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Temperature ranges - just what IS tolerated?

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blito

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Last weekend i set up a vivarium for a hatchling Amel (approx 14").
I`ve spent the week playing with settings and found the cool end of the tank hovers at 75deg through the day, dropping to 60deg overnight.
This is achieved by a 60w heatlamp at one end running through the day and evening and a undertank heatmat directly under the lamp running 24 hours. the tank`s rears are insulated with polystyrene tiles - front and sides are glass.
Now this i`m happy with but i`ve struck a problem.. the pilot light on my central heating boiler has died meaning no heating and ambient room temps in the low 50`s - this of course has had the effect of knocking 10 degrees off the tank temp .... this should be sorted within a few days but in order to maintain the temps should i go upto a 100w bulb? maybe put the 60w in overnight?
i guess tonight the tank temp will be lower than 60 all round with only the heatmat...
i HAVE to do something `cos my hatchling is due to arrive tomorrow!

many thanks in advance
jason/blito
 
well if it's just for a few days, the cool end could probably be fine. The warm side should stay warm enough for your corn to stay warm. Feel the substrate over the UTH if it feels warm, you'll be fine, your corn can warm up there and go to the middle to cool off.

Just make sure you get that pilot light relit soon!
 
well, i`ve managed to get some nice thick polystyrene tiles over the sides and back of the tanks and also over the tank lid . Although the ambient room temp is still very cool the vivarium is nice an cosy... 78degrees and rising in the warm end ... hoping it will settle at just over 80 degrees :)
 
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