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Does this look right??

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  • 01-22-2008, 08:16 PM
    edie
    Does this look right??
    I got my CB-70 rack in the mail a couple days ago.. I cleaned the rack and the tubs with Chlorhexadine and let them air out for 3 days (to get rid of the new plastic smell) And now I'm finally setting everything up..
    I drilled vent holes in the 3 tubs, and labeled them for my snakes.
    I set up the tubs with aspen, water dishes, and hides for the 2 smaller snakes (I can't find a hide for my large BP that will fit in the rack)
    Finally, I hooked up the Helix last night to try and get all the temps correct.. I think I hooked the Helix up right, I secured the probe over the flexwatt, made the temp on the Helix 90.. And its been saying 90 all day today

    Here are some pics;

    http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC08302.jpg

    (Helix says 90)
    http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC08301.jpg

    (I set the rack up on 6 bricks wrapped in black duct tape, since my room is carpeted, is this okay to do or do you suggest something else?)
    http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC08303.jpg

    Anyways, does everything look okay? Do you think it would be alright to put my snakes into the rack now? Any suggestions on something I should change/haven't done yet?

    Please let me know! Thanks!
  • 01-22-2008, 08:21 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Does this look right??
    You know what, it looks defected, go ahead and ship it my way! ;)

    Looks good to me!
  • 01-22-2008, 08:27 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    Looks good to me. I trust my helix too, but thats not the correct temp that your snakes will feel/need. Make sure you have a accurite or a temp gun to make sure the temp inside the tub and make sure you have something to check the humidity too. :gj:
  • 01-22-2008, 08:28 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Krazy99CL View Post
    Looks good to me. I trust my helix too, but thats not the correct temp that your snakes will feel/need. Make sure you have a accurite or a temp gun to make sure the temp inside the tub and make sure you have something to check the humidity too. :gj:

    Thanks, is it okay that I set the Helix to 90? Or should I change that? I ordered a temp gun when I ordered my Helix so I have that as well.. And I have a temp/humidity gauge for my BPs that I haven't set up yet.. The humidity is the last thing I'm doing
  • 01-22-2008, 08:31 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by patthesnakeman View Post
    You know what, it looks defected, go ahead and ship it my way! ;)

    Looks good to me!

    Good try, my cats would kill me! Its been their favorite new thing, they try to sleep on top of it.. Its going to kill them to not be allowed on it anymore once the snakes are in it
  • 01-22-2008, 08:43 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    Place the temp prob on inside on the flexwatt. Usually other would set it at 93....I would make 1degree increments within 1hr or so intervals with a temp prob inside.
  • 01-22-2008, 08:46 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Krazy99CL View Post
    Place the temp prob on inside on the flexwatt. Usually other would set it at 93....I would make 1degree increments within 1hr or so intervals with a temp prob inside.

    Thanks for the help, I'll do that now, and I just cleaned off my humidity gauge and placed it in one of the tubs to try to get that taken care of now
  • 01-22-2008, 09:01 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    I only said to use a probe bc its difficult to measure when you use ta temp gun when the tub is pushed all the way in. lol:rolleye2:
  • 01-22-2008, 09:05 PM
    nixer
    Re: Does this look right??
    how did you get the aspen to stay with it on its side like that lol
  • 01-22-2008, 09:25 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nixer View Post
    how did you get the aspen to stay with it on its side like that lol

    MAGIC!!!!!
  • 01-22-2008, 09:27 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Krazy99CL View Post
    I only said to use a probe bc its difficult to measure when you use ta temp gun when the tub is pushed all the way in. lol:rolleye2:

    I have a temp gun and a temp/humidity gauge with a probe :)

    All of a sudden I'm having a hard time with the Helix/flexwatt now though.. The Helix says 90.. when I temp gun the actual flexwatt it says 110.. and the temp/humidity gauge probe says 113.. I don't really know what to do.. I'm paranoid that I'm going to burn the house down if I'm not doing something right
  • 01-23-2008, 04:42 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    Just make sure you have the helix probe taped on the flexwatt and set it at 90. put the temp probe on inside on the tub and measure the temp. Bump the helix up to where it would read 90 on the temp gauge.

    You should be fine.

    Just to let you know, the temp on the bottom of the rack is going to always be a few degrees lower.
  • 01-23-2008, 04:50 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    Another suggestion I would do is raise the rack higher off the floor. Good luck.
  • 01-24-2008, 03:54 PM
    edie
    Re: Does this look right??
    Thanks! I actually just got everything figured out after I posted that my temps were going crazy.. the probe had moved and thats why everything was getting weird.. the temps have been stable all day now
  • 01-25-2008, 01:53 PM
    Krazy99CL
    Re: Does this look right??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by edie View Post
    Thanks! I actually just got everything figured out after I posted that my temps were going crazy.. the probe had moved and thats why everything was getting weird.. the temps have been stable all day now

    hahah. Thats great to hear. hope it works out for you. Keep herping! :)
  • 01-25-2008, 03:15 PM
    herpmajor
    Re: Does this look right??
    Looks awsome!:bow::taz::bow:
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