Hello all ! Great site. 1 week proud owner of a beautiful female bbp.
There is a wealth of info on this site, but i have a few set up(i know set up is covered extensively on the site) questions.
My set up.
Housing is a 10L(i know odd size) with aspen. I'm using a small UTH on one side(cool) and a heat lamp(75 watt in both basking and red bulb) on the warm side.
Right now i have 88 deg on the warm(lamp)side and about 78-80 on the cool side where the UTH is. I have a hide in both areas but she seems to prefer the cool side. Like alot of people who run lamps, i'm having a problem with humidity, about 40%. I covered 75% of the lid with foil(on the warm side) and put in a huge water bowl that almost goes accross the width of the tank under the lamp. Going to try moss, then a humid hide. I'd like to avoid misting. I have the basic analog gauges but just picked up the acu-rite wired.
My questions are:
1. Should i keep running the UTH on the cool side or move it over to the warm/lamp side ? If so will the two heat elements be overkill on the warm side. The bedding where the UTH is on the cool side is barely warm to the touch. Every now and then she lays on top of the cool hide.
Or should the cool side be non heated all together since the tank is rather small.
2. How are you guys running your acu-rite thermometer ? Seems like the probe is just for 1 temp and the other temp and hygro are in the unit. It would be great if the probe was the themp and hygro.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i want her to have the best environment.
Thanks