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Marshall update
Hi there, so I went off the forum for a while to figure out the cage. I've got heating figured out, except ambient temps. I got a rheostat, the hot side is 90-93f, and the cool side is 76-80f. But I can't seem to get ambient temps over 70f. Any tips on raising it other than buying a heat lamp? Am I measuring it correctly? I take the probe of my digital thermometer and place it about an inch above the ground.
Also got another cave, it's smaller as well. I know some of you mentioned that the cave I had was too big, I realized that when I brought him home, but he seems to prefer it over the other one. Any ideas why?
Feeding. I tried feeding him a frozen thawed fuzzy mouse, would not have anyone to do with it. A few days later I gave him a live one, he ate that right up. When should I try f/t again?
I don't believe there was anything else needing adjustment. Let me know your thoughts.
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Re: Marshall update
You have to use a heat lamp or a ceramic heating element. I suppose you could also re-route a space heater to put the heat into the tank. Are you covering the screen at all? If you cover it with aluminum foil it'll hold heat and humidity in better
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1.0 Bumblebee (Silas)
0.1 Albino (Cleo)
0.1 Lesser Yellowbelly (Cambria)
0.1 Lesser (Athena)
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Re: Marshall update
Originally Posted by Reed12321
You have to use a heat lamp or a ceramic heating element. I suppose you could also re-route a space heater to put the heat into the tank. Are you covering the screen at all? If you cover it with aluminum foil it'll hold heat and humidity in better
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Yes it's covered with a towel.
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Re: Marshall update
Try aluminum foil. Towels will absorb the humidity and they don't insulate the same way aluminum foil can.
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1.0 Vanilla (Akeda)
1.0 Bumblebee (Silas)
0.1 Albino (Cleo)
0.1 Lesser Yellowbelly (Cambria)
0.1 Lesser (Athena)
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Re: Marshall update
Originally Posted by Reed12321
Try aluminum foil. Towels will absorb the humidity and they don't insulate the same way aluminum foil can.
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Ok, maybe I'll try that out.
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Re: Marshall update
I know your post said any other way besides buying a heat lamp but that would probably be the easiest way to do it. like reed suggested you could use a space heater to blow warm air in the direction of the tank. if i may ask, what are your objections to getting a heat lamp?
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Re: Marshall update
Originally Posted by srp1102
I know your post said any other way besides buying a heat lamp but that would probably be the easiest way to do it. like reed suggested you could use a space heater to blow warm air in the direction of the tank. if i may ask, what are your objections to getting a heat lamp?
Just saving money I suppose. But I figured I would need to get one. Should I get a ceramic heat emitter or just one of the day lamps? Also, my rheostat(zoomed) advises not to regulate a heat pad and overhead heating device together, if that makes any sense. My rheostat has two outlets to plug into, and the manual said to only use two hearing devices that are alike(ex: two heat pads, or two heat lamps). Any ideas?
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Re: Marshall update
Originally Posted by gameonpython
Just saving money I suppose. But I figured I would need to get one. Should I get a ceramic heat emitter or just one of the day lamps? Also, my rheostat(zoomed) advises not to regulate a heat pad and overhead heating device together, if that makes any sense. My rheostat has two outlets to plug into, and the manual said to only use two hearing devices that are alike(ex: two heat pads, or two heat lamps). Any ideas?
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I would get a CHE, they are a little more expensive than a regular heat bulb but last much longer. And yes i would get a separated rheostat to control the CHE because the CHE and the UTH are two completely different heating elements and the rheostat wouldn't be able to regulate both of them with accuracy.
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Re: Marshall update
Originally Posted by srp1102
I would get a CHE, they are a little more expensive than a regular heat bulb but last much longer. And yes i would get a separated rheostat to control the CHE because the CHE and the UTH are two completely different heating elements and the rheostat wouldn't be able to regulate both of them with accuracy.
Wasn't wanting to buy another rheostat, that would be quite a bit of money. If I went with a heat lamp, would I need to regulate it?
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