high humidity

[misty1989]

Hey guys its me again.....sorry for all the questions but when i woke up this morning and looked at my gauge it read 100% humidity. Is that ok or is that gonna hurt my crabbies? its now down back to 83% humididty. Maybe it went up cuz it had fallen during the night? lol again sorry for all the questions

[Ameliasaur]

I believe it's OK you just need to be careful of mold if it's consistently 100%. Hopefully someone more experienced will come by soon and clarify.

[YYWW]

High humidity is harmless to crabs, as long as you know your tank isnt flooding. From what it appears, your tank can flood without high humidity, because water is soaking at the bottom of your tank, and it doesnt exactly wick or evaporate upward. Have you been misting too much? With a name like misty, I might be over vigilant


Crabbers unite!!!

[misty1989]

hahaha no havent rerally had to mist just been making sure sand is sand castle consistincy

[YYWW]

Thats fine then How are your crabs doing?


Crabbers unite!!!

[misty1989]

They seemed fine when I left for work but they mad at me for taking there lil house out cuz I bought a bigger one cuz they both wanted in it but they don't fit so they were getting stuck so I took the small hut out

[YYWW]

Haha thats good, mad, but good


Crabbers unite!!!

[misty1989]

My hermies are weird silly freya and morrigan ever since I took the lil hut out they don't sleep in the big one......

[soilentgringa]

My hermies are weird silly freya and morrigan ever since I took the lil hut out they don't sleep in the big one......

Love those names!

[Crabinski]

If you've recently set up your tank or have added a significant amount of substrate, humidity can be crazy-high for a while. When I redid the substrate in the 10g in October, the humidity was consistently in the very high 90s and only recently dropped into the upper 80s. Just finished the 29g today so I know I can expect those insane humidity numbers for quite a while. As others have said, high humidity doesn't phase the crabs but can increase the chances of mold, especially on wood items.

[CallaLily]

Love those names!

Me too! One of my dogs is called Freya.

[misty1989]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
this is why they are mad at me took that outta their thing cuz they both dont fit and get stuck one night i left em in there then next morning i lift it up and freya ran to food bowl( the big one) and morrigan ran to the water bowl lol