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night time heating
i have my heat lamp on a timer to go off and simulate night time, but when that goes off i have trouble keeping the heat up. i use an UTH on the warm side and nothing on the cool, but at night the cool side drops to below 75. someone told me anything below 75 is unhealthy, so i got a infrared heat lamp and that is not doing the job too well. does anyone use an under the tank heater on there cold side too? i know i should get a thermostat, but the price is a little out of my reach right now. any suggestions?
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Re: night time heating
Well, you don't need to simulate night time temp-wise at all. I would reccommend getting a UTH with a thermostat on the cool side, that way you could keep the temps constant. Just save up and get one, I guess.
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Re: night time heating
You dont need a night dimmer. It's not necessary 'til you breed.
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Re: night time heating
I use 2 identical pieces of flexwatt, essentially 2 identical UTHs, one on warm side one on cool side.
I have the warm side connected thru a ZooMed 500R thermostat set to 90-94. The cool side is connected to the same thermostat but with a dimmer on the cool side UTH adjusted so the cool side gets to 80-84 This way I can have 2 different temp UTHs controlled by 1 thermostat.
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Re: night time heating
Originally Posted by Phreak
You dont need a night dimmer. It's not necessary 'til you breed.
so i can leave my heat lamp that gives off light on 24/7?
or should i just get a higher watt red light and leave that on all the time?
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Re: night time heating
i have 2 UTH's on my 55gal keeping temps correct and as far as ambient temp i have a 75W red bulb on a lamp stand about 4 inchs off enclosure that i leave on 24/7
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Re: night time heating
try getting an infrared bulb to use at night. that light frequency won't disrupt their day/night pattern.
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Re: night time heating
yea that's what i am using a red light infrared bulb. i had a 50 watt one that wasn't getting it done, so im gonna go return it for a nice 100 watter that i can leave on all day and use my basking lamp durring the day.
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should i go get another under tank heater, like a mini one?
thanks for the help.....
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Re: night time heating
I'd reccommend the UTH. Lamps just tend to dry up any humidity in there. BPs don't need to bask like other animals; that's why belly heat is so much more preferred.
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