Breeding season temp question.......

[rj1204]

This will be my first breeding season. My hot spot is at 92* and my cool end is about 82*. I keep my house AC at 78 and so tubs seem to keep about 4 degrees higher. When it starts to cool down in October, I usually turn my heat on and put my thermostat to 73*. I figure my tubs will be around 76* or so and my hot spot will just stay where it is (at 92*).

Will this be ok for breeding season or should I have temps on the cool side higher and hot spot cooler? I was reading on the Marcus Jayne website that they keep temps at 72* cool side and 82* hot side until February. Does it matter if I keep my cool side at 75-76* and hot side the same 92* or so?

[MitsuMike]

This will be my first breeding season. My hot spot is at 92* and my cool end is about 82*. I keep my house AC at 78 and so tubs seem to keep about 4 degrees higher. When it starts to cool down in October, I usually turn my heat on and put my thermostat to 73*. I figure my tubs will be around 76* or so and my hot spot will just stay where it is (at 92*).

Will this be ok for breeding season or should I have temps on the cool side higher and hot spot cooler? I was reading on the Marcus Jayne website that they keep temps at 72* cool side and 82* hot side until February. Does it matter if I keep my cool side at 75-76* and hot side the same 92* or so?

He only keeps it at 82 and 72 at night. I have been debating doing a night drop of 74 cool 84 hot and back to 81 cool and 92 hot during the day.
Need to get my Herpstat pro in to do all this. haha
And I was just going through all the previous threads about this and they are very helpful. Search Temp drop and only search the BP Breeding section.

[rj1204]

I didn't plan on doing a night temp drop at all. I have a Herpstat ND but the natural temps in my house will serve as a cooling. I was just going to let my hot spot stay at 92* 24/7. I guess I will have to get a heat source and put it on a timer to get the cool end up about 5 degrees during the day. At night, I will just let it get to whatever the room gets to, which should be around 75-76 at the cool end of the tubs.

Anyone have any suggestion on how to heat the cool end of a 10 tub rack? I was thinking of a few heat lamps with heat bulbs or ceramic heat emmiters on a timer for the daytime only, one up high, one in the middle, and one down low.....there is no way I will ever use space heaters (way too unsafe). That should get the cool end of all the tubs to at least 80* and at night drop to 75-76*.