Humidity levels.

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Originally Posted by ReMiXeDg

the sun never really hits into the tank...
Im going to get a UTH soon maybe some time this week.
I have a black light bulb, So your saying I never really need to use it?

Also I have that sticker attached to the glass and it tells me the heat, I dont this this is that good for a monitor and going to buy one soon , this week maybe when i visit the pet shop im my area.

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I would just go to walmart and look for a digital Acurite, then you can monitor both sides of the tank and you humidity with one device. As for the light, you don't want to use a bright one because if I remember correctly it can bother the ball python at night. You would be better off using a colored light all the time.

I have a black light . Dose that help or bother them?

It doesn't really help them but it's not going to bother them. Before I got my snakes setup in racks I used red blubs and had them on all the time. I would assume that the black light is similar.

I've got a setup similar to yours for my very young pastel. He's in a 10gal at the moment with a red light on all the time. To keep humidity up i have covered about 3/4 of the top screen with tinfoil and i mist the aquarium sides about twice a day (sometimes a little more if i see the humidity is getting low, but not heavily). Also you might not have this problem but i live in the south and the light was making it TOO hot so i put tinfoil under it also and cut out a hole for the light so only part of the light is coming though, this seemed to help with humidity also. Hope it helps.