Soon to Shed or Bacteria? Sorry, im totally new! :X

[Lolo76]

wow.. i scavenged the isles of my home depot to no avail.. im gona call around right now and ask some more. how would you suggest i raise the humidity?

You can order one online: http://weatherconnection.com/product...curite0&page=3
And do you have something to control the temperatures? If not, go get a Lutron dimmer at Home Depot or Lowes... although a thermostat (ZooMed, Helix, etc) is better, the dimmer will do for now.

If you do need to raise humidity, add another water bowl & put it under/over the heat source... you can also mist with a water bottle, throw in some damp sphagnum moss, or a moist paper towel. Just make sure it doesn't get too humid, or you could give him a respiratory infection.

i got a 40 gallon tank, layer of astro turf with fir bark substrate covering half of it, have most of the top covered with foil and a black 50 watt bulb... what am i missing?

A few problems here, which will definitely affect your humidity... tank is pretty big (they only need 20gal as adults), the heat lamp will suck out your humidity, and glass tanks in general are difficult to maintain. I'd suggest converting to a tub setup, but if you want a tank do the following - switch to one of the substrates I mentioned above, ditch the heat lamp, and use only the UTH (once you have something to control/measure it) for heat.