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Heating PLEASE REPLY

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SnakeLover#1

Livin life an loven corns
Hi all
I have a 20 gallon long tank with repti-bark substrate(about 1-2 inches deep) and the tank is being heated with a Zoo Med 10-20 gallon UTH is this enough heat for my little guy.



Thanx
Zach:eek:
 
umm i have a 29 gal w/ same exact set up as you and i use a light on top i find it to "hold" the heat in the right range
 
How big is the heat pad?
Check the temperature on the substrate directly over the heat pad and see what the temperature is. It should be around 84º F.
 
Check the temperatures on top of the substrate and underneath. I had a couple of those UTHs, and they got too hot on the glass 120+ degrees (could have been higher, that's the max on the thermometer). Before I got a thermostat, I used a piece of carpet on the bottom inside of the tank to prevent my corns from getting too hot.
 
yeah the heating pad is a little less than 1/4 of the tank.And yeah i have a piece off cloth down so it dont get to hot.I dont have a thermoater eather.


Thanx
Zach:eek:
 
Hi. You really need to get a thermometer. You can't really tell the difference between warm enough and too hot/too cold by feeling it with your hand. One shouldn't cost more than a couple bucks. A lot of thermometers are made to stick on the wall of the tank - that's not really the best place for it. UTHs don't heat up the surrounding air well at all, so a thermometer on the wall won't accurately reflect the substrate temperature.
 
same setup, check temps with a gun

Same setup but temp gun showed glass temp at 150 deg. Substrate was mid to upper 80s. Good thing he? doesn't burrow. Lot more active now that heat lamp is gone. Used to spend literally all time in cool side cave hide but now switches and spends time in both hides. Thought about the cobra pads but the Zoo-Med was on sale.
 

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