At a loss.......

[DVirginiana]

Hmm... Is it super cold/dry outside where you are? This might be something that will happen every winter. Dry air from your home could be causing his humidity to drop too low. Can you get a regular humidifier from walmart or something and put in his room? You can probably find one of those very cheap. Even a crappy one would do, just sit it near his tank. If the air around him isn't super dry his substrate probably wouldn't dry out so quickly. I don't have a hygrotherm, I just mist several times daily. That might be a less expensive way to fix your problem.

Again, until you find a permanent solution you like, you can always moisten his soil a little more to compensate. Maybe even make a very wet spot on the opposite side of the tank from where he's sitting and let it evaporate out.

[NewFrogDude]

I live in Washington and it been quite cold so far this year. He is in the living room. I would have this issue solved if I could put him in my bedroom but the wife needs the room to be -4309759082347509872348 degrees to fall asleep, all the while I am freezing my cheeks off lol. Along with being cold, its also dry as well. I mist his tank about 3 times a day and I am going to pour some water out in spot under the heat lamp to try and get it to evaporate and get his tank humid to where its within tolerable limits. Its just baffling to me at how to get 80% humidity and 80F and still have a balance with out my house feeling like I am in Florida in the middle of summer.

[NewFrogDude]

i live in washington and it been quite cold so far this year. He is in the living room. I would have this issue solved if i could put him in my bedroom but the wife needs the room to be -4309759082347509872348 degrees to fall asleep, all the while i am freezing my cheeks off lol. Along with being cold, its also dry as well. I mist his tank about 3 times a day and i am going to pour some water out in spot under the heat lamp to try and get it to evaporate and get his tank humid to where its within tolerable limits. Its just baffling to me at how to get 80% humidity and 80f and still have a balance with out my house feeling like i am in florida in the middle of summer.

/booo

[NewFrogDude]

UPDATE!

I have no idea why I why I didn't think of this sooner. I have a collection of Bettas and I used one of their store containers and filled it up with treated water and then stuck a little 10w mini heater that can heat a 2.5g tank to almost 80 and put that inside in the water of course. I then moved the substrate around to bury the jar and heater in the substrate the top of the cup is vented so the water can freely evaporate into the air. I then took one of my old felt snake mats and placed it on the top of the tank and cut out a space for the light. This should help insulate the tank and keep the heat in. I am already seeing results with it. The humidity is rising steadily and the temperature is starting to stabilize at 80.6!


THANK GOD!!!

[DeeDub]

Nice job!