Does Aspen raise/retain heat?

So like i said in a previous post, I stuck the thermometer probe to the bottom of a tub. Today, i put the aspen over the probe. A few hours later i checked the temps and my thermometer read 95 on the hot side :O

without the aspen, my hot side was reading a very constant ~91-92

Humidity is up to 62% after adding a water bowl too...so it's time to put some holes in.

Yeah, the aspen will trap heat against the floor of the tub...like a blanket.


Nice picture you have in your avatar today! :sweeet: Please tell your lovely lady I said "hi"!!!

tank you tank you Judy

Is it better to get a read from the bottom of the tub, or on top of the substrate?

I would think bottom of the tub because snakes like to burrow and move the substrate around till there is no more....

I need one of those laser temp guns.

I went over to Alice's place last night to check out her collection (had an awesome time!) and they were using a laser thermometer....very cool.

hmm... i thought you were supposed to read from the top of the substrate... at least that's what i do. and i agree with judy... i like this avatar way better than your last one! :D i was going to pm you about it and tell you how great of a pic it is... but since judy mentioned it publicly... i will too :wuv:

hehe yeah a lot of my pictures make me look pissed so i figured i'd start smiling once in a while....this pic acctually turned out really well...so i like it too :)

Nathan, 95 isn't going to hurt anything. I keep my hot sides at 94.5(using Herpstat 2) and my cool sides at 84, and all of mine spend regular amounts of time on both sides. I have both of the probes taped to the bottom of the tub, with 2 sheets of indented kraft paper on top, and the temps on top of the paper are 94 or so. Mine like it nice and toasty :)