Tub hole question

I'm putting holes down each side of the top do you need holes on the front and back of the tub as well ? 6qt 13x4x7

i was thinking os just doing the sides and a row alone the back to let more heat in

what do you think

thanks

I have holes everywhere; don't be afraid to experiment to find out what works for you. They don't really effect temps as much as they do humidity. If you have too many holes and your humidity is to low you can always tape up the excess holes with some painters tape.

do you think these are enough holes to start out with or add more ..?

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/100_1816.jpg

That seems good for a start. You won't know until you actually have everything running. If your humidity is good then you're done; if its not you may need to add or remove(tape up) some holes.

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do you think these are enough holes to start out with or add more ..?

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/100_1816.jpg

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You really won't know until you get it heated up and put the water bowl in. And then even after you add the snake things may change. I started with a row on both sides and then got it to the correct temp with the water bowl inside. And then added additional rows of holes until I got it right.

ok perfect gonna plug her in NOW !! so i only add more holes it i need to lower the humidity correct? so if its 50% or more i'll be fine as is ?

back wall/floow 89-92 correct? front should be around 82 correct

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ok perfect gonna plug her in NOW !! so i only add more holes it i need to lower the humidity correct? so if its 50% or more i'll be fine as is ?

back wall/floow 89-92 correct? front should be around 82 correct

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Yup those are acceptable temps and humidity ranges.

Question i have no substrate in with a prob at the back floor and one at the front floor back reads 89.2 front reads 74.5 ............ what should i do

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Question i have no substrate in with a prob at the back floor and one at the front floor back reads 89.2 front reads 74.5 ............ what should i do

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What are you going to use for substrate?

update . using a zoomed reostat... its set to low as it can go !! and back floow reading 95F and front floor reading 77F this is 2 hours or so later...and still with no beding

for beding im either gonna use aspen or coco cuncks probably aspen?

Hi,

Have you checked the rheostat on a normal lightbulb? Sometimes they work the opposite way round from what you expect.


dr del

yesah i played with it already its the zoomed one ... i had it at low and it was 115F so i set it to low and now its sitting around 95-96 back floor heat no beeding prop taped to the floor and front temp sitting around 77F and ideas on how to lower the back and riase the front ? or leave it as is ?

Hi,

I'd probably leave as is until I saw how the substrate changed things.


dr del

Yeah i know when you put substrat in it will change... but if there move the substrat and expose the bottom of the tub its gonna be HOT ... so im thinking should i put them in or wait a month or two and order a helix in the mail... cause im in canada and cant find no one to sell them here

Hi,

I think you misunderstood me.

I meant put the substrate in and see what the temps are at the surface of it with those current settings.

95-96f is pretty much where you want the surface of the tub under the substrate to be ( 94-95f would be ideal ) - you then adjust the type/ depth of substrate to give a reading of 92-94f on the surface of the substrate inside the warm end hide.

I'm going by the temp range you quoted earlier that this is for a ball python - but correct me if it isn't.

I have been told bean farm ship to Canada and we have a few Canadian members that could probably tell you where to buy thermostats if you throw up a thread. :)

It would be a lot easier if you ordered the thermostat before you put the animal in as there is always a lot of adjusting to do when you first install any control system.

How many slots are in the rack? - and remember you will need to put the probe for the thermostat on the heating element but outside the tub to prevent the snake from messing with it. :)

Or did you plan to use an empty tub for the probe?


dr del

Hi,

I did a quick search and these three threads all talk about places to buy equipment and food in canada.

Thread 1.

Thread 2.

Thread 3.


dr del