Higher humidity?

will doing this putting a warm damp towel over the hot side of the tank where the hide and water bowel is increase the humidity

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

will doing this putting a warm damp towel over the hot side of the tank where the hide and water bowel is increase the humidity

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can anyone help?

When I used a 20g tank I use to put a damp towel over the top of my screen and it would raise the humidity a good bit. Worked for me.

Put a digital hygrometer in there, and you'll know almost right away how much it affects humidity. If you aren't measuring it (I don't see one in your pics), then how do you even know a change is needed?

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

Put a digital hygrometer in there, and you'll know almost right away how much it affects humidity. If you aren't measuring it (I don't see one in your pics), then how do you even know a change is needed?

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im getting a hygrometer the weekend because it broke and the thermometer is very inaccurate im from the uk and trying to find a cheap digital hygrometer and theremometer but cant find one

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

im getting a hygrometer the weekend because it broke and the thermometer is very inaccurate im from the uk and trying to find a cheap digital hygrometer and theremometer but cant find one

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Gotcha. I don't even know if they have Walmart over there, but perhaps you can find an Acurite on Amazon.com or eBay?

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

Gotcha. I don't even know if they have Walmart over there, but perhaps you can find an Acurite on Amazon.com or eBay?

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our walmart in the UK is called Asda
but they dont sell anything over here like that :( theres a store that sells reptiles equipment but its £17 for the hygrometer and theremometer so like $24 each

It doesn't necessary need to be a "reptile" hygro/therm. Do you have any kind of home improvement store that sells indoor/outdoor thermometers? Lowe's over here used to carry them, but I'm not sure that they do any more. Some of those models are digital, with a built-in hygrometer, and a corded probe so you can measure your hot and cool side temps at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

It doesn't necessary need to be a "reptile" hygro/therm. Do you have any kind of home improvement store that sells indoor/outdoor thermometers? Lowe's over here used to carry them, but I'm not sure that they do any more. Some of those models are digital, with a built-in hygrometer, and a corded probe so you can measure your hot and cool side temps at the same time.

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yep but over here everythings expensive

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

yep but over here everythings expensive

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Have you tired swell reptiles online? I got myself a new one for my carpet python and it was a combo of the 2 for £16

You should try there I get alot of my stuff from them, and there good too!! Worth a look anyway! :sweeet:

The damp towel works for us- over the screen of our tank

There are a few options on what you can do:
1) use a larger damp towel to cover the majority of your lid.
2) use a larger water dish. Larger surface area of the water helps.
3) move your water dish to he hot side.
4) seal 80% of the lid with tin foil or something that covers most of the holes.

You can probably even cover 90-100% of the lid since the tub has a lot of air vents on the side anyway.

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

yep but over here everythings expensive

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seems like alot of towel changing and wetting to maintain