Pics of Kali's Tub... Need Advice

As long as you have some way to monitor and control temps, Your good to go!!

looks good to me, hows the humidity?

lol you didn't see that perfect Acu-Rite sitting in there? (I bought lowe's last one)

lol, didn't see that. Thats what I use too!!!

It's been about 5 minutes.. and my pad does not feel warm at all... the temp hasn't budged

Is it hooked to a dimmer or thermostat? It takes a while to get them warm.

it is hooked to a lamp dimmer... the only one I could find at lowes! To make sure the dimmer is good enough I took it off and plugged in the pad by itself. Now its warm enough for me to know it works. So now I ran it back through the dimmer so i can see it the dimmer lets enough volts pass through! (if not it will cool right back down right?)

How low or high was the dimmer set???

Was it this one?

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...39-TT300NLH-WH

It ws exactly that one.. and it was ALL the way up (to warm up faster).

I still have not moved my girl Kali from her tank yet.. I want everything to be perfect. (less stress)

Well hook it up to the dimmer and leave it for a while and come back. Good idea about not moving him yet. Good decision!