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Set up: 40 gallon with RediChip Coconut Chip Substrate, tinfoil tape across the entire top except for a hole for the 100w CHE that's on a dimmer, getting another thermostat for it, insulation foam board across back. Tikaton Reptile Heat Pad 12x8in, with ipower thermostat inbetween it and glass, covering the water bowl and skull hide. I have a temp gun and the surface level basking spot closest to CHE is sitting at 100, glass under the warm hide side is 90 with my thermostat set to 100. Cool hide is 75. I have an accurite digital thermo/hydro stat on the cool side, for ambient it says: in 72/out 82 degrees and humidity is stuck around 42% which is my biggest problem. The two hides on the ground and the hanging hide all have sphagnum moss.
For upping the humidity I’ve tried adding more substrate to the corners and wetting them but that isn’t helping. I have a spray bottle but I don’t want that to be the primary source of humidity. Getting the water to evaporate from the bowl isn’t working even though half of it is sitting directly on the pad and under the CHE. Should I just breakdown get a humidifier since I live in such a dry climate, if so what’s a reliable one?