Question about humidity

[kyle]

I have a question, can you keep the humitity buy have water and sponge with spraying him? i have a screen cover...

[pstice]

Hi Kyle. I have a screen cover too and I've used saran wrap and packing tape to cover up about 80 percent of it. It keeps the humidity pretty level at about 80 percent (and we are in the desert here, so that's good) but it lets enough air circulate to keep mold at bay. I use salt water to moisten the substrate and occasionally spray down the substrate, which is Ecoearth and sand, and the glass walls of the tank. What substrate are you using?

[Jason]

You should be able to keep up the humidity using a shell and sponge, but I think if you are having a problem with humidity, I would suggest covering up part of your screen cover. You can try saran wrapping 2/3 of the cover and seeing if that helps the humidity.

Jason

[kyle]

now, i have them, there very small i have 2 so far..i have a 15 watt light above it to keep temp. up it keeps it about 74-76 F

[kyle]

do i need to light? if i take it off it will drop to 68-70

[Jason]

It would be best to use another source of heating then a light, since you will not have the light on at all time. I use a night light at night to simulate moonlight, and provide a little bit of heat since it is cooler at night, but us an under tank heating pad as my primary source of heat for the tank. I think I went with a 40 watt night light since anything higher would dry out the tank faster. Of course if it is the only way to keep your tank warm, you will need to keep using it till you can find another source of heat for them. Anyone else have any thought on how to heat up a tank?

Jason

[kyle]

its ok, its like a night light i keep it on all the time.