The solution if you are using a tank!

[scalrtn]

I've been using this basic approach (with heat-foil-wrapped piece of cardboard with cut-outs) in combination with a humid hide for excellent results....... here is a photo of my top (posted earlier, but link broke)...

[Reinz]

I don't know if this just a one season thing due to El Niño with rain 4-5 days a week since March, or what, but I am running into TOO MUCH humidity with my glass tanks.

A one piece system wouldn't work. Now, cut in half so it could be adjusted as needed would be perfect. This is what I do with the foil covered cardboard.



Slide one over the other for more air when Humidity is too high.

[Crowfingers]

I have a 40 gal breeder tank with a 100 watt CHE on one side and a 100 watt red bulb on the other, but it is a nightmare keeping the humidity right, as I knew that it would be after reading the forum. The 100 watt CHE isn't strong enough to maintain ambient temps in the whole cage by itself, so is there a way to do so with this Plexiglas cover and repti-fogger combo?

Here's today's example:

The top is covered with cardboard wrapped in foil with cutouts for the lamps.
-today the house temp is 67*F
-The hot spot directly under the CHE (on a thermostat) 91.5*F
-The warm side hide 84.0*F
-Moist hide 85.0*F
-The middle hide is 78.0*F
-The hide under the red lamp is 80.5*F
-The humidity is 70-80% when resting on the substrate, but is measuring around 40% an inch and a half off the substrate. This is 30 min after misting the tank.

I am using a digital hygrometer, but it seems to measure completely different humidity depending on where it's placed (ie very high when resting on the substrate to nearly non-existent when raised off the substrate). Therefore I really have a hard time determining what the ambient humidity is. The cypress mulch is damp to the touch after misting, but the reader will go from 99% while misting to 42% within 2 to 3 hours whether or not all the substrate has dried. I'm mainly worried that his tank is too damp. I will also be picking up a different hygrometer just in case mine is bad. He has a moist hide but has never used it. I never dampen the substrate in his hides, so there are 3 areas that he can go that will always be dry, plus all his climbing branches which are dry too.

I am assuming that a repti-fogger would accomplish the same thing, but on a timed basis and the substrate would still be damp to the touch after it kicked on, but I worry about scale rot.

[blue roses]

This is something i am doing right now. I am using exo-terra glass tanks and the screen top is has two support bars in it, one in either direction.. So we went to the home depot and had 3 pieces of plexiglass cut, one for each of three sections. Over the fourth section i hung my heat lamp, as my house is cold in the winter, but, the lamp is hung on a bracket that is attached to the back of the tank so it is 4-6 inches over the screen. I also use deep dome lamp fixtures. My reptifogger also fogs through that open section. It works great. The lamp bracket i found at Petco.

[Crowfingers]

This is something i am doing right now. I am using exo-terra glass tanks and the screen top is has two support bars in it, one in either direction.. So we went to the home depot and had 3 pieces of plexiglass cut, one for each of three sections. Over the fourth section i hung my heat lamp, as my house is cold in the winter, but, the lamp is hung on a bracket that is attached to the back of the tank so it is 4-6 inches over the screen. I also use deep dome lamp fixtures. My reptifogger also fogs through that open section. It works great. The lamp bracket i found at Petco.

Would it be too much to ask for a picture? I've seen the exo-terra tanks, I think. . . but I have a Zilla screen lid tank and it would help to see what your set up is

[blue roses]

I will try to get a pic, but to describe it is easy, the tank is 36x18x18 high. It has double glass, swing out doors in front. Across the lower front there is a panel with 8 holes in the doors to allow for air flow, so there is still air exchange from top to bottom. The screen top is very sturdy heavy gage wire, which is supported by 2 cross bars. The bars are plastic, but strong. One of my cats love to sit on it and there is no give at all. I mounted the lamp bracket off center so the heat bulb is suspended over the open section about 4-6 inches over the screen. The fogger hose is also fogging through that section. The idea is as the seasons change and the humidity changes i can remove or add the plastic section covers in the top. I live on long island and the winters are very dry, but the summers can be 75 or 80 % humidity and the fogger is not even used in july or august. The lamp bracket is self stick and the arm is held on using velcro, so it can be removed if you ever need to dismantle the tank to move. Hope this helps. If you need more info just let me know. Because there are front closing doors, there is enough air flow that you can cover the front lower air holes also which helps, but i find unnessecery.

[Kris Mclaughlin]

40breeder. Zee lid. Aka my tank extension/replacement for screen top to remedy humidity.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

40breeder. Zee lid. Aka my tank extension/replacement for screen top to remedy humidity.

Can you describe a bit what we're seeing?

[The Golem]

I was searching at Home Depot for plastic or other material to cover the enclosure and found Reflectix
http://www.homedepot.ca/product/refl...ck-2x10/902355
Put duct tape flap around the edge to give it good contact with the cage.

Works pretty well and looks clean and shiny.