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    am i cutting it too close???

    at my attempt to completely master and control the humidity in my tank, i decided to get a even longer piece of plexi glass to cover my tank, but is this tooooo long? is enough air getting in?

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    it is exactly 1.5 inches of open space. Is that letting enough air in? should i drill some holes on it, or am i good to go?

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    Re: am i cutting it too close???

    I don't think it's too much of a problem, you should be fine with it. If you want to give yourself some peace of mind then you can make a couple holes in it, but I don't think it's necessary.
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    I think you should be good to go. I have less open air space than that on my tubs. I have about 6 holes on each end of the tub to control my humidity. I stay at 60% with the waterbowl on the cool side. When they go into shed I put the waterbowl on the hot side and it gets 80+%ish. I haven't had a bad shed yet.

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    Re: am i cutting it too close???

    I would slide the plexiglass so that you have about the same amout of open space on each end, which will provide a little ventilation.
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    i kind of did something similar to that, one side is where thee is the opening and the other side i drilled 3, 1/4 inch holes, hald inch apart...

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    Re: am i cutting it too close???

    Quote Originally Posted by FrankieCarbone View Post
    i kind of did something similar to that, one side is where thee is the opening and the other side i drilled 3, 1/4 inch holes, hald inch apart...
    I have a tank completely covered but drilled multiple holes on each end.It works great, but I only need it in the winter.It gets plenty humid in the summer.

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