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Congrats on that little beauty!

I'm not the most experienced here but I've raised about a dozen neos without problems, and here's my humidity scenario:

I have my neos in 12" glass cubes with smallish air vents on the sides, moss substrate, live plants, and I live in already-humid Miami. All is to say, the set-up is optimized for humidity already. I spray about 5-10 seconds with the sprayer in the evening just before lights out, since the nocturnal activity level leads to more droplet sipping. The humidity goes up to 95% or so. Then it dries out over the next 24 hours to 65%-70% or so.

Everyone sheds in one piece, which is a good sign of proper humidity, but I spray twice daily for a few days right before a shed.

I think the "drying out" idea is so that mold/fungus doesn't develop - you don't want it at 85%-90% all the time. I'm not sure if it makes any difference if it's during the day or night.

Sometimes I spray a bit more or a bit less, or spray mid-morning, just to mix it up a bit and let things dry out a bit more occasionally. Although I have hygrometers in most of the cages I don't worry very much about checking them often - you get a "feel" for several hours of foggy glass that gradually goes away over the course of the 24-hour cycle.