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    To cold?

    Alright, well ever since I got my A/C going Leons cage has been pretty cold. Here are the temps.

    The Cold Side is 75.6
    The Warm Side is 86.4
    The UTH is 92.9
    And the Humidity is 60%

    Are these okay? I know the Humidity is perfect but are the temps?

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    Re: To cold?

    Cold side needs bumped up 6 degrees or so

    Hot side needs bumped up 6 degrees as well

    75 degrees is PRETTY COLD

    You certainly run the risk of an RI

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    Re: To cold?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kdime View Post
    Cold side needs bumped up 6 degrees or so

    Hot side needs bumped up 6 degrees as well

    75 degrees is PRETTY COLD

    You certainly run the risk of an RI
    X2. If you need to, use a heat lamp to raise it. You can put it on a dimmer so it's not quite so moisture sucking. You could also put another heat pad on the cool site with a dimmer to get it to 80. That should raise your hot side as well. Good luck!
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    Re: To cold?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kdime View Post
    Cold side needs bumped up 6 degrees or so

    Hot side needs bumped up 6 degrees as well

    75 degrees is PRETTY COLD

    You certainly run the risk of an RI
    Alright, well I got the Cold Side to 80.2 the Warm Side to 90.4 and then the UTH is the same.

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    Re: To cold?

    Thats certainly a LOT better!!

    If you can do some more tweaking, 82/92 would be ideal

    At least thats what I shot for when I kept Balls

    But those temps should do you just fine




    Quote Originally Posted by hunter94 View Post
    Alright, well I got the Cold Side to 80.2 the Warm Side to 90.4 and then the UTH is the same.

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    Re: To cold?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kdime View Post
    Thats certainly a LOT better!!

    If you can do some more tweaking, 82/92 would be ideal

    At least thats what I shot for when I kept Balls

    But those temps should do you just fine
    Alright, got the Hot Side to 92 and the Cool Side to 82. =)

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    Re: To cold?

    Then your right as rain




    Quote Originally Posted by hunter94 View Post
    Alright, got the Hot Side to 92 and the Cool Side to 82. =)

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    Re: To cold?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kdime View Post
    Then your right as rain
    Lol, good. Ty for helping. =)

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    Re: To cold?

    Hope it's alright if I ask a question on the bottom of this.

    My bp is in a 20L with a lamp on one side. I have two thermometers, one on each side.

    I know, most people here will say I should use a UTH. Right now, I can't afford it, and normally get really great temps out of my setup. The last couple of weeks, the hot side has been 90-93 and cool side 80-82. Just recently, it has started raining and cooling off more in the afternoons and night, so the tank is getting a bit cool. The cool side is hitting almost as low as 75 degrees. I tried covering the screen to hold some heat in but it didn't really seem to work.
    Short of converting to a uth and thermometer setup, what can I do to help warm it up a bit more? Maybe cover a larger area of the top? Or a lower wattage lamp on the cool side with a rheostat?

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    Re: To cold?

    If you can maintain 78-80 and 88-90 your fine.

    Those are the temps i give and their fine. Having a mid 80s for cool side is just too high IMO. And 75 will NOT cause a RI if they have a warm spot of 88-90 to get to and stay warm.

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