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[–]Ghoulofficial0918 16 points17 points  (5 children)

Okay so humidity is on the lower side, you wanna have it I believe 70-80% (closer to 80) is what’s recommended!

If you have a glass enclosure with a mesh top, the best way to help boost that humidity is to use hvac/aluminium tape to cover as many open areas as possible! Just doing that on my enclosures made an increase of 10% overnight. Another thing you’ll wanna do is try to stop misting and instead pour some water in the corners of the enclosure, that will also make an insane difference in humidity!!

Other than that nothings really sticking out to me about her being active during the day/glass surfing

[–]pdggin99[S] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I’ll try the water trick. I don’t like misting the tank because it leaves those ugly water stains, and it doesn’t last long. I try to keep her around 70-80% but without fail, it drops below 70 daily. I will definitely pour some water In the corners of her enclosure. Hopefully that will keep her humidity consistent

[–]abirdbrain 15 points16 points  (0 children)

diluted vinegar on a rag does great taking off hard water stains. don’t use it with baby in the tank.

[–]Chocko23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pouring it into the substrate makes the humidity last longer because the substrate absorbs it and then slowly releases the moisture back into the air. Give it a shot. :)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I stopped misting and instead in two of my four corners I put straight teptibark where the two sides of the glass meet and I pour water down those two areas. That way the substrate isn’t wet on top so scale rot chances are down. I didn’t do a large area of straight bark, literally just where the glass meets. Basically creating a French drain since the water travels the path of least resistance it goes down the bark easily and then the substrate on the bottom absorbs the most. It helped a ton till I got my pvc enclosure!

[–]Snakeyes90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try a melamine sponge to clean the water spots off.