I have had my male pastel, monty for about a month and a half. He is in a 10 gallon aquarium (he is only 200 grams) with a locking screen top(2/3 covered with plexiglass). His temps have been perfect, with a hot spot of 92, ambient hot side at 85, and cool side ambient at around 79. I achieved this using a under tank heater with a thermostat, and a ceramic heat emitter. However, he shed for the first time, and it was very bad. I added a humidity box after the bad shed was done, but im not sure if that is enough. If I take away the che, I am sure that my humidity problems would be gone, but then it would screw up my ambient temps. Should I just stick with the humidity box?