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Humidity Help

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zwyatt

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Hi all,

So I have sterilites (12qt) in a rack and each one has ~88 holes in it for ventilation. I tossed my hygrometer into one of them overnight and this afternoon it read about 70%. I'm using newspaper substrate and the water dish is on the "cool" side although the temp is pretty uniform throughout. I'm looking for options or ideas to lower the humidity. I really don't want to risk resp. infections. I know about trying a dehumidifier or just drilling more holes. I also considered aspen but since they are hatchlings it would require alot of cleaning and I probably still wouldn't get it completely clean. Are there any other ideas out there as to options I might have to lower the humidity? Thanks

Forgot to mention that 2 or 3 of them have 1/8 inch holes the rest have holes that I made with a soldering iron. Not sure the size of those but it is just a bit bigger than 1/8 inch.
 
I had that problem on my rack, and it was complicated by the fact the the rack is made of HDPE and is totally waterproof. I just went to using smaller water dishes, plus I drilled small holes in the front of the shelves each tub sits on.
 
Thanks,
I might have to try going to a smaller water dish. Unfortunately I don't think it would be possible for me to put holes in the shelves unless I took the whole thing apart. Don't the tubs on the next shelf cover the holes? Or are they staggered? My water dishes are 4 inches across. Not sure what I might go to that is smaller and still fairly sturdy. :shrugs:
 
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