Quote Originally Posted by SnekNoodle View Post
I did quite a bit, however this was more trial and error. I read you can use ceramic heat emitters and so I bought one rated at 8 inches away for 92 degrees. Didn’t really realize that for a ten gallon tank it pretty much makes the entire tank hot. Currently our AC is broke in our house so the ambient temperature is around 82ish degrees and 50-60% humidity, so I think I’m just going to leave her CHE off for now until I can get heat tape and a proper thermostat. For some reason my account says I am unable to post pictures, but her tank looks really nice and the cypress mulch holds humidity well especially on the cool end. Looks like I’ll be making a trip to the local pet shop tomorrow!
Those ambient temps in your house are actually perfect. Just turn off the heat in the enclosure and your new pet will be fine til you get your new equipment.

Also, just want to add how important it is to measure surface temps using a temp gun. If it's 102 outside the hide it's probably over 110 inside the hide.

Lastly, many of us use the free app Tapatalk to upload pics.