Quote Originally Posted by JRLongton View Post
Kind of hard to see, but it looks like the temp is 86 on both sides. That tells me your ambient temp inside the enclosure is 86. I don't know what you're keeping in there, but that seems pretty warm for most anything!

You mention you have a UTH. That does nothing for ambient temps and isn't going to raise the temp inside the enclosure, it only effects the temp of the floor directly above it. The thermometers are demonstrating this. They aren't reading the temp of the floor and not reflecting that the warm side is warm. They can only display the ambient temp. To measure the floor temp, you need the temp gun for that. Aim the temp gun as close to the heat source as you can and get your reading from there.

What is the temp on the floor and what are you keeping in there?

There is nothing confusing here. Your lamp is raising the ambient temp inside the entire enclosure and the UTH is creating a warm spot on one side. Aside from the rather high ambient temp and assuming the floor temp is appropriate, the set up seems fine.
Ahhh okay. Guess I’ve got some more learning to do haha!

Just checked the hot side with temp gun and it’s 88 and cool side is 79. And as far as what I’m keeping in there, I’m using forest floor substrate, have 2 hides and a water bowl and I have a bunch of fall decor to try to clutter it up.

But thank you. I guess I was confused on all the temps and stuff. But you explained it better. And now I feel better about it.