Is your tank covered with anything besides the screen top. I have a similar setup only my tank is a 30. I have 2 10inch lights and a UTH to control my heat. I also have a humidifier with all that and simply covering the tank with a towel at one end. I still had problems with my heat and humidity. It wasn’t until I covered 80% of the tank top with a sheet of lexon polycarbon sheeting (a 12inch X 24inch 1/8th sheet cost me 8.90 at home depot.) that my humidity and temps came under control. (Acrylic sheeting may be cheaper but is very fragile and difficult to cut without cracking it. And its nearly impossible to cut a circle in the stuff. ) with the lexon I simply put it on the top of the tank. Took a sharpie marked it for the length and with I wanted. Put my two lights on it and traced the opening I wanted to cut. I then removed the sheet put it on the end of my work table and cut everything out with a saws all. I used an saws all because I couldn’t find any blades for my jig saw. (a saws all is a big clunky power saw used to cut 2X4s and anything else its like a giant power hacksaw.) it did not crack the sheet. I don’t recommend you use one a jigsaw is much better and easier to control. But I just wanted to point out how easy it is to cut this stuff and how durable it is. As for clarity lexon is as clear as glass.



If you don’t have a jigsaw maybe you can borrow one from someone or mark up the top as needed and have someone cut it for you.



Poly carbon is 250 times stronger than glass is non toxic if you can get it to burn, Is nearly unbreakable and extremely heat resistant. Unlike acrylic sheet or Plexiglas which is only 10 times stronger than glass can burn quite easily and is toxic when it burns.


after covering my tank. ginger had her first stress free shed. it was stress free for me anyway. i saw her eyes go blue and 2 days later she had shed without any help from me