Hi everyone! I got around to setting up Kashmire's new enclosure this morning, and I've been letting the temps set.

It's a 20 gallon long aquarium (thanks Matt!) and I taped the flexwatt to the bottom of the enclosure and the probe of the Ranco thermostat is taped between the glass and the flexwatt, the tape is just behind the probe, not actually on it. I think I figured how to set the thermostat and set it for 94 to give enough heat to go through the aspen.

Well, about six hours later and the probe from the accurite is layed on top of the subtrate inside the warm hide. The temp on that side reads 78.3.

I'm fairly certain I've set up the thermostat correctly, the flexwatt is plugged into it, and the current temp reads 94 and the thermostat clicks on and off.

So, my question is, do you go by the temp that the thermostat reads, or do I bump up the temp on the thermostat to get the inside temps over the aspen up to 92? Or do I need to put the AccuRite probe directly on the glass?

I don't know why I didn't think about it before, I guess because I never had the thermostat before and more probes to think about.

Can anyone offer suggestions or correct me where I'm wrong. I want to have Kashmire's enclosure all set up properly before I introduce him to it!