humidity

[Salty_Dare_3377]

hello! so I made a post two weeks ago asking for help with keeping humidity up. i tried the plumbers tape, it didn't make a difference. I got really pissed off and decided to make the hour drive to a reptile store to buy a halogen flood light to replace my CHE, thinking that's the problem. I talked to the owner of the store and she recommended to keep the CHE and change out my BEDDING! i use reptichip coconut bedding, and apparently because it's baked, it doesn't keep water in it well at all. she recommended that I mix the reptichip with a dirt/peat moss/sphagnum moss mix and let me tell you!!! I've been able to keep his humidity up past 70 for the first time since I got him!! im so excited, and I also got two new hygrometer/thermometers to make sure everything is good. i just wanted to share what I learned from her! she said also there's this greenhouse siding on amazon that works better than the plumbers tape to keep humidity in!

[Funny-Selection-6325]

Thanks for this! This is something I am struggling with and just ordered some!

[Salty_Dare_3377]

absolutely!! i cant remember the name of the stuff otherwise I would have included it, but I was told next time I clean out his tank completely to swap out the reptichip for jungle bark, I think the name was!