Are my temperatures good?

just got a new cinnamon BP and whole new set up for him.

29 long tank (glass)
during the day im running 92.5 under the hot side hide and 80.2 under cold side hide. I have a basking temp at 90. (he always is on cold side during the day). At night i have the hot side heated with a head pad set with a thermostat at 90 degrees under his hide. (this is where I find him every morning when i wake up) and on the cool side at night its kept at about 73 degrees. My humidity is always in between 50% and 70%.

are these conditions ideal or do i need to make changes?

There's really no reason to drop temps at night. It can stay the same temp 24 hrs a day.
How are you checking the temps and humidity?

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

There's really no reason to drop temps at night. It can stay the same temp 24 hrs a day.
How are you checking the temps and humidity?

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I have 2 probe thermometers one probe in the hot hide and one in cold hide. and one hygrometer in the center mounted on wall. Should i switch to a ceramic bulb for day and night time use and plug it up to my thermostat as well? I also have an 18 inch tube light for daytime use.

Everything sounds good. But the night drops are unnecessary.

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From the sound of it, OP has a heat lamp to bump the heat up during the day. They're probably using an incandescent bulb, which produces heat AND light, so it does have to go off at night, and that's why the temps are lower at night.

Am I right?

I wouldn't use a heat emitter, an infrared heat bulb works better and can be left on 24/7

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Your set-up sounds fine. As stated a night drop is not necessary. There also is nothing wrong with utilizing one.

How is an infrared bulb better than a heat emitter? A ceramic heat emitter can also be used 24/7 and the put off no light and last much much longer than bulbs.

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Originally Posted by AGoldReptiles

Your set-up sounds fine. As stated a night drop is not necessary. There also is nothing wrong with utilizing one.

How is an infrared bulb better than a heat emitter? A ceramic heat emitter can also be used 24/7 and the put off no light and last much much longer than bulbs.

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Most heat emitters put off way too much heat unless it is being used with a dimmer or thermostat. a 75 watt infrared heat bulb in my experience won't get terribly hot even running full blast 24/7. CHE are also very hard on the lamps due to how hot that they get.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Most heat emitters put off way too much heat unless it is being used with a dimmer or thermostat. a 75 watt infrared heat bulb in my experience won't get terribly hot even running full blast 24/7. CHE are also very hard on the lamps due to how hot that they get.

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EVERY type of heat source should be able to be regulated. Either with a dimmer ( cheap) or a t-stat. To just recommend running x wattage wide open is reckless. I would have to recommend to anyone using any type of bulb to use " domes" with a ceramic base. Cheap domes with plastic bases are cheap and not up to the task that us reptile keepers need.

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Originally Posted by AGoldReptiles

I would have to recommend to anyone using any type of bulb to use " domes" with a ceramic base. Cheap domes with plastic bases are cheap and not up to the task that us reptile keepers need.

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I'm talking about the ceramic domes.

All a light dimmer does is turn down the amount of power being used. It is no less "reckless" than running a bulb full blast if the bulb already doesn't put too much heat out. I agree that heat sources should be regulated, but it takes a thermostat to do so. you must have a system that bases the power output based on a measured temperature otherwise it is the exact same thing as running a heat source full blast.

I agree about dimmers and heat bulbs. The same isn't true of heat pads or cords, however--those can actually get hotter over time, so they should never be run full out, and temperatures should always be checked daily if they're being used with a dimmer.

That said, I think a good thermostat is the most important piece of equipment a reptile owner can purchase.

i went out and bought a ceramic bulb (my dome has a ceramic top not plastic). So now i have both my UTH and my dome hooked to my t-stat and set that to about 91 degrees. I have an 18 inch florescent light for daytime use hooked to a timer to turn off at night. So the UTH and ceramic bulb run 24/7. My temps now stay pretty consistent at 92 under hot hide and 83 under cold hide.

hold on, are you saying that both the UTH and CHE are plugged into the same thermostat?

if so this is not good, as the CHE and UTH have drastically different wattages. This means that the UTH is either going to get way too how because the thermostat is trying to power the CHE or the CHE isn't going to put out any heat because the thermostat isn't providing enough power.

as of right now the CHE is the only thing hooked up b/c its the only thing that will heat both sides up. the UTH is just un-plugged not being used. Should i get another t-stat to run that to provide both underbelly and basking heat?

If the CHE is providing the correct temperatures, then there is no need for the UTH.

as long as the hot side is between 88-92 degrees and the cool side is between 78-82 you are fine.