Temperature and humidity problem.

[Twist]

Im WAY off and cannot get these numbers to go up any higher.
Could it be the thermometers? My BP had a perfect shed, and i havent done anything different 1 week ago, from now..

[Twist]

Oh, forgot to mention..

left = cold side
right = hot side

[mpkeelee]

what is the enclosure? im guessing its a big glass aquarium. i used one of those and i duct taped aluminum foil on the inside and cuz a hole in the middle where i put a red light for ambient temp. worked pretty good

by the pic it looks like u have ur accurite outside the enclosure. the hygrometer is inside of the actual accurite so the whole unit has to be inside

[Kaorte]

Where are you putting the probe? It looks like you have a lot of substrate in there, which will bring your temps down a lot.

Also, the unit measures humidity, so the reading you are getting for humidity is just the humidity of the air in the room, not in the tub.

[Twist]

Sorry for the long reply time. Yeah there is a good bit of substrate in there. Should I take out a lot of it? And my temperature probes are..

Left temp probe = attached to the side of the tub about an inch off the substrate, behind the water bowl. So.. I was hoping that would show an increase in humidity but it's not I guess.

Right temp probe = inside the actual hot hide.. on the side of the wall.

Any suggestions will probably be put into immediate action.

how much substrate should I have?
I bought a UTH but it was no warmer than my hand so i threw it out and bought a heating pad for people, and it cranks out some good heat but like I said, I found he was just staying on the cold side all the time. Give me a second and I'll put up some fresh results. I just got the thermometers today, which I know is irresponsible as an owner.. but hey everyone falls on hard times sometimes I guess.


Edit: Here's the new temperatures a couple hours later.

[Kaorte]

Stick your probes right onto the plastic where the UTH is (inside the tub).

The probes DO NOT measure humidity, the actual unit does.

[Twist]

Also, the unit measures humidity, so the reading you are getting for humidity is just the humidity of the air in the room, not in the tub.

So then I need to have one of the actual units inside of the tub for an accurate reading?

[Kaorte]

So then I need to have one of the actual units inside of the tub for an accurate reading?

Yes, and you need to move your probes to where the heat mat is.

I would also remove some substrate. It should really only be 1/4-1/2 inch thick

[Twist]

Really that little? I've probably got almost 3" easy.. haha might explain something.
yeah let me do this real quick.

[Kaorte]

Really that little? I've probably got almost 3" easy.. haha might explain something.
yeah let me do this real quick.

Yeah, they don't really burrow so you don't need that much substrate.