Hi I just got my BP and I'm struggling with the humidity and temp. I have a heat lamp and UTH hooked to a thermostat which seems to be working. However, the hot side seems to stagnate at 83 degrees (i know thats not too low) but the cool side stagnates at about 78 degrees. Is that too off balance. I wanted to get 87 and 75 but am I just being too particular and worrisome? My tank is a 36x18x17.

Now, I'm also really struggling with humidity. It's stagnating at about 43-45%. I'll mist by hand, which instantly bumps it up the 80's, and within an hour drops back down. I was told to try plexiglass, however, if I do that, my cool side temp will raise, and I don't need that. So I tried the towel method. I put a wet towel covering about a 1/3rd of the tank, and that bumped the humidity up to the 60's within minutes. But this created a new problem. The towel is causing the cool side to raise up to 80 degrees. How can I keep my humidity up, but my cool temp down?

Thanks all