Hi,

Well the base unit of the acurite measures both temp and humidity so most people put that on the cool end of the tank (inside ) and put the probe (which measures only temperature ) on the warm end.

During the initial set up you will probably be moving the probe about a bit to get temps on the glass above the UTH, inside the warm end hide and inside the cool end hide.

The thermostat plugs into the wall and the UTH plugs into the thermostat - the thermostat probe goes between the UTH and the bottom of the tank on the outside of the tank so that the snake cannot affect the reading by urinating or sitting on it.

Adjust the thermostat until the temp directly on the glass reads about 95f and then adjust the thickness and type of substrate until the surface of the substrate inside the hot end hide reads between 90f and 94f.

Then measure the temp in the cool end hide - you are looking for around 80f - 82f if possible.

If you need to insulate the tank then it goes on the outside of the tank on the sides, back and bottom. To improve the look you can put aquarium backing paper on the tank first so that it looks naturalistic when you look through the glass of the tank.


dr del