Thanks for the tips. I purchased the 20 gal with the expectation of upgrading to a 40 when the money is available. as far the temperature? I should raise the belly temp to 88F? how do you propose doing that with raising the ambient temp up?

i took the digital probe and moved it to the cool side and got those awkwardly high readings. Im going to sit the probe there overnight and see if there is a difference, current readings were with the probe at position for an hour.

As far as humidity, i'll check placement of the water bowl and see if it can increase some. if not, i'll add some moss and go from there

thanks again