Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 888

3 members and 885 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,077
Threads: 248,523
Posts: 2,568,610
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, jpriebe2
Results 1 to 4 of 4
  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    11-14-2017
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    1
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Question Under Belly heat is perfect but ambient temp seems a little low

    Brand new here, always used this website to help me out by searching questions but now I've decided to make my own account and ask a specific question

    So I'm using a heat tape to warm up my legless friend and according to my temperature gun it's perfect 90 on the furthest left side and about 79 on the furthest right side. But my thermometer is reading the ambient temp to be 75-77 (placed in the middle). From what I've read a lot about, it should be in the 80s. Can anyone help?

  2. #2
    bcr229's Avatar
    Join Date
    03-18-2013
    Location
    Eastern WV Panhandle
    Posts
    9,499
    Thanks
    2,890
    Thanked 9,854 Times in 4,776 Posts
    Images: 34
    What kind of enclosure?

  3. #3
    Registered User
    Join Date
    11-14-2017
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    1
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Re: Under Belly heat is perfect but ambient temp seems a little low

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    What kind of enclosure?
    I'm using a plastic tub. I was having humidity issues with my glass tank so I switched over to this. And it's just so much more simpler

  4. #4
    Telling it like it is! Stewart_Reptiles's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-28-2006
    Posts
    24,845
    Thanks
    6,116
    Thanked 20,811 Times in 9,584 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1
    Images: 6
    If you are reading your temps with an accurate thermometer temps of 75 to 77 are just fine.

    Ambient temps will depend on the ambient temps of your home so if you want to raise it you can

    A# Increase your room temp
    B# Have an additional heat source on the cool side
    Deborah Stewart


  5. The Following User Says Thank You to Stewart_Reptiles For This Useful Post:

    Lbrasil (11-16-2017)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1