Moisture Issues - Orchid Board

Becca · #1 01-11-2008, 03:10 PM

I call this a moisture issue, because I am happy with the humidity I have...lol, so here it goes: In my Exo-Terra tank water splashes onto the bottom floor, either from a tub of water I keep for humidity w/ an airstone or from the pots dripping after I water. The orchid pots were sitting directly on the same surface. I have several pots that I put PrimeAgra in just the bottom 1/3 of the pot to increase drainage, and I thought it was a problem with just these pots that are like this, but it isn't. I am noticing that I see a lot of condensation in the pots even a week after watering. Most of the humidity stays down towards the bottom of the tank, so I am sure this is my problem. I think the moisture is wicking into the pots from the bottom and I am afraid of having root rot problems from the medium always staying moist. Most are planted in a chc mixture with the PrimeAgra in the bottom, but not ll have the PrimeAgra so I am pretty sure it is not the problem. I even raised the floor up about 6 inches by using lighting grate (I think that is the term). But now I have been misting a few of my mounted 'chids more in place of dunking them so I am having the water build up in the bottom of the terrarium and I am still having the same problem. I really don't want root rot, what should I do? I am going to get a baster and try and get the excess liquid out of the bottom more often, but other then that, I am not sure what I can do to solve the problem? I thought of adding a fan under the raised floor, would this help?