Sponge for humidity?

Is it okay to have a wet sponge in the tank if you have lamp over the tank to increase humidity? I have a sponge for hermit crabs in my tank and I wet it everyday.

Those are breeding grounds for bacteria. Ever picked one up in the kitchen that smelled funky?

Why not just give him/her a bigger water bowl?

Move the water under/over the heat source?

Foil/tape up 3/4 of your tank lid?

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

Those are breeding grounds for bacteria. Ever picked one up in the kitchen that smelled funky?

Why not just give him/her a bigger water bowl?

Move the water under/over the heat source?

Foil/tape up 3/4 of your tank lid?

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I wouldn't move the water source under the heat source, and not directly over. Put it like half & half. Reason being is would you prefer hot water or cool water to drink and soak in?

What does the snake prefer? Do we really know?

Lots of people implement this kind of strategy to raise or lower they're humidity for they're animals.

I myself have my water on the cool side, I use a big enough water bowl to maintain the levels I want.

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Originally Posted by Neal

I wouldn't move the water source under the heat source, and not directly over. Put it like half & half. Reason being is would you prefer hot water or cool water to drink and soak in?

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I also use a very big water bowl, but I keep it more towards the cool side and I always check the temps of it. Anything prefers cool water over hot water, any animal. When I say cool I mean temps in the high 70's, mid 80s. Not trying to make you look bad or anything, I was just correcting your advice. Putting a bigger water bowl would raise it, then misting the cage would also help. The reason he is having humidity issues in the first place is because he's using a over tank heater, and that zaps humidity, switching to flex-watt tape or a big enough UTH with a stable room temperature would fix it.

True True.

I guess I should have recommended one method over another.

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Originally Posted by Neal

I also use a very big water bowl, but I keep it more towards the cool side and I always check the temps of it. Anything prefers cool water over hot water, any animal. When I say cool I mean temps in the high 70's, mid 80s. Not trying to make you look bad or anything, I was just correcting your advice. Putting a bigger water bowl would raise it, then misting the cage would also help. The reason he is having humidity issues in the first place is because he's using a over tank heater, and that zaps humidity, switching to flex-watt tape or a big enough UTH with a stable room temperature would fix it.

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The natural sea sponge is the one to use inside your enclosure, not kitchen sponges.

Nah, it's not like that. Everybody has different ways they do things. You, me, and everybody else on here. What I find funny is people think if they get a reptile it has the least maintenance, and that's the total opposite. I find myself always checking temps, humidity, spot cleaning, and so on. You're method is probably accurate because if you really think about it who has a lamp/bulb powerful enough to heat that water past 85-86 degrees, especially if the ambient tank temperature is under 90.