Your advice please!

[Teresa]

I was wandering if it helps to line the out side of a tank (outside/bottom) with foil to help keep the cool side warmer? I do have UTH on the tanks with reostats in use however my hot side is at 90 and cool side is 71 most of the time. I am worried that the cool side is to cool. Any input would be apraicated.
Teresa

[twistedtails]

If you are using a aquarium with a screen top, I would try putting a towl over the cool side to try and keep some heat in.

[Teresa]

I have foil over the cool side and some on the warm side also. To keep heat and humidty in. But I only used 1 sheet sould I use more?

[twistedtails]

How big is your aquarium?

[Teresa]

one is a 20 gal long the other is a 29 gal reg the reg tank holds temps better than the long both tanks have same floor dim. 30x12

[twistedtails]

What you could try doing is moving the UTH over towards the cool side. Not a lot though, just enough to get to get the cool side to the right temps.

[Kaorte]

Try insulating the back and sides of the tank with dark foam core board. If you haven't already that is.

[Teresa]

Never even tought about that. Thanks

[twistedtails]

IMO that is quite ugly. If your going to do something like that, why don't you just go to a tub setup which is much easier to achieve humidity and temps?

[dkwalton]

Making a plexiglass top with a few holes drilled in can really help keep the heat and humidity in. Lowes has plexiglass they will cut to whatever size. I made one with a hinge in the middle and one side somewhat fixed. It is easy to open. I also made a little latch so it can be locked. That might help the temps.

I keep my BP's cage in the basement where it gets cool. I bought a ceramic heat emiter on a dimmer that I use for supplemental heat in the cage. I mounted it on my plexiglass lid and have a gaurd around it to prevent my BP from being able to touch it.

Good luck.