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[Chocolate Muffin's]

Are you measuring temps with a digital thermometer with a probe? I feel like you have WAY to many heating sources for your tanks.

You shouldn't need more than one UTH and maybe one lamp per enclosure. More then that is just over kill, unless you live in an igloo or something.

A rheostat and a dimmer are basically the same thing, they basically just "dim" the heat similarly to how you would dim lights. A thermostat regulates the temperature based on the reading it gets from a probe thermometer. You attach the probe to the heat source and set the thermostat to click on when it falls below a certain temperature and click off when it reaches the ideal temperature. A proportional thermostat is one that doesn't click on and off, it just limits the power going to the heat source to lower the temperature. Kind of like a dimmer with a thermometer probe to measure the temp.

Hi Kaorte,

I have 1 UTH for each tank, and only one lamp is on at all times, they are just for day/night. I appreciate you and others explaining this stuff to me in terms that my little brain can understand. I have used ReptileBasics before and got great service, so I am going to call them tomorrow and find out what I need to get all of these gauges under control. Oh, and to answer your first question, each tank has 1digital thermometer/Humidity gauge, and a second digital temp probe for the ambient temp.

Make sense?
I'm going to keep at this until I get all of this stuff right, I love my little slithering bundles, and I want things to be just right!

[AmandaRisher]

Alife 1000 watt electronic thermostat with probe
size: Up to 1000 watts
This state of the art controller will maintain any preselected temperature between 60 and 105 degrees, and comes with a probe to measure the temperature in your terrarium and adjust according to what you set it at.
$26.95 each
This is at lllreptile.com
or there is this one.
Zoo Med 500R thermostat with probe

Simply set the dial to the desired temperature, and the thermostat will do the rest. Ideal for use with heat pads and ceramic heat emitters.
$32.95 each

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Alife 1000 watt electronic thermostat with probe
size: Up to 1000 watts
This state of the art controller will maintain any preselected temperature between 60 and 105 degrees, and comes with a probe to measure the temperature in your terrarium and adjust according to what you set it at.
$26.95 each
This is at lllreptile.com
or there is this one.
Zoo Med 500R thermostat with probe

Simply set the dial to the desired temperature, and the thermostat will do the rest. Ideal for use with heat pads and ceramic heat emitters.
$32.95 each

Hey Amanda,
Thank you very much!!! Thats right in my price range, and I can at least now understand what I need the device to do : ) thank you very much, I will be looking into this tomorrow also. I desperately need something...

[AmandaRisher]

Zoo Med Repti Fogger Terrarium Humidifier

The Zoo Med Repti Fogger is an ultrasonic visible mist humidifier. It is compact, and designed specifically for reptile terrariums!
$49.99 each
This may help out with ur humidity problems. Also on LLL

[AmandaRisher]

Your welcome I need one as well lol

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Zoo Med Repti Fogger Terrarium Humidifier

The Zoo Med Repti Fogger is an ultrasonic visible mist humidifier. It is compact, and designed specifically for reptile terrariums!
$49.99 each
This may help out with ur humidity problems. Also on LLL

I have seen those foggers, but on Amazon.com, and I considered buying one but all of the reviews were horrible - most said the thing only works for 6 months then dies. I'm a big believer in product reviews, but, I did see on YouTube where a snake owner used a real humidifier and tubed it into the snake enclosure. I thought it was an interesting option

Right now, I have a punch bowl of water in Fat Girl Nikki’s cage, and that has sustained the humidity over 65%. Do you there is any harm in high humidity?