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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 50426" data-attributes="member: 3872">I wouldn't attach it to the side, that would make maintenance more difficult, ie dead bug in water dish but you can't remove the dish.I use a plastic cup (1oz deli cup) on top of the substrate - feeders don't wander into it as easily, and you can see the water level from a distance - the dish is more for humidity than actual drinking, but who knows what the Ts do when we're not looking. If you want to sink the water dish into the substrate you can glue one to a stand or rock to get the rim 1/2 above the substrate level, and use the cup-in-a-cup method so you can remove the one that holds the water and replace it with a fresh one into the "socket" or cup holder.In addition to a water dish, I mist my Avic enclosure weekly, one pump, spraying only the wall and the webbing - they are known to drink off the webbing more than from a standing pool.</blockquote>