Humidity concern >_<

[Alkaurkharim]

Grr I'm a little frustrated now cause the humidity in my tank seems to be jumping for some reason. I haven't had the humidity in my tank go over 60% and now all of a sudden tonight it jumped to 72% which I know is too much. I had to open the top up and let the humidity drop down to 50%, but it went back up to 52% right after I closed it. I'm afraid that if I leave it this high Elysia may end up getting sick >_&lt; Will it be ok for the night until I can put some more holes in her tank tomorrow?

EDIT- In under 10min the humidity went back up to 66% >_&lt; Dunno what to do right at this moment. o_O

EDIT- I checked on it again and now its back to 76% and I even took almost all the water out >_&lt; I can't keep opening her tank up over and over again to release the humidity, I'm sure she is stressed enough already >_&lt;

[JamminJonah]

What kind of tank is it? What kind of substrate are you using? Is there any way to increase ventilation?

[Alkaurkharim]

Its a sterilite 90qt tub. Right now its just newspaper because I took the carpet out earlier as I thought that was the problem. I dunno what I can do to increase the ventilation besides putting some more holes in it, which I can't do now as the drillbit I used to put holes in it, is not here at my house. The only thing I am able to do to reduce humidity at this point is open the tank every so often to release the humidity. I've had to do it about 4-5 times in the last 2-3 hours already as it goes down to 50-55% when I release it, then jumps back up to around 80% soon after I put the top back on. Will she be ok for the night? I can't stay up all night and release the humidity all the time, but I'm worried it will just keep rising. Is there any quick fix I can do just for the night or is she ok in there.

[JamminJonah]

hmmmm..... that stinks about the bit by the way... if there is a hobby shop in the area a soldering iron (about five bucks I think) is even better than a drill bit for making holes.

[Alkaurkharim]

Im sure there is a shop around here that I could get one from, but its 10:30pm and they would be closed now. I could always go out in the morning to get the bit though. I'm still concerned about leaving it for the night. Do you think it will be ok for just 1 night?

[JamminJonah]

hmm.. it's at like 80%?

well I think it would be find for just one night - the first night I had my eco earth in it wasn't totally dry and my humidity shot up to "Hi" for at least five hours and my little guy is just fine. I think you'll be okay for a night but I'd get that taken care of when you wake up.

[Alkaurkharim]

Yeah the highest was 83%
I hope it doesnt go much higher, Im pretty sure the humidity will drop during the night.
Thanks for answering before I passed out for exhaustion ^_^ Now maybe I can get some sleep.

[JamminJonah]

haha no problem he'll be fine for one night but it is something you're going to want to remedy. have a good sleep!

[JLC]

I'm pretty sure that snakes have to endure humid weather from time to time out in the wild as well. I lived in Tucson for a number of years, and during our brief stormy season the humidity could be brutal. I'm sure he'll be fine so long as you take steps to fix it asap.

[Alkaurkharim]

This morning I created a small tupperware holding container for Elysia and I took the cover for my sterilite and drilled about 60 small holes in the cover. A few rows on the right a few on the left and a few in the center. After putting her back into the container and securing it, the humidity is holding at 65%

I would like to put some more holes into the top, but I didn't want to leave her in that tupperware container for too long. I may drill some more tomorrow, I don't want to traumatize the poor thing ^_^

Is 65% still too much? Its more then I would LIKE it to be, I think getting it to stay in the 50's would be much better, but is 65% ok while I let her settle in for a day or two?