Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
I would not be worried that he hasn't used a hide yet.

Many breeders use racks and do not have hides. Took Behira a few weeks to get into one, and now, she uses them, sometimes, or partially.

Is cool side 75-79? Or is ambient 75-79?

Ambient should be closer to 80-82F and cool side can be 78F or so, give or take.

If ambient is 75-79F and the hot spot is 90F (which I think should be 86-88F), then Phantom has no choice but to be on the hot spot to stay warm.

Make sure there is a gradient, raise the ambient, and lower the hot spot. Just my opinion.
Both the cool side surface and ambients are 75-79 and I'm measuring Ambients by sitting an Accurite (w/o probe) unit on the cool side. I was also a little concerned by only getting mid 70s and was about to invest in another UTH for the cool side but was told by both the breeder and several on here that it wasn't an issue and to only worry if it dips under 70.