what do people think about brian gundy's humidity recommendation ?

[Starscream]

So glad to hear this because I feel like I'm stuck in this 70-88% range....no matter what I do short of getting a new enclosure.

Are you still using newspaper/paper towels or did you switch to something else? I've been baking my substrate to help get rid of some of the excess humidity, plus keep any nasty bacteria/bugs at bay. I ran into a similar issue when I didn't bake it at a high enough temp, although my regular ambient humidity around the house is closer to 45, 50%. If you're wanting to do coco husk, maybe cook it in the oven for about an hour, maybe two, at 300 degrees F? Seems to help keep the substrate dry-ish but not dusty for me. (The top layer dries out under my CHE so it lowers the humdity from 75% to about 60% on the hot side. Cool side maintains a 70%. Love it).

[ckuhn003]

Are you still using newspaper/paper towels or did you switch to something else? I've been baking my substrate to help get rid of some of the excess humidity, plus keep any nasty bacteria/bugs at bay. I ran into a similar issue when I didn't bake it at a high enough temp, although my regular ambient humidity around the house is closer to 45, 50%. If you're wanting to do coco husk, maybe cook it in the oven for about an hour, maybe two, at 300 degrees F? Seems to help keep the substrate dry-ish but not dusty for me. (The top layer dries out under my CHE so it lowers the humdity from 75% to about 60% on the hot side. Cool side maintains a 70%. Love it).

Yes, I'm still using unprinted paper from Home Depot. I would of loved to continue to use my Reptichip but that seems like a lot of work I think it basically comes down to the pvc enclosure I'm using holds humidity (regardless of the substrate I use). And it's not like I have the water bowl filled to the top.

[Starscream]

Yes, I'm still using unprinted paper from Home Depot. I would of loved to continue to use my Reptichip but that seems like a lot of work I think it basically comes down to the pvc enclosure I'm using holds humidity (regardless of the substrate I use). And it's not like I have the water bowl filled to the top.

That sucks :c. Like I said, baking it does remove a lot of humidity, so if you really wanted to use it you could try baking it dry-- 350 degrees F for two hours does that pretty well, and still no dust.