Ok guys so unsurprisingly I’m struggling with my humidity. Typically my humidity is around 40 and I have to spray to get it up but it rapidly drops back down. My substrate is low-key moist reptiearth mixed with a little spagh and coconut husk, about 3” deep. It seems fairly clear the real problem is the mesh lid. I would LOVE to keep the mesh lid, I really like having my heaters outside of the tank, not to mention I’d rather not spend the money on replacing the lid if I can avoid it. I have been using the acrylic “humidity guard” but it hasn’t seemed to help much. Tonight I taped some plastic wrap over about 2/3 of the tank, probably a bit more, and then replaced the acrylic topper and sprayed. At first the humidity jumped to over 80% (which was my goal because Lenny’s shedding) but after an hour or so it had fallen down to mid 60s. I suspect by morning it will have dropped even further. I’ve seen YouTube videos of people shoring up mesh tops by taping a layer of duct tape over a layer of aluminum foil but I have a hard time believing this would work any better than my modification. Thoughts?
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