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I use this for my tegu enclosure. my cage is 7x3.5x4. I have a 5 gallon bucket. It seems like it always runs out of water. I hate the timer that came with it. I can't for the life of me get it to program correctly. The instructions are terrible. Which defeats the entire purpose of why I got it in the first place. So my tegu could have correct humidity while I'm at work. So now I just push the button for 5 minutes when I'm home. waste of money and I can only Use distilled water.

REPLY: Kristen, sorry you're having issues. I'm assuming because your cage is well ventilated and you have a hygrostat controller. I would suggest using a seconds timer. Hygrostats are perfect for using in greenhouses. In small tanks with lots of ventilation the tank tends to dry very fast, esp when room humidity is low. That's why it's going through a lot of water, has nothing to do with the system being bad, it just needs to run all the time to maintain the humidity you set. I would suggest to reduce the amount of ventilation in the tank and switching to seconds timer.