HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Apparently heat lamps are a huge humitity suck and to fast temperature riser but it's all I got someone suggested mounting it above the tank some how but I don't know how that's done. Please help been having major humity issues. Here's links to pictures of my tank and what's above it.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/a...mage_z ... 3.jpgThose are all the photo links

There is no safe or best way of using a heat lamp on a ten gallon, heat lamps are not meant to be used on tanks smaller than thirty gallons because they dry the air out and uniformly overheats the enclosure due to a lack of air space.You will need to get a uth pad rated for a thirty gallon either side or back mount it and get rid of the heat lamp asap, the heat lamp is literally cooking the crabs from the inside out and the longer you use it the more damage to them will be done.

Haven't had to use it because it's hot out but worried I will have to when winter comes

I've only used it for a few minutes once or twice a day and I think at most for fifteen at a time.

A may not be able to convince my parents to get me anything else for awhile. Will try to earn some money doing chors this weekend.

Thanks for your help uth coming in mail tomorrow

Oh, thank goodness! Give your Mom and extra hug of thanks from me too!

Whoops! Good luck with Mom.