new set up humidity issues

[jasonmcgilvrey83]

So i got a old school boamaster set up for my little ones and having some trouble with humidity. I have to spray it down least seven times a day. I've tried different ways to keep humidity in. I have a duel hide made out of moss also put moss threw out the tank. Covered front vents sense there are a lot of back vents. Put a dimmer on my rph so its not on full blast to zap humidity. Substrate is reptile bark but might be switching to eco earth so see if there's a difference. Im running out of ideas to keep it at a steady humidity level. I might have to invest in a missing system to keep it at a certain humidity level. Its frustrating. Lol. Any help would be nice. Here are some pixs of the set up.

[Naom9Anne]

I switched to paper towels, added moss and added a water bowl. I have one water bowl directly under my ceramic and one near the cool end of my viv. I had severe humidity problems with my viv.

[jasonmcgilvrey83]

Cool. Thanks for the advice. Ill give it a try.

[Naom9Anne]

Cool. Thanks for the advice. Ill give it a try.

I do mist but usually when they are going into shed, hope the extra water bowl etc helps you out! I just bought a plastic cat bowl (about 4 or 5 inches diameter) and added that, it helped clear up some of the humidity issues with rearranging the viv.

I have my others in tubs and haven't found the humidity issue with the tubs, you tank looks like a lovely set up though so hope you get the humidity sorted!

[KMG]

With moss in the hides the humidity level will be higher in them than in the rest of the cage. I still have a ball in a glass tank and moss in her hides and occasional misting gives her perfect sheds. I would honestly guess your humidity is much higher than you think and your equipment is saying.

I can't really tell from the pics but if the humidity gauge is near a light, rhp, or uth it could be giving you a low reading because the heat is zapping your humidity from that area.

What bothers me is a rheostat on a rhp. Those things can really heat up. Do you use a temp gun to see what the surface temp is under it?

[Crazymonkee]

I would definitely give the Eco Earth a try. It saved my sanity with my tank

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[jasonmcgilvrey83]

Yeah i have a temp gun. I use accu rite for the heat and humidity gauge. The .ph i have i think is zapping the humidity on the hear side. The cold side stays where i want it to be. To bad they don't have a humidity gun. Lol. Life made simple lol.