Quote Originally Posted by vetteaholic25 View Post
Thanks for all the help, I'll go out tomorrow and buy a thermostat and some good thermometers. For right now I put him back upstairs and covered part of his cage in saran wrap. Hopefully he will be good until I get off of work tomorrow and can pick up the supplies. Hopefully I can get my hot side to 88 with just my heating pad, but I'll face that problem when it comes.
When you put he thermostat on it needs to be touching the heating pad. The hottest I would let it get is 92, which will probably be less in the aquarium, but you never know. Only way to tell is when everything is all said and done.