My refurbished aquarium

[Henke]

I've soon made the change for my aquarium tank to be a vivarium instead. Done some tests and it most probably will be a warm place with high humidity. Currently I have 4 pc fans running in the tank.

Though, I got a question for this forum about air movement and humidity.

1. Is it okej to have a humidity ranging from about 85 % to 75 % or is that to much? I know it depends a bit for what spieces gonna be in there but just generally talking.

2. For the air flow. Would it be recomended to have a fan taking air outside the tank blowing it in, or is it enough to have quite large open slides over the doors. Maybe placing a fan closeby the slide.

I've put in a few plants just for test. Also ordered some tropical moss and other tropical spices to get a good look and feel.

as it is still in a test phase I just covered the opening with pvc foil. Thats will be exchanged with pvc sheets for doors.

[Ross]

For what it's worth, mine runs from a low of 90% to a high of 99% all the time. I don't think really high humidity is a problem as long as you have lots of air movement (constant). I have 1 large DC fan running 24 hours a day blowing so the plants move about and a second that runs through the wall when I decide to run it manually. I get very little mold. I get lots of roots and lots of happy orchids. You are correct, though, it depends on the species you select. Humidity seldom drops below 80% and then only when the through-wall fan is on.