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You answered my question on the lighting for the anaconda..should i have one side dark and one side light....or shall I have it light during the day and dark at night...I have problems controling the humidity level during the day...should i step down in my bulb watt... i have now one bright and two red...the white is 150 and the two reds are 100 the side of the tank with the white has the water bowl to keep it warm and the temp is in the 90s and the middle of the tank to the other side is can be 75 to 80 at night and about 85 to 90 some time during the day...

Sorry, I'm not Mr. A or Kelly but I was just wondering what sort of ventilation the cage has because, if too much, that would be a major problem in keeping the humidity up. I too have a 6'x 2' x 2' wooden cage. I had to almost completely get rid of vent holes to keep the humidity up. Since I am constantly in and out of the cage I haven't had a prob. with airflow.
Just a thought
Arik

You will need to have a period at night with no white light, but reds are fine. If you have 90 degree temps on the floor where the anaconda is, you need to drop the wattage a little. You should only have a small area at 90, the majority of the floor temp should be 80 to 85. This will also help with the humidity. Anacondas require slightly cooler temps than most other boids. Probably an adaption to extended periods in water.

Kelly

I found that too many above light fixtures will kill your humidity. I posted a few pix of how I have mine set-up. As kelly said floor heat, I have three 11 x 17" heat pads under my cage to heat the floor to 80-85 degrees (use thermostat). The only reason that I have the 100watt heat lamp is to control air temp and that is also monitored by a thermostat. And one note that I would like to add, My lamp cage should be here any day, this will keep your snake from getting burned. Please take some pix of you cage set-up so we may add more info for you, good luck---Eric---