For those of you who have a tank and live in colder parts of the country, you know that it can be difficult to keep your tank warm and keep humidity up. For a while I was having to use two heat bulbs to keep ambient temps up which was a nightmare for humidity. Having to mist 2-3 times a day and all that fun jazz. I finally figured out what to do so I thought I would post a few pictures (crappy ones) to show others that may be having the same problem.
First I went to my hardware store and TRIED to buy a broken piece of styrofoam insulation, but they didnt have any so I had to buy the whole 4' X 8' sheet, which set me back a whopping $7.65. I measured my tank from the bottom of the top lip, to the top of the bottom lip, so the styrofoam would set inside the lips, flush with the glass. I just used a sharm knife to cut the styrofoam. Using four small pieces of double sided tape, I attached the styrofoam on the sides and back of the tank. The styrofoam has foil on one side, and that helps bounce the heat back in the tank. I know its not pretty, but it keeps my snake healthy until spring gets here, and thats more important.
I am down to one heat bulb that has a dimmer on it, and I am getting perfect temps on both sides of the tank.
Now, for the humidity: I mist once every day, and also use a humide hide if I know I'll be gone for a while, but if you see the picture below, I have two towels layed out on top. I soak the bottom towel in warm water and ring it out just enough to where its not dripping everywhere, then I lay it on the screen. I take another towel and mist it with my sprayer and lay it over the top of the bottom towel. I have the top one folded over just to show the bottom towel.
Anyways, maybe this will help someone else out who is having problems during the colder months. I am going to re-cut foam and paint it black that way it fits better, and looks better! I was just in a hurry to to get my temps and humidity up for my boy!
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