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Originally Posted by Kaorte

No, the hottest point in the tank should be 95*. So just try and set the rheostat there.

Also, the acurite needs to go in the tank so you can measure ambient temperature and humidity (measured by the unit itself).

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Okay so I can set it to 95 no problem.
I have a problem putting the acurite in the tank. It wont hold up on the black linner. The weight will pull the linner off. I guess I can mess with it.

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Originally Posted by ralphdp21

Okay so I can set it to 95 no problem.
I have a problem putting the acurite in the tank. It wont hold up on the black linner. The weight will pull the linner off. I guess I can mess with it.

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It should have a little stand that you can pull out on the back, so you can just set it right on the substrate.

The black liner should be on the outside of the cage. I see tape in there and trust me, you do not want your snake stuck to that.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

It should have a little stand that you can pull out on the back, so you can just set it right on the substrate.

The black liner should be on the outside of the cage. I see tape in there and trust me, you do not want your snake stuck to that.

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So the liner outside? Okay. Argg. That took me a while to setup and cut. lol. o well. to take all that out again. :tears:

Okay, I have officially completed her setup. The temperatures are perfect (the UTH is attached to a rheostat and has been calibrated), and she seems to like the new layout. So I am going to put a photo of what I believe is the final setup.

Please note that the above lamp is for when it gets cooler than normal.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1231/img0005foj.jpg

and by the way, I got the leaves at the Dollar Store. All you see there for $4.

I'm sure you'll be suprised how much your setup is going to change. You'll find more things that you like, you'll change stuff around.
You'll have a bunch of hides that you've replaced, old plants that you put in with new ones and other decorations popping up throughout the vivarium. I'm finding new things that I like all the time and I see new setups from other people that I like and have to steal little ideas from. You'll see lots of neat ideas on this site for setups.

I would also like to mention two things:

There is a button that says:

temp
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clock

click on that button so your acurite reads the top line as the "IN" temperature, the second line reads the "OUT" temperature and the third reads the humidity...

The probe is what reads the "IN"



Second thing i want to mention is checking your humidity....if it starts to get a little low, heres a quick link for a suggestion...http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=90187


I hope that helps...


I did the same silly thing on having the Acurite out side of the tank...i even went back and exchanged it because i thought it didnt read the humidity right...I even turned his tank into a rainforest because the humidity didnt go up...thanks to everyone here, i got my setup A-OK

I love this site, and a lot of people help out here...Me and my snake are grateful for this site...

I forgot if they mentioned to you the caresheets here...if not, you should look into them as well...

and by the way,

:welcome:

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Originally Posted by Montie Python

I would also like to mention two things:

There is a button that says:

temp
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clock

click on that button so your acurite reads the top line as the "IN" temperature, the second line reads the "OUT" temperature and the third reads the humidity...

The probe is what reads the "IN"

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Thank you for the heads up but I think you may have it backwards. The probe should be "OUT" when I move the rheostat setting the "OUT" starts to change.

Please some one double check on that, but I don't see the "IN" temperature change when I alter the rheostat, only the "OUT".

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Originally Posted by ralphdp21

Thank you for the heads up but I think you may have it backwards. The probe should be "OUT" when I move the rheostat setting the "OUT" starts to change.

Please some one double check on that, but I don't see the "IN" temperature change when I alter the rheostat, only the "OUT".

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Correct, "OUT" = outside, measured by the probe. "IN"/inside is measured by the unit itself (which is assumed to be inside).

oops...my bad, thats what i meant...