I feel like I've asked a million questions on this forum, but it's the best way I know to get the answers I need, so here goes another: I recently switched to a tub because that glass tank was just too much of a pain to heat, and I like the tub a lot, and so does my BP it seems (The Admiral), and my temps are much easier to control, but my humidity is too high now. Here comes the tricky part: I have to use 11" flexwatt on both the hot and cool side to keep temps stable, and they are about 4 inches shy of touching in the middle, which is where the water dish is. My humidity continues to go up (sometimes up to 80-90%), which is clearly not good, and I believe it is due to having the water dish partly on each side of the flexwatt, but what else could I do to lower it??? I need the heat for my snake to be comfortable, and he can't go without water, so where does that leave me? I've been pondering some ideas, but nothing seems to work. If you've got thoughts on this, please let me know.

Side note: I'm using a 1/2 or less of aspen (just because I like the looks), but it maybe hindering my ambient air temps, will newspaper increase ambient air temps better?