New Crab Mom humidity issue
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:41 am
Hi, new momma here to two crabbies. one crab is from wildwood, NJ purchased august 22 and the other crab was rescued from petco august 31. I did my research first so in my 10 gallon tank i have 6 inches of quikrete all purpose sand mixed with one brick zoo med eco earth. i have freshwater (boiled tap water) and saltwater (instant ocean sea salt). i have a 16w AIICIOO UTH that is on the back left side of my tank. the edge of the UTH runs along the top of the tank and the edge, the top 25% of the substrate is covered with the UTH. the thermometer for the UTH is on the right side of the tank and the tank digital thermometer is directly across from the UTH. i have zoo med moss all over. the UTH was installed august 31 around 530 pm. it is now 1:39 am and the UTH is reading 74 (set at 85 f), tank is reading 77, humidity fluctuating between 50 and 70. i have to spray a lot to make it 70. i have a screen lid (bad choice i know-working on it) but i put plastic over top of the tank then the lid. we’re still hovering around 50 for humidity…plan on getting plexiglass and fitting it to the inside lip of the top of the tank and drilling some holes. please help me get my humidity up.