Need some advice/help

[wolfeman]

So this glass tank is a pain... looking at the T1 AP Cages.... or the 211 or 221 Vision cage....anyone have experience with them.... Good investment?... easier to maintain temps/humidity?

Tubs are not an option for me... Need to be able to display my baby for my grandkids.....

Thanks for the recommendations and comments.....

[BMorrison]

How big is the tank you're using? I may be able to help you wrangle your issues in a bit.

[wolfeman]

20 gal long... i can hold humidity and temp for about 5 day and then humidity drops... i ordered some repti chip so hoping that will help.

I have a CHE on one end and UTH on the other... the UTH has a probe between the tank and glass bottom but doesn't get a good seal... I have Aluminum tape holding it in place. Zoo med uth is just not meant to have a probe between the mat and glass. It is also hooked up to a VE-200. I am misting twice a day until the repti chip gets here... This is a older pic... since then I have gotten 2 acu-rites.. one for each end.... and CHE is on a dimmer....

[BMorrison]

I'd ditch the CHE entirely. I got my female currently in a 75g and my male in a 40 breeder 1 hide each side (rbi)1 water bowl on aspen the CHE will murder your tanks humidity. To be honest I don't keep mine anywhere near 60% probably 40% and my sheds are always flawless, sometimes I'll mist lightly when the eyes go blue phase.

[wolfeman]

I give it a try.... going to change or maybe just semi soak the substrate tomorrow... but the UTH is really killing me.... i cranked the VE-200 to 95 so he will see what happens tomorrow. be happy when the repti chip arrives this weekend....

Thanks for the tip.... i will post tomorrow on what i did and the out come....

[LittleTreeGuy]

Something else you could try, if you haven't already... It looks like you already have a plexiglass or glass lid on top, or at least part of it. You could add foil to the entire top, with just a circle cut out of it for your CHE. I would cut the hole in the file just about 1/8" smaller than the dome of your CHE, that will keep a little more humidity inside for you.

I can't speak to the T1, but I have a T8 and could not be happier. I am using a T8 with RHP's and flexwatt for backup, but it's rarely on at all. With just a small water bowl, no misting, my humidity stays between 50-60%. During shed and winter I'll put a second water bowl in there and it will help bring the humidity up another 10%. Aside from my thermostat, the T8 was the best investment I've made in regards to my BP.

[wolfeman]

at this point i am just weighing all my options and going the a PVC type tank is one of them....

[PitOnTheProwl]

I give it a try.... going to change or maybe just semi soak the substrate tomorrow... but the UTH is really killing me.... i cranked the VE-200 to 95

The UTH is only for a hot spot and when properly regulated does nothing for ambient temperatures.

[chrid16371]

I have both the v211 and v221. Great for humidity once you cover the vents. I would look into a 40w rhp and get the v221. The v211 you don't really have the option for a rhp bc the vent is in middle of cage and dips into the cage, you would have to put a piece of PVC to cover the whole top of the inside to use a rhp. For my v211 I use 2 uth, one for a hot spot and one that covers the whole cool side bc my cool temps are 70 without it, its inconvenient and takes up a spot in my Herpstat 6 that shouldn't be. That's why I say go with the v221 so you won't run into the same problem as me.

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[wolfeman]

Thank you for the info..

I just changed out the substrate, removed the CHE, got a medium size UTH hooked up to the VE (had a small), changed to different size plexiglass (covers about 95% of the screen top).... i will let it stabilize for a couple hours and see what happens..