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Vivarium set-up?

Snow

Snow

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How is your tank/viv set up?

I used to have an under tank heater, but it would get so hot that the adhesive melted and wouldn't stick... so I tried duct taping it on and that of course failed miserably. I've since only used a heat lamp, which comes on during the day and turns off at night.

Casper spends the majority of the time behind a false wall, or in a hollow tree stump in his tank. I make sure he always has water and he's always had intact sheds.

I was wondering though, how important is temperature moderation? I've never had a thermometer on either Casper nor my bearded dragons tanks, and their lights are either on or off, there's no way to control the settings.

Casper is still active and seems fine, but is he?
 
I'm assuming you have the uth under the tank. That's odd that the adhesive melted. I would try to return the uth. The ones I have I zoo med. Temperature is very important, the hot side should be between °80-°87. That is what the temperature should read right on the glass. The way to get it just right is with a lamp dimmer or a rheostat. The cool side should be °70-°75.😃
 
The temp is actually VERY important, corns don't need lamps and they can actually be harmful, especially to amels. The lights can cause serious damage or blindness in some corns.

UTHs are necessary for belly heat which helps corns digest their food and helps prevent regurges.

Set the thermostat on your UTH to 87° and that should keep the warm side about 85° and the cool end around 75°. He can choose where he wants to be, just be sure to provide a hide at each end and some in the middle if you can. Use a separate digital probe thermometer to compare it to the UTH setting, just for good measure.

The temperature should remain the same 24/7, no need to adjust it.

I would invest in a new UTH, if the old one is damaged at all or has exposed wires from melting, the risk of fire is not worth it. I take my sticky UTHs and stick them on a sheet of aluminum foil twice the size of the UTH, fold the edges over neatly. This won't affect the heat output at all, and then tape the UTH under one end of the viv. When you want to move the UTH or need to thoroughly wash the whole viv, you can just slice the tape without damaging the pad or wires and then reattach it.
 
Okay, so note to self then - Casper gets a UTH for Christmas and a thermostat haha!
 
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