Ok hers an example to help explain my point.

Same cage same number of lizards, in one I added foliage to pleas my friend Ingo.

Of course I don’t use foliage and for good reason, first is obvious! Look at the photos and all lizards are concealed in the cage with foliage, the same lizards without the foliage are more pout and make better use of space.

Allowing lizards to hide is allowing them to remain shy, they most likely will act shy always this leads to poor reproductive. Why?

Because shy lizards bask less! They don’t feed well and don’t use the tools you provide for them. In my bare cage they have nowhere to hide, very soon they calm down and feel secure, they see all that’s happening and know where everybody is located, this especially for preys and water. They lose fear of me much faster and soon learn to see me as provider of food and water, these little guys you see jump on my hands when I do water changes, a behaviour you will not see with shy lizards.

Lizards that are concealed will not always make eye contact with possible prey, and if they do it’s a problem, because leaving the safety of concealment is a life survival decision for babies lizards, they just don’t know what is behind the next leaf, is it worth taking the chance to move for this cricket or should I site and wait for an other to pass in front of me?

I would uncover 1/3 of your cage to let the excess humidity out, no need for all this wetness, its preferable to have high humidity in a dry cage, then a wet cage (major difference)

Then id take the foliage out and see how they react after a few days.

If you insist on the air stone, why not plug it in just a few minutes a day when your watching. The noise and vibration would drive me nuts if I was to live in that cage!

Take off the slice of cork in front of your tank, now that your lizards aren’t shy anymore you can enjoy watching them.

Other then this I see no reason for you to be concerned with your lizards health, unless the room temperature is dangerously abnormal, no reason to be worried.

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