UTH for my Albino Ball

[Skittles1101]

Let me ask you, when you adjust the tank with the dimmer, does it automatically adjust the temp? or do you have to wait a couple of mintues to get an acurrate reading to your adjustment.

What I did when I got the dimmer was I lowered it to about halfway, I took temps about 20 minutes after that and adjusted until it was around 88-92. Then during the day sometimes it gets to like 93....so I'll just lower it a teeny bit and retest a bit later. It's quite sensitive, so once you get the general reading you want you'll only be adjusting it a tiny bit, like 1/2 mm each way is all. Takes some getting used to, but once you get the general hang of it, it becomes second habit.

[AlbinoBall]

oh ok cool, so if I get the Temp Gun and Dimmer today, you think once I adjust the Temp to the correct Temp I could remove the carpet from above the UTH right?

[Skittles1101]

oh ok cool, so if I get the Temp Gun and Dimmer today, you think once I adjust the Temp to the correct Temp I could remove the carpet from above the UTH right?

Ummmm...is the UTH actually under the tank or inside it?? It really should be on the outside, underneath the tank.....and what are you using for bedding? That repticarpet stuff?

[AlbinoBall]

The UTH is on the outside on the bottom, I'm using Aspen Bedding but when I pick up the ball yesterday before I put him in the cage I felt the spot inside where the UTH is located on the outside and it was hot as hell, so to be safe and not burn my ball I went real quick to Petco and just got a small piece of the Reptile Carpet and placed it inside above the UTH on the outside then place the hide back on top and then the aspen around it. Just until I get a Temp Gun to actually read the temps