Quote Originally Posted by Drako21 View Post
If you have a screen top it's best to cover half of it with something like a few sheets of aluminum foil. It helps keep the heat and humidity in. Do you have anything to measure humidity? You didn't mention it. I have a ceramic heat emitter(gives heat but no light) on my cold side to help keep the temps up and it works great. Also do you have a thermostat for your heat mat?
Yes, I have have the zoomed temp gauge/humidity gauge 2 in 1 thats stuck on the glass. I just looked at a "how to set up a glass tank" sticky and I saw that the digital temp gauge probe is taped underneath the heat pad, so tomorrow I'm going to try that. That way I'll have 4 digital gauges giving me a more accurate temp.

I do not have a thermostat and the moment. Is it necessary? If so I'll have to wait another week to get 2 of them when I get paid. I made the mistake of buying everything at once including the snakes. Let's just say next time I'll be smarter about it.

If the heat mat isn't big enough for my tanks, will the thermostat raise the temperature of the heat mat?