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05-05-15, 01:36 AM
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How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
It's cold in my apartment. How am I going to keep the tank at proper humidity. I plan to spray water everyday and she also will have a large water bowl. Any other ideas?
Thanks
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05-05-15, 05:34 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
Cover most of the ventilation.
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05-05-15, 05:50 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
What kind of snake? Substrate? Some hold moisture a lot better then others.
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05-05-15, 10:31 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
For my planted vivs with screen tops I wrapped cardboard with tin foil and tapped it to the lid only leaving gaps for the lights and got my humidity from 20-40% up to 70-85%
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05-05-15, 10:35 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
What size is the tank?
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05-05-15, 10:48 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
Deep soil substrate and live plants are the two easiest ways to increase humidity, but it really depends on what your enclosure is like and what animal is in it.
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05-05-15, 12:43 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by jarich
Deep soil substrate and live plants are the two easiest ways to increase humidity, but it really depends on what your enclosure is like and what animal is in it.
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Ya mine have 2 pathos and a kroton in each and 2" of subtrate as well. The covering of the top was what made the biggest difference for me.
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05-06-15, 08:15 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by eminart
Cover most of the ventilation.
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Cover it with what? Haha. More detail please..
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05-06-15, 08:16 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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What size is the tank?
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It's a 40 gallon tank.
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05-06-15, 08:17 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Deep soil substrate and live plants are the two easiest ways to increase humidity, but it really depends on what your enclosure is like and what animal is in it.
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What plants are safe to be around ball pythons? I'm using Kitty Crumble substrate
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05-06-15, 08:17 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by reptiledude987
For my planted vivs with screen tops I wrapped cardboard with tin foil and tapped it to the lid only leaving gaps for the lights and got my humidity from 20-40% up to 70-85%
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Oh I like this idea! Do you think wood would work the same, instead of cardboard?
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05-06-15, 08:18 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Ya mine have 2 pathos and a kroton in each and 2" of subtrate as well. The covering of the top was what made the biggest difference for me.
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What's a patho! What's a kroton! Help 
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05-06-15, 08:19 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by trailblazer295
What kind of snake? Substrate? Some hold moisture a lot better then others.
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Super fire ball. Kitty Crumble.
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05-07-15, 05:51 AM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by lainyflower
Cover it with what? Haha. More detail please..
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Anything, really. Assuming you have a screen top, it could be as simple as laying magazines over most of the top. Or, something a little more professional like gluing plastic, coroplast, luan, plexiglass, or cardboard onto/into the top.
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05-07-15, 12:06 PM
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Re: How to keep humidity in a tank with a lot of ventilation?
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Originally Posted by lainyflower
Super fire ball. Kitty Crumble.
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Huh. This kitty crumble looks pretty good, actually. It's coco husk. It should hold moisture well. Do you have it set up already? If you cover the screen top, wait a few hours and then measure the humidity - my guess is you'll be fine or close to it. Mist as needed if it's low. Make sure you have a digital hygrometer - those analog stick-on dials ar pretty worthless.
Btw, Black eyed lucys are maybe my favorite bp morph - so cool. Jealous!
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