High humidity in rbi racks

Does any one drill holes in there tubs from rbi racks. It seems like everytime i spill a little water or the snakes spill some. It soaks in the newspaper and my humidity jumps up to 78. Just wondering what everyone else does for this problem.

Holes. Lots of holes. I used a soldering gun to make them as they are cleaner holes and the plastic won't crack.

like waltah said, more holes. I like to use aspen in my rack so I can spot clean the wet spots without having to clean the whole enclosure. A drill will crack the tub so again like waltah said, use a soldering gun. I melt my holes approx. 1/2" inch apart and it hasnt done me wrong yet.

You should already have at least some holes in the tubs. If the humidity jumps that high, add more holes :P

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Originally Posted by waltah!

Holes. Lots of holes. I used a soldering gun to make them as they are cleaner holes and the plastic won't crack.

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That is the key. I usually put about 5-8 on each side of mine, then wait a few days to see how things are going and add more if needed. You can get a soldering iron at alot of the dollar stores.

yeah I've noticed that problem as well in my rbi rack and I use aspen as substrate. so I put more holes, seems to be better now.

Funny story - when I got my first rack, similar to a RBI, I had put holes in the tubs. The next morning, Karl got up before me and was making coffee and comes to the bedroom - "Hey - your new rack is steaming".

I shot bolt upright out of bed and came racing into the living room - it was just condensation from high humidity and I had to put more holes in the tubs. Talk about a rude awakening - I thought I had cooked my snakes!