Hey guys, been reading on here a while. Just finished Ragnar my (Ive had him 12 years and he was full grown when I got him) BP background for his 4x2x2 Dubia Roaches enclosure
I thought I did quite a bit of research on the heating source. (I will be putting a HDPE 4x2 Sheet on the top due to it being a screen top.) I purchased and PH1220 85W RHP from Bob at pro products. Now that the background has cured fully, I've been playing with he temps. I can't seem to get a gradient. The panel appears to heat the entire ambient temp to within a few degrees. I have the panel mounted almost all the way on the hot side and mounted short ways to hopefully help with the gradient but it doesn't appear to be working.
Would it be beneficial to somehow add in a DHP from Arcadia on the hot side to aid in keeping the hot side about 10* hotter? Currently the hot side is 84 and the cool side is 81. I am still in the tinkering stage of this set up.
No substrate has been added. Hot side temps read by Accurate therm/hygrom and cool side measured by biodude them/hygrom on a villa thermostat. and all are reading within a 3-4* difference.
No substrate is in the enclosure yet. (Currently have the ZooMed Jungle Mix ready to go in. Once I can figure out these temps. Thanks for the help.
I am in Texas and my house is usually 74-75* (All temps listed are in *F)
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