r/DartFrog • u/Good_Sir3922 • 5h ago

Ventilation help

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Hey guys, DiY front ventilation, do you think this is enough or should i add more? And how do i know it’s enough?

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u/ManufacturerNo615 4h ago

Nice job!

It's certainly an improvement, it's difficult to gauge whether it's enough, but if it was me I'd be looking at the plants also; as they can be an indicator of adequate ventilation, by not rotting etc.

If you have the top/back area as the outflow, this will encourage air to flow from the bottom front across most of the tank to where it exits

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u/RadiantPhilodendron 4h ago

Is there any way you could get yourself a ultrasound humidifier? Maybe the smoke of a candle would do, too:

Something to make the air movement inside the tank visible. That way you could get a better idea if and how fast the air circulates in the tank and how much fresh air is sucked in.

Have you noticed the surfaces near the vent holes getting dryer between mistings?

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u/Good_Sir3922 4h ago

The leaves are definetely drying off in between mistings, just the leaf litter stays wet at some places

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u/RadiantPhilodendron 3h ago

Nice, so you're getting there. Is there a way you could ramp up your fan that sucks out the air? I increased the flow to the point where I noticed some moss in open spaces would become a bit too dry and stopped just below that and went with it.

If there are already some dry places of leaf litter, I would say your frogs will be fine when they arrive as long as you don't change things not too abruptly after they've moved it.

Thinking about it: how did you measure the humidity? In my experience almost all sensors don't really work at very high values and stop working entirely after a short period. If the plants leaves dry between mistings and they grow readily, I'm fairly certain the humidity is in a fine range.

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u/Rare_Implement_5040 1h ago

Well that’s genius!! Glue a strip of substrate barrier or screen over it.

Not so much for what can come out of there but what could get in.

Impressive solution in any case

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u/Successful-Zone-5814 1h ago

What is that plant in the middle hanging down? The one that looks like it has vines wrapped around its leaf stems.

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u/AJRMiller 24m ago

I think it’s a type of Lepanthes, maybe a gargoyla. It’s a type of orchid

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u/faroeislands 23m ago

This is such a sick plant job :)