humidity

[gcd312]

Hey guys,
I just got a 2 month old argentine b&w and im having trouble holding the humidity level above 50%. hes in a 20 long tank for now (i will make a bigger custom one when he gets bigger) with orchid bark. i mist the heck out of the tank and it gets up to about 65% humidity but is back down after an hour or two. if i mist it too much, then the bark sticks to him - i read on the varnyard care sheet that you aren't supposed to let this happen.

i've seen foggers and stuff online. do those help a lot? If anyone has any other suggestions, that would be great!

Thank you!

 

[Piercedcub32]

During shedding, I like to get the humidity high for a day or so (until the toes and tail have fully shed), I simply cover 3/4 of the screen top with foil or place something on top the tank to block the humidity from escaping. My little colombian is a 30 gal and this works quite well. I'm sure others on here with more experience than I will chime in.

 

[j.sawyer48]

i have had the same problem but i got a repti fogger and it werks very well just depends on the substrate u are using now because i was using jungle mix but with the fogger it got soaked and that is no good. so i switched to cypress mulch and that stuff stays dryer and if u do get the fogger never leave it on high the humidity will go up gradually and also do wat piercedcub32 said to do which is cover the top wit sumtin i use towels and that werks great.

 

[xocrieox]

a quick and cheap way that has always worked for me is to put a towel over the screen and mist the towel really good it will hold in the humidity longer

 

[kellen.watkins]

I live in nevada and have had all kinds of time to figure it out lol I use cypress mulch and once a week I will take out a inch of top layer then wet down the rest of the mulch pretty good and I cover the screen on top with duct tape cutting in outlines for the lights on top, I also have a reptifogger that works amazing, just don't get the cheaper one I got one and it broke in like 2 weeks

 

[Strange_Evil]

I have been testing humidity for a few weeks now and so far the tin foil top has worked best for me. But misting is tiresome,so i invested in a Repti fogger, have to say i really really like it! My humidity never drops below 57% even with the fogger off and when its on i get some high readings.

Like said you don't want to leave it on the high setting, i left mines on testing things out for only about 30minutes i couldn't see any thing in the tank at all. Low setting works best. And i have a 75 so i'd imagine yours would fog up even faster.

The towel trick works but its just to much of a bother constantly changing it and it looks really tacky, the foil looks tack too but you could still make it work.

Screen top foil treatment

 

[kellen.watkins]

Lol I did the same thing except the whole top is duct tape

 

[gcd312]

i have had the same problem but i got a repti fogger and it werks very well just depends on the substrate u are using now because i was using jungle mix but with the fogger it got soaked and that is no good. so i switched to cypress mulch and that stuff stays dryer and if u do get the fogger never leave it on high the humidity will go up gradually and also do wat piercedcub32 said to do which is cover the top wit sumtin i use towels and that werks great.

Hey, thanks for the reply. What brand repti fogger do you use? Is that the actual name of the one you use? Cause I remember looking them up but I don't rember the names of the ones I saw.

 

[kellen.watkins]

I wanna say it is exo terra, but it will say repti-fogger on the package its about 50 bucks, use distilled water with it

 

[j.sawyer48]

umm I'll check the actual brand and who makes it when I get home from work and let you know.

 

[lilgonz]

I had the same issue, but instead of paying the high price for the repti-fogger I got a humidifier from amazon and made a few mods and it really seems to work great. here is a picture of the unit.

 

[gcd312]

umm I'll check the actual brand and who makes it when I get home from work and let you know.

Ok cool thanks. I just started looking at them online and this is the one that got the best reviews from what i read.

http://www.reptilesupply.com/popup_image.php?pID=2394

Is that what you have?

 

[james.w]

This is what I use

http://www.tegutalk.com/showthread.php?tid=7732&highlight=Humidifier#axzz1Pk6MGNJo

 

[j.sawyer48]

yea thats one i got and it works good. And james.w i tried looking at that video when u told me too look it up and the video has been removed.

 

[Rhetoric]

I pretty much gave up. Some days I have really high humidity, other days I have moderate humidity. I ended up making a hide for each enclosure that is sealed all the way around except for an opening, I put a bunch of cypress mulch inside just the hide and heavily mist it every day, it stays super humid in there. The rest of the enclosure has substrate (of course) but does not always stay 60-70%

None of my tegus have shedding issues

 

[Strange_Evil]

Oh and the fogger makes your tank look really cool!

 

[j.sawyer48]

yes it does it looks sick like sumtin outta jurasic park lol

 

[gcd312]

Thanks a lot for all your replies! I ended up getting the Zoo Med Repti Fogger and it's working great!

 

[Dirtydmc]

Thanks a lot for all your replies! I ended up getting the Zoo Med Repti Fogger and it's working great!

I need 4 of them. With waterfalls.
So far we've been misting. 4 or more times a day.

 

[james.w]

Thanks a lot for all your replies! I ended up getting the Zoo Med Repti Fogger and it's working great!

I need 4 of them. With waterfalls.
So far we've been misting. 4 or more times a day.

What are your setups like? I might be able to help with your humidity issues.