On making a plexi lid

[K2exotics]

I told you guys I would have a ton of questions

How many holes should I put in and how big do they need to be? Also am I going to have to hang my ceramic light now instead of resting it on the lid?

[steveboos]

The amount of holes you will need will depend on your house humidity. Me personally i don't put any holes in because i have very low humidity in my house, around 15%. If you do put holes in they should be no larger than the size of a pencil in diameter.

Well ideally, you want to get rid of the ceramic heat element and use Under tank heaters. If you have to use a ceramic heater, just cover 60% of the lid with plexiglass and hang the ceramic light over the open part of the lid.

[Sammy412]

Ceramic/other types of lights suck humidity out of the enclosure. UTH's are the way to go.

[K2exotics]

unfortunately it is too cold for s/he here in the winter months in our house with just a UTH at least for now we might get the next size up that will cover about 1/2 the tank bottom and see if that is good but now I have her at 40% with the bigger water dish ( i just put it in there and will check on it again in about an hour) and I am about to plexi the lid.. well part of it at least