first time owner, experts please help!!!!!!!

Thanks again for the reply, yes I put the cable right on the glass and then covered it with mulch substrate. 1-2 inches. He/ she is not a burrower either. Yet anyways.

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Originally Posted by gplegend11

Temp gun it is thanks.
I just bought a dimmer last night in fact and t-stat is arriving today. I decided to use the aquarium instead of the tub, however I foiled the entire mesh top except just below the heating lamp, which lies two inches above that hole so air can flow , and I am only using a infrared bulb as to not burn all the water out of the air.
He has three hides, one on hot side, two on cool side with one being a moisture box. Large water bowl in the middle. Also a branch tilted under the heat lamp which people say is unnecessary but I've seen him chilled on it.

Temp parameters are as follows.... as far as the cheap thermometers say ( which I am getting better ones) which are placed halfway up the tank, 80 degrees cool side, 90 degrees warm side, and just under sixty percent humidity( where can I get a good gauge for humidity that doesn't cost like a freakish 200 dollars?). Booyah.! I used the dimmer for my Uth yesterday and last night and have kept the substrate directly over the uth between 90-95. Is 95 too hot? I bought a digital thermometer and stuck the cable right above the uth and below the substrate to monitor that it doesn't get over that 95. The dimmer works well, as the temp changes on the monitor very quickly when I adjust. I will apply the t-stat when it arrives today which should be any second. Also I will get a temp gun.

thanks.

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Nice! Sounds like you're going to have things running well. I do use my temp gun to check on TOP of the substrate but I also have a thermometer probe under the substrate and the probe for my T-stat is attached directly to my heating device. Thermostat is set at 93, thermometer reads 92 under the substrate and I want at least 88 on top with the gun. If I have less than 88 I remove some substrate. Now I know my temps at 3 levels.

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Okay things are starting to make sense now lol. Is a digital thermometer probe a good option to help monitor ambient temps on either side as well rather than one of those side sticky thermometers? My digital thermometer probe was about 15 bucks that I'm using. You think that's alright or will I need to get some expensive ones? And if so, is there a store to go to or is best bet online.?

HDE Digital Aquarium Thermometer Fish Tank Thermostat Water Temperature Control (3 Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9663GI..._KQ.7ybN4660E7

These things work great. Just don't rely solely on them. I always double check everything with my gun every few days. If the thermometer reads 80 and I hit the probe with my temp gun, I want to be within 1 or 2.

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