Animal Plastics T8

[Godzilla78]

Excellent writeup, looks great


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[Zincubus]

Tyrian would look even more amazing on dark substrate like orchid bark !!

Not a criticism just a thought !


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[Avsha531]

Hey OP, great write up thanks! I'm going to be ordering a bunch of AP's in the coming months, and I was trying to figure out if I was gonna go strictly 2 RHPs for a divided T8/T10 or do it with RHP and UTH like you did. What is the placement of your RHP and UTH and how is it working out for ambients/gradient?

[sparky767]

Tyrian would look even more amazing on dark substrate like orchid bark !!

Not a criticism just a thought !


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I agree Right now he’s on a combo of eco earth and forest floor, which is dark-ish, but then I put the moss on top for humidity...and it lightened the whole thing up lol.

BUT, I can say I LOVE the T8 for humidity control as compared to the Exo Terra! (I got all that stuff thinking I was going to start with a bearded dragon, then I found this site and fell in love with BPs lol.

Here’s the Exo Terra all cleaned out and changed over to get ready for the bearded dragon it was intended for lol!




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[sparky767]

Hey OP, great write up thanks! I'm going to be ordering a bunch of AP's in the coming months, and I was trying to figure out if I was gonna go strictly 2 RHPs for a divided T8/T10 or do it with RHP and UTH like you did. What is the placement of your RHP and UTH and how is it working out for ambients/gradient?

Good question okay so what I have currently:

The flexwatt belly heat I ordered through AP (I was lazy. Lol) in the middle so it covers both “halves”.

I also have 2 Pro Products RHPs, one on each side. I called Pro Products and spent about 3 minutes answering his questions, and he shipped them over to AP (order the AP and the RHPs at the same time. There’s a lead time on the RHPs as well, but if you order both at the same time, the RHPs will make it over to AP at just about the right time!)

I have a herpstat 4 that controls: 1) the RHP on the left (currently disabled until he gets a neighbor) 2) the RHP in his side 3) the UTH and 4) the white LED light strip to simulate a day/night cycle since his current room isn’t affected by the sun that much.

With the herpstat 4 setup, it EASILY maintains 90F at the plastic for the hot side, while the cool side plastic is like 80F and the RHP keeps the ambient right at 80F. A spritz in the morning keeps humidity right around 60% all day.

I don’t think I’d appreciate how wonderful that is if I hadn’t struggled with the Exo Terra first. (Let me note here that “I” struggled. My baby did not. I worked my tail off to keep his temps and humidity correct. I certainly didn’t mind doing it, because he was happy in his home, but I LOVE that the AP T8 makes MY life so much easier!!



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[sparky767]

Hey OP, great write up thanks! I'm going to be ordering a bunch of AP's in the coming months, and I was trying to figure out if I was gonna go strictly 2 RHPs for a divided T8/T10 or do it with RHP and UTH like you did. What is the placement of your RHP and UTH and how is it working out for ambients/gradient?

I should also point out that I asked Ali at AP to make slots for the temperature probes in all three locations (left, right, and center) which they were happy to do, and didn’t charge me anything for it. That way I have the flexibility to move the hotspot wherever I want to (if I make that one a full size T8 by removing the divider.)


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[Sunnieskys]

I should also point out that I asked Ali at AP to make slots for the temperature probes in all three locations (left, right, and center) which they were happy to do, and didn’t charge me anything for it. That way I have the flexibility to move the hotspot wherever I want to (if I make that one a full size T8 by removing the divider.)


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Can you show me the slots you asked for? I can't quit picture what you are describing. Thanks.

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[sparky767]

Can you show me the slots you asked for? I can't quit picture what you are describing. Thanks.

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Hi If you go back to the original pics (I didn’t want to weigh everything down by re-uploading them lol) I think it’s the 4th and 5th pics where it’s flipped upside down. You can see 3 grooves. That’s for the temperature probe placement for the temp controller (in my case the herpstat) that way the flexwatt can be flat because the temp probe is sandwiched in between the flexwatt and the enclosure itself, but hiding in the groove so everything it flat

If that doesn’t help, let me know. I’ll get all John Madden on the photos lol.


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[Avsha531]

I should also point out that I asked Ali at AP to make slots for the temperature probes in all three locations (left, right, and center) which they were happy to do, and didn’t charge me anything for it. That way I have the flexibility to move the hotspot wherever I want to (if I make that one a full size T8 by removing the divider.)


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Awesome thanks! Are the RHPs currently placed closer to the heat tape, just in the middle, or basically takes up the whole side?

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[sparky767]

Awesome thanks! Are the RHPs currently placed closer to the heat tape, just in the middle, or basically takes up the whole side?

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AP mounted them on each side of where the divider goes, so closer to center. I didn’t specify, they just put them there makes sense, though. Works great!


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