Quote Originally Posted by ssmith73 View Post
I received my Animal Plastics T8 last week. I let it air out for 5 days as the sealant had a strong odor. Anyways, I set it up and get the heat going yesterday morning. I use Reptichip and the Reptichip had been in a open storage bin that I've been airing out for a few weeks now. Well the humidity level inside the enclosure is 95+%.

How can I decrease the humidity in a T8?

I really like the Reptichip because it does help with humidity because my BPs were in Exo Terra Large Lows and I like the size of the chunks. I did try Reptile Prime and find it to be to small and my female missed a mouse once and had some of it stuck on her teeth. Is there a dry loose coconut substrate out there that I could mix with my Reptichip? I really don't want to buy a new block and try to break it up without wetting it.

On a side note, I moved my 4 month old female Pied into one half of the T8. Her hides in her tub she was in were too small so I bought her new ones. I placed one of her old hides in there along with some of the old substrate just to help her feel more comfortable. Well she has two brand new larger but not too large hides and what does she do, yep goes into her old small half coconut sized plastic hide that spins as shes coiling up in there. so funny. I'm thinking of removing the old hide and maybe removing the new corner hide and the new half log and picking up a larger sized plastic half circle hide.

I look forward to your suggestions!

Sorry for the lengthy post!
I had the same thing happen when I first setup my AP T10 with Reptichip. Are you using an RHP to heat the enclosure because you may quickly find out that it will zap the humidity levels? Just give it time to settle in. Let's just say I never had a reason to mist because my humidity levels were skyhigh.