Glass tank setup....probe placement drawings!

[cassandra]

I've had a few folks ask me for pictures or drawing of how we place probes in the repti-carpet and/or how we place all four probes from a Herpstat...since I'm a work, here's a quick Illustrator sketch:



Assuming the tank has a location along the back wall/upper lip to thread a probe cable through, cut the first hole (yellow circle) in the repti-carpet to thread the probe through near the back, about .5" - 1" in, just large enough to thread the probe head through. Cut the second hole where you want the probe to sit (under the hide, under the waterbowl, etc.). The probe may "spin" slightly, depending on the probe wire, probe itself, substrate you put on top and your animal and his or her activity, but it's not going to move off the UTH.

We use the Herpstat II Pro, which includes 4 probes with independant proportional thermostats. Being that we like overkill, we use all four in our 4' x 2' x 2' cages:



1: Cool side hide, controlling UTH.

2: Threaded through decorative cage "background", halfway down back wall, with the probe sticking out into the space of the cage and set for ambient temp; controls CHE, which is positioned above warm side hide (not pictured).

3: Under water bowl, controlling UTH. We use this to increase ambient humidity. Means we replace the water and disenfect the water bowl more often, but means we don't have to mist everyday nor use a (unsightly) plastic humid hide. This is an adaption from the original glass tank guide we implemented for keeping humidity up in the 4' x 2' x 2' cages.

4: Warm side hide, controlling UTH.

Lemme know if you have questions!

[xdeus]

Very nice, Cass! That is one spoiled snake to have a Herpstat II Pro all to himself.

[cassandra]

Cleo and Carmen have this setup...yes, they are spoiled girls, hehe, but worth it since it's pretty worry free and rock solid temperature control. =)