Cheers
Todd

I am just saying that if I want my Monsoon to only mist 2 times a day when the lights are on...say at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.....the monsoon has to be plugged into a timer.

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