How do you heat your tubs??

well it sounds like a tub is the way to go as far as humidity and all but how do you accomplish getting the temps high enough in a tub? do you just use a uth and it gets that warm or do you have to place a lamp somewhere?? just needing a little help cause im probably gonna switch to a tub asap.. thanks guys ur so much help to us beginners

Flexwatt heats up the warm side and an electric room heater heats the cool end to 80*

is that the only way to heat the cool end?

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Originally Posted by wspeer

is that the only way to heat the cool end?

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Nope, plenty people use 2nd heating elements along with thermostats. How cold is the room it will be kept in?

depends on the time of year right now its around 70 or so

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Originally Posted by wspeer

depends on the time of year right now its around 70 or so

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WHat are you using to controls temps in your enclosure? A flexwatt/dimmer combo can be only like $10 if you want to use a dimmer.

what ive got is a UTH with a therstat that will control the hot end im just wondering about how to get the cool end to around 80

I use flexwatt run on a thermostat for a warm side of 90-92F, and also use an oil-filled heater on a thermostat to keep the ambient room temperature @ 78F, that in turn helps to keep the cool side of the tubs 80-82F.
-Jason

that sounds like it would work but it gonna be in my bedroom and id burn up at night

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Originally Posted by wspeer

what ive got is a UTH with a therstat that will control the hot end im just wondering about how to get the cool end to around 80

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In your case I would invest in either another UTH or piece of flexwatt and run that on a separate thermostat to keep the cool side at ~80F. If you are using a aquarium with screen lid try to cover a bit of the screen to hold in heat aswell, those screen tops don't really help to hold in the heat otherwise.

-Jason