Thank you, you get what I am saying, at least pretty close anyway lol. Sorry about your nightmares but we haven't even talked dew points yet. LOLOriginally Posted by Chkadii
The explanations of calculating temperature averages are starting to give me nightmares about bell curves, standard deviations, and T-tests from my old stat. class!
I think there may be a miscommunication over the humidity argument, and you're arguing a similar point. It seems like some people are arguing physics (warm air evaporating water more quickly than cooler air) while OP is arguing that in glass tanks humidity is harder to maintain due to the lids, and higher temperatures allow the tank to dry out faster. So in glass tanks, lower heat = slower rate of tank drying out/slower rate of evaporation. It's not that warmer temps lower humidity, it's that they generate humidity too quickly to properly maintain it without constant misting.
So let's say there are two 10g tanks next to each other with screen lids. If the tanks had the same amount of damp substrate and type of heater (be it CHE, lamp, or RHP), but one was set to an ambient 72F and the other is set to an ambient 82F, which tank would have more consistent humidity within the desired parameters for BPs? Which tank would hold humidity longer? A tank too warm may have the right humidity level but it would evaporate completely within a day. A tank too cool would have damp substrate for a week but very little humidity in the air. What the optimal temperature range for the right humidity level for the longest period of time?
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