lighting for indoor enclosure

[zoopkamol]

having issues keeping humidity at a high%.

have enclosu aprox 3/4 of enclosure with a wood frame covered in plexiglass. would do 100% but need to give lights for plants and uva/uvb and worried about shorting out fixtures with high humidity?

so question is what kind of lights you can use in a fully enclosed table and still meet the requirements of uv rays?

i added an zoomed fogger to try and stabalize humidity but still goes from 45%-95% humidity. (tortoise is redfoot cherry)

any help would be greatly appriciated

 

[wellington]

You can use a flourescent for UVB and ceramic heat emitters for heat. Check out the threads below. They are Toms for sulcatas and leopards, but it should help you with the humidity part.

 

[Millerlite]

How deeps your substrate? Also how big is the enclosire?

 

[zoopkamol]

right now i got a heat lamp bulb which i am gonna switch too a ceramic heater and a coil florescent UVB/UVA bulb.
the links you have are a great read and gave me a few ideas.

Encloserure is 36"wide 60"long and 22"high. i have a substrate about 4"deep at low point to 7"at deepest. substrate is a coco coir/reptibark mix. there is also 8 or 9 live pothos plants in enclosure and a Zoo-med fogger set to go on multiple times during the day.

i was trying to figure a way to fully enclose table and still provide UVB/UVA lighting and going outside atm in Canada not the best option. I read UVB light wont pass through glass/plexi-glass. so i wanted to look into lighting to go inside enclosure and still be safe to my precious. just wanna do everything i can to accomidate my tort.

 

[kathyth]

My enclosure in constructed in a way that has the lights built under the top.
There is an aquarium light Reptisun 5.0 that sits across the top.
I got the ideas from this forum, especially "Redstrike"
My humidity is 70%+
Good luck

 

[zoopkamol]

ok i try few ideas i read up on and see if i can mount safely the lights under the top. and ill try to get camera to co-operate and take few pics of updated enclosure.