temp help, please

I had tanks in the past, and I used a UTH in combination with a 75w red lightbulb (Exo-Terra I believe). I had both of them plugged into a ReptiTemp 500R thermostat and with having the thermostat's probe right next to the thermometer's probe on the warm side, everything was perfect. As for humidity, switch to something like shredded coconut husk (the kind that comes in a compressed brick). It holds moisture very well and you only have to mist every 3-4 days or so. Plus it's 100% natural and safe to feed on, if any gets ingested it breaks down in the stomach just like food. I covered almost the entire screen top in 3 layers of tinfoil and 2 layers of black duct tape. This kept heat and humidity in well.

I made a thread with pics about all that stuff, check it out:

http://forgottenfriend.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=642

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

I had tanks in the past, and I used a UTH in combination with a 75w red lightbulb (Exo-Terra I believe). I had both of them plugged into a ReptiTemp 500R thermostat and with having the thermostat's probe right next to the thermometer's probe on the warm side, everything was perfect. As for humidity, switch to something like shredded coconut husk (the kind that comes in a compressed brick). It holds moisture very well and you only have to mist every 3-4 days or so. Plus it's 100% natural and safe to feed on, if any gets ingested it breaks down in the stomach just like food. I covered almost the entire screen top in 3 layers of tinfoil and 2 layers of black duct tape. This kept heat and humidity in well.

I made a thread with pics about all that stuff, check it out:

http://forgottenfriend.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=642

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Am I going nuts or did I just read almost the exact same thing on a different thread???? .... Wow, talk about Deja Vu??? ... Getting old bites! :P

-adam

You must be crazy. :P

There are always tons of heat/humidity questions and I had it working really well when I had my tanks, so I like to share what I did so others can try it. :)

Soooooo glad I switched to a rack though...way easier and stable.

thanks for all the tips. I will try to get a thermostat today, and maybe a 75w red light. For some reason the other day the 75w white light all of a sudden was heating the tank way too much, so I quit using it. Come to think of it, it might have simply been that I switched from those stupid dial thermometers to the digital one......I'm going to post my shedding/eating questions in a new post now, since they don't really pertain to the subject of this one. thanks again!!