Help with humidity in a 40 breeder tank

Hi everyone. I've been having trouble maintaining humidity in my 40 breeder, only leveling off at around 30%. Does anyone have some tips or tricks to boost it up to around 50% - 60% and stay leveled off? My water dish is near the middle of the tank. I've tried plexiglass over the top, and also a damp towel but nothing seems to prevent me from having to spray water into the tank at least 10 times a day. Its a screened lid by the way. Thanks for the help!

Try coco husk or cypress mulch substrate. They're great for maintaining humidity.
I also suggest a large wide water dish on the hot side of the enclosure. Larger the surface area, the more evaporation occurs.

How much of the plexiglass/damp towel did you cover the lid with? The lid should be 90% covered. Try taping down tin foil instead.

I have a 40 in my living room with the same issue. I added moss to my hides to create humid hides and now all is well.

During non shed times I will mist the moss every few days and let it dry out and then mist it again.

During shed I soak the moss and keep it damp throughout the shed.

Doing this I have perfect sheds even with a tank humidity of 30%.

I do have my screen covered and use cypress mulch.

Thanks for the tips :) do you spray directly onto those substrates? And I had the lid covered almost entirely except I left an inch or 2 of space between the plexiglass and towel and the heat lamp. And how do you monitor the humidity inside your hides like that?

I will spray everything during a shed but usually just spray the moss during non shed.

I will also sometimes pour water in my mulch or eco earth and mix it up to make it damp again.

Okay thanks :) I tried using moss before but the smell messed with my girlfriends allergies. Do you know of any substitutes for regular moss?

I like this stuff. I have noticed any smell to it. Petco and Petsmart both carry it.

http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-Frog-M...s=zoo+med+moss

I keep a terra cotta flower pot plate filled with Eco earth buried in the substrate. <more like flush> first sign of shedding, I pour water in it to dampen. Can't remember who suggested it but darn if it doesn't work. Also, a Tupperware bowl filled 3/4 with Eco earth, fill with water, put lid on and then poke LOTS of holes in it. Set on hot side of tank. Removable and won't mess with your normal substrate. Simply add more water as it naturally dries out.

KMG... I've been to Houston several times and remember it being quite humid. Surprises me that you have a problem with it unless your central air is drying the house out?

Thanks everyone! Getting good ideas! And KMG did you mean to say you haven't noticed any smell?

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Originally Posted by KMG

I have a 40 in my living room with the same issue. I added moss to my hides to create humid hides and now all is well.

During non shed times I will mist the moss every few days and let it dry out and then mist it again.

During shed I soak the moss and keep it damp throughout the shed.

Doing this I have perfect sheds even with a tank humidity of 30%.

I do have my screen covered and use cypress mulch.

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Thought I was the only one using temporary MHs for shed time :). I don't have a prob with humidity as my house is typically around 50% no AC all day in FL lol anyway MHs are easier than bumping humidity for the whole viv I LOVE EM

Sorry. I did mean I have not notice any smell from the moss.

My home stays at 68 so I need a 100w che and a 60w bulb to keep the right temps. Those two things zap my humidity.

Kinda bulky but I love the repti fogger on a timer. Takes care of it all for you .

I manage to keep the humidity at 80% in a 40 breeder for an adult BRB who is in QT; I have a more appropriate enclosure available for his permanent home but it's not very portable so it sits empty in the herp room. Here's how I do it:
- House ambient temperature at 77*F; any lower and my A/C dries out the air in the house so much it's almost impossible to maintain humidity in the snake enclosures.
- No light or CHE.
- UTH set at 85*F on his hot spot.
- Very shallow and large diameter water dish that sits on half the UTH, the warm side hide sits on the other half. For this the heavy crock dishes are better than the cheap plastic ones as the snake won't push it off the UTH.
- Cover the mesh top with Glad Press N Seal with the opposite corners slightly turned up for ventilation.
- Mist morning and evening.

Just put a humid hide in the warm sidr

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Just put a humid hide in the warm sidr

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For those of us in the desert or just very dry locations, it's never that easy. There are many options available to help with humidity, it's going to take trial and error to figure out which options give you the desired results.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

How much of the plexiglass/damp towel did you cover the lid with? The lid should be 90% covered. Try taping down tin foil instead.

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I used tin foil and would make it into the perfect rectangle to fit on top then I would wrap the tin foil in saran wrap. It kept my humidity ok and I got almost perfect sheds. Then I got the idea of using press and seal saran wrap.

Its a lil more expensive but it will make a perfect seal and if you take your time it wont look that bad either. This is how I got perfect humidity before I switched to a racking system.