Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
In order to settle him for now, I would recommend filling his tank with loosely crumpled newspaper, all the way to the brim.
I went only as high as the AcuRite so we can keep an eye on temps. This picture was taken a few minutes ago (1:20pm) and there's Patriot, out already, on top of the newspapers and climbing to his usual corner. :::sigh:::

(How do you keep the newspapers out of the water dish? Our dish is a low, shallow one.)