New bp owner.

Well good news, the Wife decided lastnight that showing fear was a bad thing :D She thought it best to get over it while he's a baby haha..

Question I looked at UTH lastnight and the only Thermostat I found will not work with my tank. Where it the best place to pick up the right set up ?

A couple things to consider when dealing with humidity. Depending on the heating in your house this can really dry things up. If your tank is by the heat source. Also substrate. If your having humidity issues it would be a good idea to use cypress. It is great for producing humidity. It has to be pure cypress. Not a cypress blend. Aquariums are the hardest enclosures to get right. But its not impossible.

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Originally Posted by ExotixTowing

Well good news, the Wife decided lastnight that showing fear was a bad thing :D She thought it best to get over it while he's a baby haha..

Question I looked at UTH lastnight and the only Thermostat I found will not work with my tank. Where it the best place to pick up the right set up ?

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Which thermostat were you looking at?

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Which thermostat were you looking at?

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I'm on the road atm, i will call the store in the am

I would order a Vivarium from Reptiel Basics Rich is awsome and has the best customer service I have seen in a long time. I order everything from him. As for your humidity issue I would buy a peice of Plexiglass from Homedepot and cut it to fit your tank as so
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...64496118_n.jpg I would also cover 3 sides of your tanks with something to insulate it I use Cardboard covered with foil tape taped to the outside of my tank like so http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...83841836_n.jpg this really helps to stabilize my temps I use a 60W CHE to keep my ambients up around 80F and use a dimmer to control the CHE hope this helps let me know if you have any other questions :)

So this afternoon i picked up a red night bulb ( temporary fix ) went to 100 Watt. misted the tank pluged in light and covered the cool side with a towel again totally temporary. humidity came up almost instantly. hot side 1 hour later is 85 cool side ranges in the 70's

robie thanks for the advise will get on that in the am.

i turned out the basement lights returned 90 mins later and Diablo was chilling on his hide :D