Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
If your bulbs are running at full power and sitting on the screen lid it would be a good bet that the bulbs are creating hot spots above 90. With a ambient temp of 87 I would guess the hot spot is way over 90.

What kind of thermometer are you using, and where is it located?

For humidity covering the screen will help but your temps being high will also kill your humidity. A nice easy fix for a glass tank is placing moss in your hides and spraying it to create a humid hide.
That's what I was afraid of. I turned off the red bulb for the night and left just the 75watt black and UTH. The lights are not sitting on the lid, they are hanging about 2 inches above it. I'm using a dual thermometer/hydrometer by Zoomed but I wasn't really sure where to put the probe. I didn't think it could go under the substrate to test the hotspot so I suctioned it on the wall as close to the bottom as possible. But this seems to be not nearly accurate enough. Is there a different approach to testing temps or placing probes that I should try? I've seen people here suggest the Walmart therm/hydrometer and I can go get one if it would be more accurate than what I'm using.

I have some moss right in front of his hide but if it's safe I can put some in his hide too. I had a feeling that the super hot bulbs were more of the culprit of zapping all the humidity so I wanted to make sure I got the balance right.