Humidity solution needed

[cjbage]

hmm I think a 100w may be a bit big for a 10g? its on a dimmer so I guess it really doesn't matter though and could be use for something larger..down the road..say a few months >.>

[Ryokanfan]

My enclosure is an Exo Terra. All I did is remove one 26w bulb from the canopy and my humidity has already upped to 50% from 30%.

[cjbage]

The only problem is I have to have either the light on above his tank ( 40w bulb ) or open the curtains. I have room darkening curtains due to migraines so its practically pitch black in the room all the time. So one of those things has to happen, that 40w bulb is better for me then the curtains as that light is mostly contained to his area and not flooding the entire room.

[Ryokanfan]

My friend I did not know about your condition. Yes, reducing wattage will hopefully help with humidity for you. Have you considered using a high powered heat mat ? Habistat do a range of higher powered than the standard heat mat. This will increase warmth allowing you to reduce your light bulb strength. I myself have only just discovered these sorts of heat mats, as previously I found heat mats useless for generating heat.

[cjbage]

Yes I have a 25w for emergencies lol sometimes ANY light causes severe pain and as that is the only room in the house I can retreat to well I have to still to have light for the frog so I bear with it, I carted a desk lamp in there for now until I can get things figured out, its a pain in the rear to do but meh..as far as heat pads go I have looked at a few, I also have a controller coming and hopefully it will solve most of the issues.

[cjbage]

Finally got my humidity issue resolved, when I hooked up the Hygrotherm it was reading on average 30-40% so yeah my humidity in my home is also pretty bad, a gauge I had outside of the tank was reading in the high 20% range.

So I bought some LED lighting and jerry-rigged up a humidifier using a vick's cool mist humidifier, a tub stopper and some vinyl hosing, and boom.. it worked lol, now the humidity is around 65%, my little guy seemed to be more active and out of the substrate when humidity was around 65% give or take 1-2%, the humidifier still goes off a bit more then I thought it would, but that could be because I only have about 50% of the top covered in saran wrap, loosely, need to see about getting some acrylic or something to cover it up better.

Also the CHE heat works great, better then the infared I was using, will be using that bulb to keep him warm when I need to take him out to feed him or change his substrate.

[DigitalPunk]

Awesome news! Glad you got it sorted out

You could try replacing the plastic wrap with a damp dish towel. It will help lock in more humidity. Just wet it once a day