thinking of getting the animal plastics t8

[zeion97]

I don't have mine yet, Won't until March 5th to 13nth. BUT I got a very quick and very nice reply from Lori. AP seems the way to go.. You hear nothing but good stuff about them! So you can't go wrong! *knocks on wood....*

[GoFride]

Aaron, Thanks for the info! Have you ever had any issues with excess humidity (I'm in Florida, too)? Thanks, Deb V.

[The Serpent Merchant]

One last question I think. what temp do you keep the inside floor of the cage over the flexwatt ?

Between 88 and 92 degrees over the flexwatt. My thermostat is set to 100 right now to achieve a floor temperature of 91 degrees. The air temperature in the cage should be between 78 and 82 degrees.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Aaron, Thanks for the info! Have you ever had any issues with excess humidity (I'm in Florida, too)? Thanks, Deb V.

my humidity stays right around 60% without misting. The only issue comes if I mist too much during shed, the cage holds in in so well that I occasionally have to let it "air out" but nothing serous.

By the way I grew up in Pinellas

[jdouglas]

I apologize for the blurry pics (damn ipad camera) but here is my T8 at the moment with the sliding glass doors.

Temp wise my cool side acu-rite for reads 80 ambiant/ 81 hide, warm side acu-rite reads 82 ambiant/ 94-96 under hide. Using my infrared thermometer I have a steady 81-83 cool side hide floor and 91-93 warm side hide floor. I am using corrugated wrap from uline for bedding. I use 2 bowls to keep the humidity around 55% I only have to mist once every 2-3 days. I try to keep the room above 40% humidity right now since its winter.

[jdouglas]

And my hydro-farm thermostats are set to 85f for the 80 watt RHP and 104 for the flexwatt.

I keep my room at a steady 70-72 degrees.

[scottcovell]

And my hydro-farm thermostats are set to 85f for the 80 watt RHP and 104 for the flexwatt.

I keep my room at a steady 70-72 degrees.

Your rhp what brand is it and where is it located with the cage? I live in northeast Ohio cold in the winter and we run ac in the summer but I try to keep the house at 72 all year.

[The Serpent Merchant]

The best place for the RHP is dead center of the top of the inside of the cage.

Pro Products and Reptile basics are both great sources of RHP's

[jdouglas]

Reptile basics this is where I got my RHP and my flexwatt with cables. Along with my scale, and feeding tongs.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/heating

[jdouglas]

In the following image you can see where my cool side acu-rite is installed, my RHP, and my AP installed light.

I would get better pictures but hes cruising his cage now since the lights are all off except my computer monitor and I don't want to annoy him again.



We just detail cleaned it tonight and I should have taken pics of the probes and everything, but I think Aaron has you covered on those pics. I pretty much followed his setup when I setup mine.