Humidifier?

[Poppy2020]

It’s bitterly cold and dry here in NY— I’ve set up a humidifier in my spider room. So far all is well. Some of my tarantulas are on the walls of their enclosures. I also keep water bowls full and overflow them.

Do you use a humidifier? Thoughts?

Thank you

 

[Lentulus]

I don’t but I also don’t keep any of the humidity sensitive species. I own one but used it very little since the initial need/want. For my situation, it seemed like more work/expense with little change to the actual room conditions. I will add that your setups seem more thought out and prettier than what I do as well. So maybe I’m just getting lazier…who knows.

 

[Tomb Spider]

I'm just a bloody beginner, so my expertise isn't great, but what I heard and then tested is a layer of seramis (in other parts of the world it might be called different. alternatively use expanded clay or similar stuff) under the substrate, which is then watered It helped a lot to get the humidity a lot higher and also drains the substrate.

humidifiers make a lot of work (cleaning, filling) and does not help much, keeping it on a constant level. and if its not cleaned regularly there might be harmful bacteria to the spider.
I guess that it only is useful for species like rainforest frogs which need almost 100% saturated air (occasionally?).

maybe for very hot days, but not for constant use I would say.

 

[meridannight]

I do have a humidifier, but not for my tarantulas. I have it for my plants (of which I have hundreds). And I only need to use it a couple of months out of the year when humidity inside drops to 50%. The rest of the year humidity is 70-80%, so I don't need to use it.

 

[meridannight]

humidifiers make a lot of work (cleaning, filling) and does not help much, keeping it on a constant level.

You probably don't have a well-designed humidifier then. I have a humidifier which keeps the room humidity level constant. It does not fluctuate when left on.

 

[MidnightArachnids]

It’s bitterly cold and dry here in NY— I’ve set up a humidifier in my spider room. So far all is well. Some of my tarantulas are on the walls of their enclosures. I also keep water bowls full and overflow them.

Do you use a humidifier? Thoughts?

Thank you

They are pretty much pointless.

Just overflowing water dish is fine.

Also, having live moss that you can lightly spray once in a while helps alot.

 

[Tomb Spider]

70-80% in a room (in wintertime)? here in germany it would mould in the room again.

 

[Poppy2020]

70-80% in a room (in wintertime)? here in germany it would mould in the room again.

No. More like 20% humidity here. Humidifier gets it up to 30-40%.

 

[Tomb Spider]

legit. how is your air so dry, living at the sea?

 

[Poppy2020]

legit. how is your air so dry, living at the sea?

I don’t live at the sea. Furnace heat. Lots of dry air static.

 

[middy74]

Hi I'm uk my humidity is 50ish in my little room if I get a spike of humidity on the night 65+ a rvk pull's the air out it makes my room stable at 50ish and everything is fine and healthy

 

[meridannight]

70-80% in a room (in wintertime)? here in germany it would mould in the room again.

In the winter (january-february) it's 50% without the humidifier. 70-80% the rest of the year. Yeah, there can be some mold issues, but nothing major. Mold starts to grow at 75% RH. And that's only a problem in July-September which are the months with highest humidity. In any case, I don't have a problem with it. I'd still rather live at 70% RH, than anything less than 50%. It's the modern houses with their too dry air that have it wrong in this respect.

 

[middy74]

I agree it's the modern house's totally crap to be honest.

 

[Tomb Spider]

I live(d) in both. Both is crap in my opinion.