How do you heat your tubs??

[wspeer]

well it sounds like a tub is the way to go as far as humidity and all but how do you accomplish getting the temps high enough in a tub? do you just use a uth and it gets that warm or do you have to place a lamp somewhere?? just needing a little help cause im probably gonna switch to a tub asap.. thanks guys ur so much help to us beginners

[tmlowe5704]

Flexwatt heats up the warm side and an electric room heater heats the cool end to 80*

[wspeer]

is that the only way to heat the cool end?

[tmlowe5704]

is that the only way to heat the cool end?

Nope, plenty people use 2nd heating elements along with thermostats. How cold is the room it will be kept in?

[wspeer]

depends on the time of year right now its around 70 or so

[tmlowe5704]

depends on the time of year right now its around 70 or so

WHat are you using to controls temps in your enclosure? A flexwatt/dimmer combo can be only like $10 if you want to use a dimmer.

[wspeer]

what ive got is a UTH with a therstat that will control the hot end im just wondering about how to get the cool end to around 80

[jknudson]

I use flexwatt run on a thermostat for a warm side of 90-92F, and also use an oil-filled heater on a thermostat to keep the ambient room temperature @ 78F, that in turn helps to keep the cool side of the tubs 80-82F.
-Jason

[wspeer]

that sounds like it would work but it gonna be in my bedroom and id burn up at night

[jknudson]

what ive got is a UTH with a therstat that will control the hot end im just wondering about how to get the cool end to around 80

In your case I would invest in either another UTH or piece of flexwatt and run that on a separate thermostat to keep the cool side at ~80F. If you are using a aquarium with screen lid try to cover a bit of the screen to hold in heat aswell, those screen tops don't really help to hold in the heat otherwise.

-Jason