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HEATING QUESTION

jbaygirl0

jbaygirl0

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As winter rolls in here,I am leaving the UTH on all the time. I bought a thermo with a probe and put the probe in the hide on the warm side. Daytime holding at about 28C(82.4F) and dropping to about 12C(53F)How do I keep the warm side a bit warmer at night or should I not worry?
 
Whats the temperature in your house at night? Is your heater being controlled by a thermostat/rheostat? What are you using for substrate, and how much? What is your tank made of? 30 degrees is a pretty big difference in temperature, maybe using a heat lamp with a red bulb to supplement the warm side would help. I hear that the red light is invisible to them, so it wont affect their day/night cycle. What are your outdoor temperature ranges, out of curiosity.


Josh
 
Temp at night about 18C-20C(65F-68F) but early morning is about 13C(53F)
Substrate at moment is cob,waiting for jungle chunks to come, can't get any decent stuff where I live.
using
Under tank Heating Pads. Tank is Plastic with loads of venting on top and sides, maybe I should cover up the top?Not the sides,I am busy building 2 new vivs so I should probably invest in a rheostat. Daytime temps outside between 20C and 26C(68 -78F)
We live in wooden house so it's not normally too cold, but early hours are pretty nippy.
 
I find it odd that using your heating pads without a rheostat doesnt heat your tank too much. When i plug mine directly into the outlet it heats up to 120 degrees like nothing. I am not familiar with the substrate you are using...maybe it is too thick/heavy to let enough heat through? And when you say the probe is in the hide, is it touching the bottom of the tank or is in in open air?


Josh
 
i think substrate might be too thick, probe is not touching the bottom of the tank, but lying on top of substrate, is that wtong? Thanks for helping Josh:)
 
If your heater is just plugged in to the wall, the bottom of your tank is probably pretty hot. Its good to take a reading at the bottom, because when they burrow they could get burned if its too hot. Once you can connect a rheostat, try thinning the substrate down to a minimum. I use paper towel underneath my substrate, with a thin layer (half inch of aspen)on top, on the warm side. I keep my glass temp at about 88 degrees and it keeps my substrate at about 80-84. I was using quite a thick layer of aspen before, and i found that at the glass my temps were into the 100's before i could get the top of my substrate close to 80. What is cob, by the way? Never heard of it.


Josh
 
I beleive that 'cob' means something like K-cob or something made from the cobs of corn. Its dried and chunked into small peices. I used to use that for my birds nesting boxes.
 
Yes that right CEY. Cannot find aspen here, had to oreder jungle chunks, but I cleaned the tank the other day and that;s what I got, think I'll just use paper towels for now.
 
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