Drip Wall help

[Frogfeet123]

UVB and UVA bulbs (among others) dry the air out rapidly.


If you ditched the UVA/UVB bulb and went with a LED light that puts off 6500k light your live plants will love it. LED lights do not put off any heat and will not dry the air out.

Instead of using a light bulb and heating mat to heat the tank look into use a Ceramic Heat Emitter. They produce not light and do not dry the air out as fast as other heat sources. Ceramic Heat Emitters use radiant heat which is Awesome for Vivariums.

You can buy them and domes for them on Amazon or at most pet stores. I have always found Amazon to have the best prices.


I have tried several methods to heat tanks and short of heating the room the tank is in the best option I have found is a CHE.

Paul

Interesting you suggest a ceramic heat emitter, I've heard the opposite! I also have a python, and when I was looking at heating options everyone warned me that ceramic heat emitters are the worst for drying out the air. Not saying your wrong or anything, I've never used them so I couldn't say! A heat mat probably wouldn't do much with a thick layer of substrate. I use uvb bulbs, never had a problem.


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[DigitalPunk]

Not sure who told you CHE dry the air out the worst, but they are sadly mistaken. They will kill the humidity some, but not as bad as CFL or incandescent bulbs do.

The thing to keep in mind with Humidity is that it is directly related to the heat in a given space. When temperature rises humidity decreases (the opposite is also true). The battle we fight in Vivariums is maintaining the tropical type temps we need and the humidity that goes with it. We need to heat the area as efficiently as possible to conserve as much of the precious humidity will allow.

When I first switched to an LED light and a CHE i was amazed at how well humidity was being maintained in my tanks. I was able to mist less and maintain a higher humidity than I was ever able to get with a light bulb over the tank cooking the humidity out of the air.

[LilyPad]

Agree with Paul. You were very misinformed about CHE's. I have been very impressed by mine and how much easier it is to maintain the humidity. As Paul said, any heat will dry things out, but some types of heat will dry less than others.