My albino male is afraid of heat...?

So my albino male is more or less afraid of the heated side of the tank. If i pick him up and show him the hide on the warm size he curls into a ball, but if I show him the hide on the cool side of the tank he dives right in. Normally I wouldn't care, but the temp of the tank is a cold 74 degrees and the heated hide is 95. I don't know how to heat up the air in the tank without using my heat lamp, but if I do that I can kiss all my humidity good bye...any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by sw204me

So my albino male is more or less afraid of the heated side of the tank. If i pick him up and show him the hide on the warm size he curls into a ball, but if I show him the hide on the cool side of the tank he dives right in. Normally I wouldn't care, but the temp of the tank is a cold 74 degrees and the heated hide is 95. I don't know how to heat up the air in the tank without using my heat lamp, but if I do that I can kiss all my humidity good bye...any suggestions?

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Have you tried lowering the hot side temp a little? Maybe 95 is too hot for him. Why not try 90 for a couple days, and see if he is more interested in venturing over?

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Originally Posted by NightLad

Have you tried lowering the hot side temp a little? Maybe 95 is too hot for him. Why not try 90 for a couple days, and see if he is more interested in venturing over?

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NightLad is really on the ball. That's exactly what I was going to say. :P

alrighty, I'll see if that peaks his interest any. Anyone know how to use a heat lamp without it sucking out your humidity?

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Originally Posted by sw204me

alrighty, I'll see if that peaks his interest any. Anyone know how to use a heat lamp without it sucking out your humidity?

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CHE or radiant heat panel.

CHE..you mean like a heat rock? cause those are a big no no.

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Originally Posted by sw204me

CHE..you mean like a heat rock? cause those are a big no no.

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no...it screws into your lamp like a bulb.

CHE= ceramic heat emitter and yeah it screws in like a light bulb. :D

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Originally Posted by sw204me

So my albino male is more or less afraid of the heated side of the tank. If i pick him up and show him the hide on the warm size he curls into a ball, but if I show him the hide on the cool side of the tank he dives right in. Normally I wouldn't care, but the temp of the tank is a cold 74 degrees and the heated hide is 95. I don't know how to heat up the air in the tank without using my heat lamp, but if I do that I can kiss all my humidity good bye...any suggestions?

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Said your using a heat lamp correct?

If he's albino he is sensitive to light...could be doing it.

Try a red bulb, or CHE or UTH.

Good luck!


Mike

There is a thread in here about how to set up your glass tank, it involves partially covering the top and if you do it right and put a lil time into it looks pretty good and works good at getting the ambient temps up. Since 75 is a lil cold in my opinion.