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I've started working on a drip-system for my two viv's. One has a green tree frog (I'm about to add a red eyed or a clown) and the other with a white's. I have plants, I mist twice daily, and have some of the top screen covered - any other tips on raising humidity levels? I'm only at 40-50% - Thanks!

I keep my whites in a planted vivarium with a water bowl. I also mist the tank a couple times a day. He's happy, and I don't recall ever reading that they need high levels of humidity. The normal levels of humidity in my house, with central heating, are very low.

He soaks in the bowl almost every night, and every morning when the lights come on he climbs up about midway in the tank and rests on a piece of corkbark under the heat lamp.

So I think a drip-system would overdo it. I don't know about the green tree frog.

Yeah, I've had it going for one night and it appears Euca, my white's, doesn't care for it! I'm going to get a red eye and a clown and I need to get the humidity up for their viv (no - I'm NOT dumb, I know not to put those froggies in with my white's!). I planted ferns among other plants plus the drip system but it's still just at 50% humidity...grrrr.

check out The Naturalistic Vivarium group for this type of set up and help with raising humidity levels.

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Changing the type of top you are using could help. The more screen you block out with plexiglass or acrylic the higher you will see your humidity rise. Do remember though all platic melts so be careful on how you are going to heat it. I have had good luck with haveing a water feature and using and under the tank heater to keep the water constantly evaportaing, but do remeber to refill it OFTEN!
I know that in my dart frog tanks to maintain a very high humidity levels we use "false bottoms" by using egg crate and PVC pipe connectors with a water level to the bottom of the egg crate and put sphagnum moss on the top of the egg crate.
Check out a few Dendrobates terrarium sites, I'm sure you will get some good ideas there
Much luck!
Lauren
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1 Mali Uromastyx (Groucho)
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First do you have an accurate humidity gauge? Those plastic ones sold at pet shops are useless in my experience . If you have a digital humidity gauge and it is still saying 50% humidity, I have several suggestions. You can put a cover over most of the top screen which will keep the humidity in but many animals need a decent amount of ventilation. A water feature like a waterfall or a drip wall can increase humidity a lot too but the water can splash into unintended areas and soak your substrate. My best suggestion for you is an air pump attached to an air stone placed in whatever water feature you have. This will dramatically increase both humidity levels and ventilation even with near closed top. Just some ideas
Gavin