Drilling holes for better ventilation in a wooden viv

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So I need to lower humidity in my beardies viv, it’s bioactive so will be higher than a sterile one, I have a small dehumidifier on the way for outside of her tank, but I want to drill some holes, I’m thinking 8 staggered on the roof near the front, and then maybe 8 on each side?
 

kingofnobbys

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What are the end walls made off ?
If acrylic , this can be drilled with a special drill bit ( not very costly ) or you can use a soldering iron like used by electronics guys to melt an array of small holes in each end ( high at warm zone & low at cool zone end ).
 

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The note that kingofnobbys made about high on the warm end and low on the cool end will help allow for convection to increase airflow for you naturally.
 

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It’s a wooden viv, what I did is exactly what nobbys said, and then also a line of 8 in the top just to allow humidity and warm air to escape, it’s already got 5 vents, 3 in the top and two in the bottom but the extra ventilation now should be all good!
 

kingofnobbys

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Wooden - take it you are using those little round cupboard plastic push in vents .
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Maybe enlarge the vents in the warm zone end - ie upsize to rectangular wall vents to reduce resistance to air flow ( make it more laminar ,lower Re , so less friction )
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plastic version https://www.rpavelbd.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=527208

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https://www.amazon.com.au/Aexit-Wardrobe-Ventilation-65ry56qf222-150mmx80mmx15mm/dp/B07HR82S68/ref=sr_1_51_sspa?adgrpid=84380620782&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyN-DBhCDARIsAFOELTndp77zZYEbE0x80uIKx_RytH9rvfYQPGBoVoNeMDrJejTRru6kLQQaAtn5EALw_wcB&hvadid=413996078596&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9072201&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=1740797473393956088&hvtargid=kwd-52826648&hydadcr=19796_13455&keywords=cabinet+vents&qid=1618502140&sr=8-51-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFKQU5HMzdIN0JLQ1gmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA4NDkwNDUyTFU0MTdON0JaRkQ1JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTFPQjVUV0VCWUM0Vlkmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGZfbmV4dCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
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https://www.amazon.com.au/Navepoint-Venting-19-inch-Network-Enclosure/dp/B00BTRCWKY/ref=pd_sim_2?pd_rd_w=abd9Y&pf_rd_p=aba77ad9-40bb-4668-b83e-f557701613c9&pf_rd_r=GEM609KKB6XC53WV9CRK&pd_rd_r=d379e336-2bd2-46d0-87f2-369dcd3b6681&pd_rd_wg=CXvX5&pd_rd_i=B00BTRCWKY&psc=1
are very nice.
 
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