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Anoles and Humidity?

lizardboy187 Nov 10, 2007 09:28 AM

I have three green Anoles in my 125g paludarium I was curious if I should be concerned about them getting too much humidity? The tank is half full of water and it "rains" for ~1 hour a day in the tank, they mostly hang out on the grape vine tangle or in the pothos vines. I just don't want them to get any resp infections from high humidity or anything. (also tank is fairly sealed, not much ventilation)

Replies (5)

gretchenellie Nov 11, 2007 01:10 AM

do you have a humidity gauge? how high is the humidity right after you "spray/rain" the enclosure.

most anoles will do fine with humidity around 60-70% with no ill effects.

lizardboy187 Nov 12, 2007 11:36 PM

I haven't gotten my hygrometer out yet it's packed away and I just finished assembly on the tank a couple days ago it's been a long weekend. I know the humidity has to be fairly close to 100% most of the time though it's high 90's it's a closed system with virtually no ventilation and the sprayers run for one hour a day and there is almost always a ton of condensation on the glass.
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gretchenellie Nov 18, 2007 10:17 PM

you're setup sounds like an invitation for a URI infection.

lizardboy187 Nov 19, 2007 08:26 AM

Yeah that's what I was worried about, I decided to scrap the top I had though I didn't want to lose the temp I figured the humidity was just to high so I removed the top on the hood and replaced it with screen now the humidity is running a lot lower there is no condensation and the anoles are green so I'm assuming they like it better, the humidity is running around 70-80 with the exception of it being 99% while it's raining lol but yes they are much happier.

nakabaka Nov 27, 2012 01:29 PM

Do you have the sprayers hook up so that their "reservoir" is the pool or whatever I'm assuming is in the tank, given how long it "rains" for? That'd be pretty sweet.

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