The first picture is just after installing the second level I just built. The lid was open for a bit so the humidity dropped, but it quickly went back up to 90+% after closing the lid.
The second picture is just to show off Herman (little one on the left) and Hermione (bigger one on the right). My wife named them lol. I've noticed Herman is a common name.
Water dishes are ~4-5" deep. Currently I'm using a vinyl bath mat cut up and suctioned to the water dishes as a ladder. I plan to upgrade to a plastic canvas (craft mesh) ladder soon. The water dishes are nested into a matching dish with stones siliconed to the bottom to prevent suction for easy removal and to not disturb the substrate during water switches.
Food dish is an old water dish I was using. It's 1.5" deep which is nice because it keeps them from knocking the food into the substrate.
Speaking of substrate, I'm running about a 5:1.2 play sand to Eco Earth ratio. I was going for 5:1, but the play sand took up more room than I thought it would. The shortest part of the substrate is about 6 1/4". Deepest 8".
Heater is a 6"x23" Ultratherm UTH from The Bean Farm. Insulated with reflectix duct insulation. Taped on using what my wife calls "chest tube" tape. It's used by hospital staff to attach chest tubes I guess. But it's very nice for holding securely to warm surfaces since it's meant to go on people.
24 extra shells in there. The sponges are dry and just for decoration and the hermits seem to really enjoy moving them around. I also have been using them to hold the vinyl ladders out of the sub during water swaps.
Temp is currently 76-82 depending on location in the tank, I've been bumping it up every few days as to keep from shocking them.I wanted to slowly add humidity, but unfortunately im not very good at controlling it. I don't have any issues keeping the humidity high, if anything I'm worried about mold/flooding the tank because if I leave the lid shut for a little while it hits 99% over the water dishes. I'm going to being working on somethings for that soon. I plan to put a piece of pvc pipe with some piccolo holes down the side in one corner so I can detect floods if they occur.I checked the calibration of my gauges at 75% with the salt test, so it's at least close to 99% assuming the sensor error is static.
The last picture is the silly little kritter keeper they came home in inside the 20G high I switched them to. I just like to see the progression. I had the small reptitherm uth while I was waiting for the one from the bean farm to be delivered.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions?
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